Anthropic application questions — all 24, word for word
Anthropic hires through Greenhouse. Beyond name, email and CV, its application form asks 24 questions, 18 of them required. 2 of them are required, fixed-choice questions about your eligibility to work.
580 roles were open when this was last checked, mostly in engineering and sales. The questions below are the form's own wording, not a paraphrase.
What Anthropic has open
These are the roles the form was read from, as Anthropic titles them, in San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY, San Francisco, CA, San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA, London, UK:
- AI Fluency Education Lead
- AI Infrastructure Operations, Demand Planning
- AI Operations Engineer, Partnerships
- APAC Tax Lead
- AV Engineer
- AV Operations Specialist
- AV Production Specialist
- Account Executive - DNB
- Account Executive - Public Sector (ASEAN)
- Account Executive, AI Native
- Account Executive, Public Sector
- Accounting Analytics & BI Engineer
24 of the questions below are ones at most two of the 212 employers measured ask (median: 13), the least standard being “Briefly describe a regulatory regime you have personally operationalized end-to-end — translating legal requirements into controls, documentation, testing, and reporting. What was the regime, what was your role, and what were the most significant controls or processes you designed?”.
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 Anthropic does — so treat them as the answers most likely to matter, not as a verdict. Answer them honestly either way.
| Question | Answers accepted |
|---|---|
| Do you require visa sponsorship? required, fixed choice
Asks whether you would need the employer to sponsor a work visa, now or later. Sponsorship costs an employer time and fees, which is why it is asked early. Separate from whether you can work there today.
|
Yes, No |
| Will you now or will you in the future require employment visa sponsorship to work in the country in which the job you're applying for is located? required, fixed choice
Asks whether you would need the employer to sponsor a work visa, now or later. Sponsorship costs an employer time and fees, which is why it is asked early. Separate from whether you can work there today.
|
Yes, No |
Every question on the form
| Question | Type | Required |
|---|---|---|
| Do you require visa sponsorship? Yes, No Asks whether you would need the employer to sponsor a work visa, now or later. Sponsorship costs an employer time and fees, which is why it is asked early. Separate from whether you can work there today.
|
select | Yes |
| Will you now or will you in the future require employment visa sponsorship to work in the country in which the job you're applying for is located? Yes, No Asks whether you would need the employer to sponsor a work visa, now or later. Sponsorship costs an employer time and fees, which is why it is asked early. Separate from whether you can work there today.
|
select | Yes |
| First Name | text | Yes |
| Last Name | text | Yes |
| text | Yes | |
| Phone | text | No |
| Resume/CV | file | No |
| (Optional) Personal Preferences | text | No |
| Website | text | No |
| Are you open to working in-person in one of our offices 25% of the time? Yes, No Asks how often you would work from an office. Answers are usually a fixed list matching the arrangement the role is advertised under.
|
select | Yes |
| When is the earliest you would want to start working with us? Asks when you could begin. Often paired with a notice-period question so the two can be checked against each other.
|
text | No |
| Do you have any deadlines or timeline considerations we should be aware of? Asks how long you are contractually required to give your current employer before leaving. Used to work out a realistic start date.
|
text | No |
| AI Policy for Application Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| Why Anthropic? A free-text field the employer reads alongside your CV. Whether it is required is shown in the table; some forms accept a file upload instead of typed text.
|
textarea | Yes |
| Additional Information | textarea | No |
| LinkedIn Profile Asks for a link to work an employer can look at — a repository, a portfolio site or a profile. A URL field, so it is checked by being opened.
|
text | No |
| Are you open to relocation for this role? Yes, No Asks whether you would move for the role, and sometimes whether you would need help doing so. Relocation support is a cost, which is why it is asked up front.
|
select | Yes |
| What is the address from which you plan on working? If you would need to relocate, please type "relocating". Asks whether you would move for the role, and sometimes whether you would need help doing so. Relocation support is a cost, which is why it is asked up front.
|
text | No |
| Have you ever interviewed at Anthropic before? Yes, No Asks where you heard about the role. Used to work out which job boards and referral schemes are worth paying for.
|
select | Yes |
| Are you currently located in SF/NYC or open to relocation, if not? Yes, No Asks whether you would move for the role, and sometimes whether you would need help doing so. Relocation support is a cost, which is why it is asked up front.
|
select | Yes |
| Our Account Executive team is in office 4 days/week. Are you open to working in our office 4 days/week? Yes, No Asks how often you would work from an office. Answers are usually a fixed list matching the arrangement the role is advertised under.
|
select | Yes |
| Do you have experience selling API or technical products to engineering teams? If yes, please describe in a few sentences. Asks how long you have worked in the field, usually as a band rather than an exact number, so that applications can be sorted quickly.
|
textarea | Yes |
| Briefly describe a regulatory regime you have personally operationalized end-to-end — translating legal requirements into controls, documentation, testing, and reporting. What was the regime, what was your role, and what were the most significant controls or processes you designed? A free-text field the employer reads alongside your CV. Whether it is required is shown in the table; some forms accept a file upload instead of typed text.
|
textarea | Yes |
| Briefly describe a specific compliance obligation and how you would translate it into an operational control or process at a frontier AI company. A free-text field the employer reads alongside your CV. Whether it is required is shown in the table; some forms accept a file upload instead of typed text.
|
textarea | Yes |
| Send us something you made that taught someone a hard idea — a course, a video, an essay, a tool. What did you understand about how people learn that made it work? What did you get wrong in the first draft? Asks for a link to work an employer can look at — a repository, a portfolio site or a profile. A URL field, so it is checked by being opened.
|
textarea | Yes |
| What do you think is critical to teach to help people achieve AI Fluency that most people are not teaching well? A free-text field the employer reads alongside your CV. Whether it is required is shown in the table; some forms accept a file upload instead of typed text.
|
textarea | Yes |
| Please note that you will not be considered unless you complete the Constellation application form. I understand that I do not need to complete this Greenhouse application and instead should use the provided link to Constellation's application form to apply. |
select | Yes |
| Please read the arbitration agreement below I will read the arbitration agreement below. |
select | Yes |
| Agreement to Arbitrate I understand and agree to the terms of the Agreement to Arbitrate set forth above. |
select | Yes |
| How do you pronounce your name? | text | No |
| Are you open to working in-person in our SF office 25% of the time? Yes, No |
select | Yes |
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 | 8 |
| Cover letter | 4 |
| Relocation | 3 |
| Remote or on-site | 2 |
| Visa sponsorship | 2 |
| How you heard of them | 1 |
| Notice period | 1 |
| Portfolio and links | 1 |
| Start date | 1 |
| Years of experience | 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:
House Rx · Hume Ai · Huntress · Imply · Instacart · Isar Aerospace Se
Before you apply
Have the answers to the required questions ready before you open the form — Anthropic's asks for 18 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.