Lot of thoughts / questions. First off, if you're getting the talent you need out of your application process, then who cares. If you're not, and your numbers

Lot of thoughts / questions. First off, if you're getting the talent you need out of your application process, then who cares. If you're not, and your numbers of abandoned applications are high, then throw the forms in the trash can and see what happens for a month. Contact details, attach resume done. I highly suspect that a lot of these 'applications' are ad/click fraud (companies spend a lot of money to drive traffic to their job postings), other bots, recruiters testing the waters to play middleman, or people who were never going to apply no matter how easy the process is.