It's lazyness / entitlemant because we want competent hiring practices that are respectful of our time? Because when you have to work 40 hours in a week doing nothing but take home tests & quiz projects for companies you are interviewing for - for the 38th week in a row - and still not taking in any money for all this - it's more about affording food and paying rent.
The free work is the issue. Pay me for a day to do a project to validate my abilities and we're golden. I've done that at a few places, and it's a great way to go.
This is approaching simple lazyness / entitlement.