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Because even if you do everything right, if I'm struggling to find a candidate because my own ass is riding on it and I talked to 30 people in a week, I might be more likely to remember someone who makes an extra effort over someone I just saw or heard from once. It's not about me the hiring manager, it's about who you're competing against for that position and specifically how many are competing against you.
It's not rocket science, it's not fun, but if you're serious about getting a job, it can help.
Honestly I'm constantly taken back by how hateful and bitter people are at the things you just need to do to get ahead in the world. You can raise very valid points that our system, our capitalist hellscape we all share makes us feel like tools, but we still gotta eat and pay our bills. How serious you are about getting those bills paid is entirely up to you.
The alternative is to embrace a victim-identity, and ask yourself if you really wanna be that.
I trend to agree with you. The world is messed up, interviews aren't supposed to be fair to you, and you're probably competing with dozens of people.
No matter how good you are, and if you tick all the employers boxes (which may be unfair in itself and takes quite some luck to do), that's not enough. What is enough is that you're the best candidate among dozens of qualified people, according to the subjective criteria of this particular interviewer, and you have no clue what to do to get there. So random gestures may take you over the line, as well as they may not.