Alpha-9 Oncology application questions — all 18, word for word
Alpha-9 Oncology hires through Greenhouse. Beyond name, email and CV, its application form asks 18 questions, 13 of them required. 2 of them are required, fixed-choice questions about your eligibility to work. A cover letter is optional.
9 roles were open when this was last checked, mostly in people and healthcare. The questions below are the form's own wording, not a paraphrase.
What Alpha-9 Oncology has open
These are the roles the form was read from, as Alpha-9 Oncology titles them, in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, All Locations, Boston, Massachusetts, United States:
- Join the Alpha-9 Talent Network
- Senior Director, Business Development
- Director, Total Rewards & People Operations
- Associate Director, Regulatory Strategy
- Director, DMPK
- Clinical Trial Manager
- Senior Manager, Analytical Development & Quality Control
- Senior Director, Clinical Dosimetry & Radiation Sciences
- Senior Accountant
11 of the questions below are ones at most two of the 213 employers measured ask (median: 18), the least standard being “If you do not currently reside in the Greater Boston area, would you be willing to relocate to be able to work onsite or hybrid 3 days/week?”.
The eligibility questions
These are required, and answered from a fixed list rather than in your own words: work authorisation, visa sponsorship or security clearance. Employers often use questions like these to filter applications automatically, but Greenhouse's public data does not say whether Alpha-9 Oncology does — so treat them as the answers most likely to matter, not as a verdict. Answer them honestly either way.
| Question | Answers accepted |
|---|---|
| Are you legally authorized to work in the United States? required, fixed choice | Yes, No |
| Do you now or will you in the future require sponsorship to work in the U.S.? (e.g., H-1B visa status)? required, fixed choice | Yes, No |
Every question on the form
| Question | Type | Required |
|---|---|---|
| Are you legally authorized to work in the United States? Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| Do you now or will you in the future require sponsorship to work in the U.S.? (e.g., H-1B visa status)? Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| First Name | text | Yes |
| Last Name | text | Yes |
| text | Yes | |
| Phone | text | Yes |
| Resume/CV | file | Yes |
| Cover Letter | file | No |
| Address Line 1 | text | Yes |
| Address Line 2 | textarea | No |
| City | text | Yes |
| State Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado (+44 more) |
select | Yes |
| Postal Code | text | Yes |
| Are you able to work in the specified job location, or are you willing to relocate for this position? | text | Yes |
| What date would you be available to start in this position? | text | Yes |
| How did you hear about this job? Alpha-9 Website, Alpha-9 Employee Referral, Career Fair, Indeed, LinkedIn, Social media (e.g., Twitter, Facebook, etc) |
select | Yes |
| If other, please share source | text | No |
| LinkedIn Profile | text | No |
| Website | text | No |
| If you do not currently reside in the Greater Boston area, would you be willing to relocate to be able to work onsite or hybrid 3 days/week? | text | Yes |
| Province Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia (+4 more) |
select | No |
| What types of roles would you be interested in at Alpha-9? | textarea | No |
| How did you hear about Alpha-9 Oncology? Alpha-9 Website, Alpha-9 Employee Referral, Career Fair, Indeed, LinkedIn, Social media (e.g., Twitter, Facebook, etc) |
select | Yes |
| This role is based in our Boston office and requires working onsite 3–4 days per week. Would you be able to work on this schedule if hired? Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| Have you passed at least one section of the CPA exam or hold an active CPA license? Yes, active CPA license, No, but I have passed all 4 CPA exam sections and am completing licensure requirements, No, but I have passed CPA exam sections and am actively pursuing my CPA license, No, I have not started the CPA exam process |
select | Yes |
| If you selected that you have passed CPA exam sections, how many sections have you completed? 1 of 4, 2 of 4, 3 of 4, 4 of 4 |
select | No |
What it's really asking about
Grouped by what each question is for, so you can prepare the answers that repeat across employers.
| Topic | Questions |
|---|---|
| Other | 6 |
| How you heard of them | 3 |
| Education | 2 |
| Relocation | 2 |
| Remote or on-site | 1 |
| Role-specific screening | 1 |
| Start date | 1 |
| Visa sponsorship | 1 |
| Work authorisation | 1 |
What other employers ask
The same question rarely comes out the same way twice. These employers' forms are measured the same way, from their own job boards:
Upslide · Urban Sports Club · Vercel · Verisign · Viam · Wonderschool
Before you apply
Have the answers to the required questions ready before you open the form — Alpha-9 Oncology's asks for 13 of them, and Greenhouse does not save a partial application by default. Settle the eligibility questions first — they are the ones with no room to elaborate, so knowing your answer before you start tells you whether the rest of the form is worth your time.