The problem is that management is free to tell you all these beautiful fantasies about work culture during the hiring process. There's absolutely no way for candidates to see if it's true or not.
So in that regard, I disagree. Candidates don't need to "solve" the problem of recruiters completely misrepresenting the workplace.
Always try to be a good coworker. Be helpful, friendly and competent.
If you do this well, you'll leave be 5-10 coworkers who are happy to recommend you at each job. They will also tell you the truth about culture where they work.
That's pretty much how I have done it.
BTW, one trick to learn the real culture is to ask engineers - not managers - during one on one interviews. Few engineers will lie to a potential future coworker in private.
If you don't put effort into finding management that you work well with, you probably won't find it.