Suppose that a 35+ or 40+ is the only bread-earner in his family and has no other source of income, but then he or she has required skills,mingle with people, helping in nature and a learner too.
Then should he must accept job rejection only for some unpractical reasons given by HR or Interviewer.
Next comes, regular job hunt till then he or she finds a company which could recruit 35+ or 40+. If an interviewer/recruiter can decide as "Many HR people spend very less time in looking at CVs. I can say the initial 10 seconds or so will make make it for you, or the CV gets trashed.", then such interviewer/recruiter may also offer lesser wages/salary.
Realizing(?!) the difficulty of job market the 35+ or 40+ might be as say, compelled to accept job for low remuneration,taking burden on himself or herself of the present price-rocketing of eatables/commodities/accomodation.
And then if a 35+ or 40+ got recruited by accepting all conditional (compelling) clauses of interviewer/recruiter, he or she will have fear of job security. This because, if a person is allowed inside half-heartedly by interviewers/recruiters, what security is there that they would not harass 35+ or 40+ on the given job, making themselves a room for sooner attrition of 35+s or 40+s. This I have seen happening to colleague while working for a topmost company.
I have included 35+ because there are, in fact people who consider even 35+ as oldage.
When government announced retirement age is 58years, then why 35+ or 40+ not allowed to get recruited, when they already have worked and have experience?