Hiring Managers are implementing more Take Home and live Technical Tests (SQL and Python related). Is this unfair?

I've noticed this recently this trend of people getting by the interview process for these high paying technical roles without doing a single technical test.

Are hiring managers implementing these tests because they are beginning to realize that having people who are not as proficient as they originally thought could be detrimental to their bottom line?

What are your thoughts?

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