of my high school sons got hired on the spot when they went to interview for jobs - first job for both of them. To say employers are full of it would be to suggest they all 1) don't really want to hire people but spend the time and money to advertise job openings anyway, and 2) all conspired together to push this narrative...and for what reason?
That story has a lot of holes in it, the first of which is that the author already had a viewpoint he wanted to push. We don't know any details about his applications, etc.