I completely agree most applicants are going to be ones you wouldn't want to hire (this is true for any job) but it's not going to be as low as only 1% are wort

I completely agree most applicants are going to be ones you wouldn't want to hire (this is true for any job) but it's not going to be as low as only 1% are worth hiring (which is what the comment I was replying to was suggesting). Even your 5% number seems suspect (i.e. that sounds like your company doesn't have good screening to determine who to interview...you shouldn't need to interview twenty people to fill a position).