Avant Arte application questions — all 73, word for word
Avant Arte hires through Recruitee. Beyond name, email and CV, its application form asks 73 questions, 61 of them required. None of them is a required, fixed-choice question about your eligibility to work. A cover letter is optional.
21 roles were open when this was last checked, mostly in design and marketing. The questions below are the form's own wording, not a paraphrase.
What Avant Arte has open
These are the roles the form was read from, as Avant Arte titles them, in London, England, United Kingdom, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands, Remote job:
- Artist Lead (Account & Project Lead)
- Artworker (Make-Ready)
- Brand Lead
- Creative Producer
- Founder's Associate
- Framer
- Framing Manager
- Growth Lead (Paid Marketing)
- Midweight Content Creative
- Operations Executive (Warehouse)
- Printmaker, Flexible (Make-Ready)
- Project Manager
71 of the questions below are ones at most two of the 213 employers measured ask (median: 18), the least standard being “Describe a successful pitch or project that you have run, how you ran it, what was key to success and how you knew it was successful. What went well, what didn’t, what you learned and how you applied that learning next time. And what you were proud of? Please includes a link that brings the project to life - it could be a post on IG, an ad on social, a webpage or a visual from a pitch - keep it to one piece please.”.
Every question on the form
| Question | Type | Required |
|---|---|---|
| Resume/CV | file | Yes |
| Cover Letter | textarea | No |
| Phone | text | Yes |
| Are you happy to be based at our Amsterdam-zuidoost Warehouse 5 days per week? | textarea | Yes |
| Please include a link here or upload a copy of your portfolio - | textarea | Yes |
| Do you have any experience using AI to elevate product photography? | textarea | Yes |
| What is your day rate and when would you be available to start? | textarea | Yes |
| Describe a successful pitch or project that you have run, how you ran it, what was key to success and how you knew it was successful. What went well, what didn’t, what you learned and how you applied that learning next time. And what you were proud of? Please includes a link that brings the project to life - it could be a post on IG, an ad on social, a webpage or a visual from a pitch - keep it to one piece please. | textarea | Yes |
| Tell us about an artist you are excited about and why, including a link to a favourite piece or exhibition | textarea | Yes |
| Please confirm what level you are applying for and your salary expectations for the role: Artist Manager (5+ years experience) Artist Lead (7+ years experience) | textarea | Yes |
| Are there any reasonable adjustments you need as part of this process? | textarea | No |
| Briefly describe your current role and team. | textarea | Yes |
| Which part of this role most closely matches what you’ve done before — and which part would be a stretch? | textarea | Yes |
| This role combines hands-on creative work with team leadership. In your current role, approximately what percentage of your time is spent personally creating or executing work versus directing or reviewing others’ work? | textarea | Yes |
| Do you have a portfolio? If so, please upload as part of your application or link here. | textarea | No |
| Please could you confirm your salary expectations, notice period and right to work in the UK? | textarea | Yes |
| Briefly describe how you would structure a paid social creative testing plan (no more than a short paragraph). | textarea | Yes |
| What draws you to Make-Ready Editions specifically? | textarea | Yes |
| Are there any adjustments you need as part of this interview process? | textarea | No |
| Briefly describe a DTC growth programme you have owned and the outcome. | textarea | Yes |
| Give a brief overview of a complex application or feature, across both frontend and backend, that you worked on. Touching on the main capabilities of the app, some particularly complex or interesting implementation details and what you would do to improve it | textarea | Yes |
| What backend technologies/frameworks have you worked with? (If any), which is your favourite and why? | textarea | Yes |
| Are you comfortable working on site 5 days a week? | textarea | Yes |
| Do you have the right to work in the Netherlands without sponsorship? The salary range for this role is €34-€38k dependent on experience. Are you happy with this range? | textarea | Yes |
| Are you fluent in English both written & spoken? | textarea | Yes |
| What attracted you to this role? | textarea | Yes |
| Can you give an example of a time when you identified and improved an inefficient internal process or workflow? What was the outcome? | textarea | Yes |
| Tell us about a project where you collaborated across multiple teams. How did you ensure milestones and deliverables were met on time? | textarea | Yes |
| What interests you about this Artworker role, and why do you want to work within a print production environment? | textarea | Yes |
| Tell us about a piece of work you were responsible for delivering. What did you take ownership of, how did you manage the details and deadlines, and what did you do when something didn’t go to plan? | textarea | Yes |
| The salary for this role is £32-£38k depending on experience. Are you comfortable with this range? | textarea | Yes |
| Are you happy to be based in our Tottenham Studio 5 days per week? | textarea | Yes |
