Fake for most parts

I hate the normal recruiting process. I find it artificial for most parts and it is a pain to go through it.
Firstly, I hate those career center instructions of always smiling and being absolutely energetic. In a career fair you see people scowling at each other in private and suddenly putting on this huge smile the moment they have to talk to a recruiter. In most cases the recruiter smiles back with equal honesty.
Then you see people talking so energetically, and explaining all what they have done in their career even if the recruiter does not ask. Trying to make that thirty second impression. I am so bad at this, it is not funny.
Eventually, if the recruiter asks what they did in their previous internship or job, they proceed to explain like it was the most incredible in the world. Its actually hilarious to observe this.
I don't want to start on the interview process but let me say this. If you probably wake up a person who has been to an interview recently at 2 in the night he will probably rattle of his strengths and weaknesses and how he was born to lead..
Coming to think of it, it makes recruiters' jobs pretty tough to find the real person behind all the smiles. It also beats me why they ask those cliche interview questions, maybe to check if the candidate can learn well.
Wish the recruitment process had more honesty in it.