Normally I go for "never ascribe to malice what you can explain with incompetence". In the case of a careers page though, I'd take it as a signal that it's ther

Normally I go for "never ascribe to malice what you can explain with incompetence". In the case of a careers page though, I'd take it as a signal that it's there as a courtesy to make people feel good, and they don't really recruite that way. I could be completely wrong though - I'd be curious what percentage of hires come though the website. Re Amazon, they are much more likely across their business to depend on unsolicited online applications for staffing, so I'm not surprised they are easier.