Ah yes, for completeness, this is in Switzerland. It's also not often specified explicitly - I notably recently saw the first job offer stating "we consider a

Ah yes, for completeness, this is in Switzerland. It's also not often specified explicitly - I notably recently saw the first job offer stating "we consider a complete application to include DOB and photograph". It has, however, come up every single time when talking to third party recruiters. Maybe they carry additional bias.