Missing text in completed fillable forms

Hi
I've created a job application form for my organisation and used Adobe Acrobat to make it interactive (fillable). We have numerous issues when receiving completed forms. Some people send forms back to us and there is nothing in them whatsoever, yet they assure us that they have completed it. Most recently we've had an issue whereby applicants are filling the form in, yet only certain bits of the form are showing as completed. Then when we click into the boxes that appear empty, the text appears. When you then click into another empty box, the text from the previous box disappears.
Can someone advise what might be going wrong?
Thanks
Jamie

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