RB,
Ok. I'll keep this in the forum rather than PM it as to be honest there is little one can expound on a lot of these application forms that are used at the start of a selection process. Often it can be key phrases that are looked for or how long did you take filling out the form and then returning it, ie have you thought about what you have written.
Different companies have different criteria that they give to the agencies that are used, more often than not these are then applied with no grey area. Like so many things these are a gate and really should be looked as as such.
Unfortunately to a great degree it is a bit of a lottery at this stage so the first we get to see are those on the shortlist from stage one. Again we come back to the earlier problem of numbers costs and available resource.
Sorry to say that there is really little else i can give you. Oh and thanks for thinking before hitting the send button!!!
Best regards
Chin.