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[quote=Anonymous]I'm an attorney and recently saw an in-house job that I am interested in applying for.  The only way to apply is through the company's website, and the process seems bizarre to me.  In addition to requiring each applicant to upload a resume and cover letter (totally normal), each applicant is required to fill out a "profile" that is roughly the equivalent of a federal background check questionnaire.  For example, for every job I have held going back to high school, there are mandatory fields requiring the applicant to provide full address, beginning and ending salary, and supervisor's name, email and phone number.  And you can't save the profile until every mandatory field has been completed!  Much of the information is redundant to what is already provided on my resume, and I cannot figure out why a prospective employer is entitled to my lifetime salary history.  There is also a disclosure that applicants' information may be searched by recruiters looking to fill positions other than the one the applicant is applying for.  This is a reputable company, but honestly, the entire process feels a bit sketchy to me.  I am currently an attorney at a federal agency, and this is much worse than anything I have encountered on USAJobs.  Is this a typical job application process these days?[/quote]

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