Straw man my friend. Old and tired propostion. In 1990, my Navy buds typically had 2-3 job offers, (DAL, AMR, UAL, FedEx, SWA, NWA) HR dept's simply interviewed till they met the numbers. No limit on interviews. Professionally, HR is not offended. It's business, OBTW, they will furlough us without any thought either. Just filling the numbers.

HR will call who they want to interview, DAL will interview until they get what they want. HR depts realize that smart pilots will pursue as many viable options as possible.
DAL is a great company among several great companies. SWA and DAL are two intelligent options that would naturally be on many pilots lists. Having two options is just plain smart. Not wasted at all!