When did paper applications slowly become a thing?

Note: I’m fully aware that paper apps are still a thing in some places. But when exactly did they start to become a historic, old fashioned piece of applying? Was it in the 2000’s, or 2010’s? How exactly did the hiring/interviewing process work?

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