Unfortunately, No shortcut. For Employment based, Everyone has to go through Perm>140>485>Interview and yes with much more increased wait timeline due to this interview process they implemented 2 years ago. if you qualify under National Interest waiver, Only PERM can be skipped. So plan wisely, Good Luck!

NIV is something that US government is interested on you such as you work as a spy or contribute something extraordinarily that helps US government. Try to work for CIA lol...