I was wondering this myself. Surely people are aware that they'll have to go through with this before the initial interview. 5% sounds like people who found ano

I was wondering this myself. Surely people are aware that they'll have to go through with this before the initial interview. 5% sounds like people who found another job and didn't feel like going through with this. All in all, from someone with a somewhat legal background this seems like a pretty unsubtle form of age discrimination. It wouldn't be very hard to argue that this actively discourages people with families (aka older people) from applying.