BitGo application questions — all 25, word for word
BitGo hires through Greenhouse. Beyond name, email and CV, its application form asks 25 questions, 22 of them required. None of them is a required, fixed-choice question about your eligibility to work. A cover letter is optional.
38 roles were open when this was last checked, mostly in sales and engineering. The questions below are the form's own wording, not a paraphrase.
What BitGo has open
These are the roles the form was read from, as BitGo titles them, in New York, United States, Palo Alto, California, United States, India, San Francisco, California, United States:
- Application Security Engineer
- Associate - Listings & Ecosystem Development
- Associate General Counsel
- Backend Engineer E2 - Ecosystem
- Business Development Representative - MENA (Cyprus or Israel)
- Business Development Representative - MENA (Saudi Arabia)
- Business Development Representative - MENA(South Africa or Kenya)
- Client Service Associate - Prime
- Customer Success Manager (EMEA)
- Derivatives Trader, NYC
- Director - Listings & Ecosystem Development
- Director of Trust Administration
23 of the questions below are ones at most two of the 212 employers measured ask (median: 13), the least standard being “This role will require being full-time onsite at our New York City office to support collaborative team dynamics and innovative problem-solving. Are you able to work onsite 5 days a week?”.
Every question on the form
| Question | Type | Required |
|---|---|---|
| First Name | text | Yes |
| Last Name | text | Yes |
| text | Yes | |
| Phone | text | Yes |
| Resume/CV | file | Yes |
| Cover Letter | file | No |
| LinkedIn Profile | text | Yes |
| What is your notice period 1 Month or less, 2 Months, More than 2 Months |
multiselect | Yes |
| Location In Bangalore, Can Relocate to Bangalore, Can't Relocate to Bangalore |
multiselect | Yes |
| Are you comfortable working 5 days in Office? Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| Years of Experience in Application Security? Less than 4 Years, 4 to 8 Years, More than 8 Years |
multiselect | Yes |
| Are you comfortable attending meetings in the PST timezone? Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| Preferred First Name | text | No |
| This role is onsite (Monday - Friday) in our Singapore office. Are you willing to work onsite full time? Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| Website | text | No |
| Are you physically based in New York and willing to work onsite 5 days per week in our office? | text | Yes |
| This role will require being full-time onsite at our New York City office to support collaborative team dynamics and innovative problem-solving. Are you able to work onsite 5 days a week? Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| What is your involvement, experience or interest in cryptocurrencies and blockchain? | text | No |
| Leetcode/Github Link. | textarea | Yes |
| Location. In Bangalore, Can relocate to Bangalore, Cannot relocate to Bangalore |
select | Yes |
| The working model is 5 days in the office. Are you comfortable with that? Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| Notice Period? Immediate - 15 days, 30 days, 45 days, 60 - 90 days |
select | Yes |
| Are you comfortable attending meetings in the PST/ET timezone? Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| Are you physically based in Cyprus or Israel? (Required) Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| Are you currently a Permanent resident? (required) Yes, No |
select | No |
| Are you fluent in English? (required) Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| Are you physically based in Saudi Arabia or Qatar? (Required) Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| Are you physically based in South Africa or Kenya? (Required) Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| Select your notice period Immediate - 30 days, 45 days, 60 - 90 days |
select | Yes |
| How many years of overall experience do you have? Less than 4 Years, 5 - 8 Years, 9 years or more |
select | Yes |
| Have you worked on Settlement and Reconciliation? Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| Have you worked at a Financial or FinTech company before? Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| Are you willing to work on weekends as per the team's requirements, based on a rotational shift policy? 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 |
|---|---|
| Remote or on-site | 5 |
| Years of experience | 5 |
| Notice period | 3 |
| Other | 3 |
| Relocation | 3 |
| Role-specific screening | 3 |
| Language proficiency | 1 |
| Portfolio and links | 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:
Wonderschool · Wrike · Yugabytedb · Zynga · 8Am · Adyen
Before you apply
Have the answers to the required questions ready before you open the form — BitGo's asks for 22 of them, and Greenhouse does not save a partial application by default.