| Please share an example of a recent proposal you've done. | textarea | Yes |
| Please share an example of stakeholder management and what went well and not so well. | textarea | Yes |
| What value do you think you could bring to AA in this role? | textarea | Yes |
| The rate we’re offering is £25–£30 per hour, depending on experience. Are you comfortable with this range? | textarea | Yes |
| When are you available to start? | textarea | Yes |
| Are you happy with the flexibility required in this role? | textarea | Yes |
| Tell us about a campaign where performance wasn’t going to plan. What did you change, how quickly did you make the decision, and what happened as a result? | textarea | Yes |
| From what you can see publicly of Avant Arte’s recent campaigns, what stands out as something we do well, and what’s one thing you’d be curious to test or improve? | textarea | Yes |
| The salary band for this role is £60-£75k depending on experience - are you happy with this range? | textarea | Yes |
| Do you have the right to work in the UK without need for sponsorship? What is your notice period? | textarea | Yes |
| Based on what you can see publicly of Avant Arte, what do you think we do particularly well as a brand, and what’s one area you’d be interested in pushing further? | textarea | Yes |
| Tell us about a brand initiative, programme or format you’ve helped create from scratch. What was the idea, what was your role, and what impact did it have? | textarea | Yes |
| How much time per week are you able to dedicate to this role? | textarea | Yes |
| How many years experience do you have running a framing operation? | textarea | Yes |
| Are you comfortable working onsite 5 days per week? | textarea | Yes |
| When are you available to start? What are your salary expectations? | textarea | Yes |
| Tell us about an artist or idea you think our audience would love, and why. | textarea | Yes |
| Do you have any examples of your work that you'd like to share? Feel free to share any accounts or single posts you've created. | textarea | No |
| What attracted you to this role? / Wat spreekt je aan binnen deze functie? | textarea | No |
| Would you say you have an entrepreneurial mindset and why? / Zou je zeggen dat je een ondernemende mentaliteit hebt en kun je dit toelichten? | textarea | No |
| In what way are you familiar with repetitive work?/ Op welke manier ben je vertrouwd met repetitief werk? | textarea | No |
| Do you have the right to work in the Netherlands without sponsorship? The salary range for this role is up to €36,000 per year dependent on experience. Are you happy with this range? | textarea | No |
| What excites you about working closely with a founder in a fast-paced environment? (Suggested: max 250 words) | textarea | Yes |
| Tell us about a time you had to manage multiple priorities. How did you meet deadlines without sacrificing quality? (Suggested: max 250 words) | textarea | Yes |
| What is your notice period? And are you happy with the salary range of £40-£60k dependant on experience? | textarea | Yes |
| Are there any reasonable adjustments you require as part of this interview process? | textarea | Yes |
| Tell us about a time you delivered multiple projects at pace. How did you successfully keep all projects on track? | textarea | Yes |
| Tell us about a time you were fully accountable for a project budget. How did you track costs, manage suppliers, and identify opportunities to reduce spend while maintaining quality? | textarea | Yes |
| Do you have the right to work in the UK without need for sponsorship in the future? | textarea | Yes |
| Are you happy with the salary range of £35,000- £45,000 for this role? | textarea | Yes |
| What is your notice period? | textarea | Yes |
| Are there any adjustments or accommodations you require as part of this process? | textarea | Yes |
| Do you have a minimum of four years of experience producing digital ads or social media content, across both static and video formats? | boolean | No |
| Are you proficient in Figma, with experience using templates to create and adapt digital assets? | boolean | No |
| Are you confident and experienced in shooting video on iPhone, with a good eye for framing, composition and visual storytelling? | boolean | No |
| Are you familiar with Adobe Creative Cloud, particularly Premiere Pro, DaVinci and Photoshop? | boolean | No |
| Are you happy with the salary range of £40-£60k dependant on experience? | textarea | Yes |
| Do you have experience running a framing operation? | textarea | Yes |
| What are your salary expectations? | textarea | Yes |
| Do you have the right to work in the UK without need for sponsorship? | textarea | Yes |
| Do you have the required eligibility to work in the UK? | boolean | Yes |
| Do you have the eligibility work in Holland? | boolean | Yes |
| Are you comfortable working onsite, in Abcoude, 5 days per week? | textarea | Yes |
| Please can you share a link to your portfolio of creative work? | text | 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 | 47 |
| Salary expectations | 6 |
| Visa sponsorship | 5 |
| Cover letter | 3 |
| Portfolio and links | 3 |
| Remote or on-site | 2 |
| Start date | 2 |
| Years of experience | 2 |
| Language proficiency | 1 |
| Notice period | 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:
Techstars · Tenable · Torq · True Anomaly · Turbineone · Twilio
Before you apply
Have the answers to the required questions ready before you open the form — Avant Arte's asks for 61 of them, and Recruitee does not save a partial application by default.