Had similar questions for an SRE role, but yes i didnt like the fact that i had to answer these over the phone to a recruiter. Also i was asked what is 2^16
Long time lurker, created an account just for this. I have been trying to use wfh.io/blah blah to find remote positions but have never gotten a positive reply, it was mostly "oh went cant have someone in India" or "We were looking for someone in the EU timezone"
As another comment mentions, dubai is a good example, i got an offer negotiated the hell out of it, kept negotiating, i was told to my face ( over phone ) that "you are not from Europe, you fall under a different pay grade"