Aptos application questions — all 10, word for word
Aptos hires through Greenhouse. Beyond name, email and CV, its application form asks 10 questions, 2 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 engineering and sales. The questions below are the form's own wording, not a paraphrase.
What Aptos has open
These are the roles the form was read from, as Aptos titles them, in Palo Alto, California, Korea, Palo Alto, California, New York City, New York, Remote:
- Community Manager (Korea)
- Head of Enterprise GTM – Shelby Platform
- Information Security Engineer, Product
- Senior Software Engineer, Platform Infrastructure
- Senior Software Engineer, Trading Infrastructure
- Software Engineer, Payments Product Lead
- Software Engineer, Trading Product
- Staff Software Engineer, Product
- Security Analyst
2 of the questions below are ones at most two of the 213 employers measured ask (median: 18), the least standard being “Will you now or in the future require sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H-1B visa status) in the United States?”.
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 Aptos 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 authorized to work in the location you are applying for? required, fixed choice | Yes, No |
| Will you now or in the future require sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H-1B visa status) in the United States? required, fixed choice | Yes, No |
Every question on the form
| Question | Type | Required |
|---|---|---|
| Are you authorized to work in the location you are applying for? Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| Will you now or in the future require sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H-1B visa status) in the United States? Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| First Name | text | Yes |
| Last Name | text | Yes |
| Preferred First Name | text | No |
| text | Yes | |
| Phone | text | No |
| Resume/CV | file | No |
| Cover Letter | file | No |
| LinkedIn Profile | text | No |
| Website | text | No |
| How would you describe your gender identity? (mark all that apply) | text | No |
| How would you describe your racial/ethnic background? (mark all that apply) | text | No |
| How would you describe your sexual orientation? (mark all that apply) | text | No |
| Do you identify as transgender? | text | No |
| Do you have a disability or chronic condition (physical, visual, auditory, cognitive, mental, emotional, or other) that substantially limits one or more of your major life activities, including mobility, communication (seeing, hearing, speaking), and learning? | text | No |
| Are you a veteran or active member of the United States Armed Forces? | text | No |
| Github Profile | text | 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 |
|---|---|
| Voluntary diversity questions (EEOC) | 6 |
| Other | 1 |
| Portfolio and links | 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:
Culture Amp · Databricks · Daybreak Health · Degreed · Dollar Shave Club · Doximity
Before you apply
Have the answers to the required questions ready before you open the form — Aptos's asks for 2 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.