You want a platform, as a user I primarily want a tool, not a platform.

Maybe you got something useful to offer, but you need to demonstrate value first before hassling me with that.

In our job application frontend we don't even require logins or passwords. Only after you have finished your application and confirmed the privacy agreement we send an email with a confirmation link, only then you can add a password to follow the progress of the application, but even that is optional.

> In our job application frontend we don't even require logins or passwords. Only after you have finished your application and confirmed the privacy agreement we send an email with a confirmation link, only then you can add a password to follow the progress of the application, but even that is optional.

I noticed smartrecruiters.com follow this format and it was such a pleasant experience using it.

Having worked on a job application and onboarding web application, I can tell you that our customers prefer PDF or image renderings of the documents over word. Even imperfect word -> pdf conversions are tolerated to some extent if it means not having to open word.

And our customers are mostly entrenched industrial suppliers and government-owned private entities with byzantine processes, not some tech startups.

In my experience they love to use Office internally, but not for external documents.