Equitas Health Program Manager interview questions

Interview process was quick but labor intensive. I was required to answer 4 questions to even secure an initial interview. For the final interview, I was required to create a 30 minute presentation based off their prompt. I really can't believe that I took a day off of work to make the presentation as it was too much. Why are these companies requiring projects during the interview process? Moving forward I will just withdraw my application when asked to do a project.