Recruitment process out of control

The recruitment process has gone haywire or rather been kidnapped by HR. These days when you apply for a new job you do not only send in the CV and then eventually be selected for interviews by HR and recruiting manager and maybe a subject matter test of some kind. No these days you first have to pass a HR test over the Internet most like created by a hired recruitment company often evaluated by a so called robot. These tests are supposed to measure your IQ and ability to solve complicated problems. I have come across a few such test and they look more like bullshit than anything else in my eyes. You have very little time for each question e.g. the instruction take longer time to read (for a dyslectic) than to solve/reply the question. That is a test for speed reading not for what I think the question is intended to answer. And what does the ability to fill in the missing picture in a Sudoku matrix has to do with the ability to solve complex problems? One day of training on these tests improves your score a lot. Do that day increased you IQ and your ability to solve complex problems? I doubt. 
I am confident this new sifting test process is more harmful than helpful.
I recently heard this true story about a very distinguished science professor who had founded a  research company and let a recruitment company manage the recruitment process. To his disappointment his best PhD student did not apply, so he called him up and asked 'why didn't you apply?'. 'I didn't pass the test' was the reply. The professor called up the recruitment company and told them 'you have turned down a world leading expert' and requested to see the tests and all result. He then took over the recruitment process and hired the PhD who failed the test.