This is actually not the case; you take the first-round test, and then if if you pass you submit a resume into a black box (the 'Qualifications Evaluations Panel') which evaluates your qualifications 'holistically' and then you are invited to the interview round. It's quite possible to achieve the highest possible marks on the test and never be invited to the final round, as I can attest.
Perhaps the system was different when you applied in 2008.
When I applied, you took the test. If you passed the test, you then had to go online and submit ~10 short essays. If you passed that, you went on to the oral assessments. There may have been a resume component involved when you submitted the short essays.
Perhaps the system was different when you applied in 2008.