Boku application questions — all 38, word for word
Boku hires through Greenhouse. Beyond name, email and CV, its application form asks 38 questions, 37 of them required. 5 of them are required, fixed-choice questions about your eligibility to work. A cover letter is optional.
8 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 Boku has open
These are the roles the form was read from, as Boku titles them, in Singapore, London, Mumbai, Philippines:
- Business Development Manager
- Enterprise Sales Director
- Key Account Director
- Senior Business Data Analyst – Strategic Partnerships
- Senior Software Engineer - Backend
- Quality Engineering Manager
36 of the questions below are ones at most two of the 212 employers measured ask (median: 13), the least standard being “The job location is Mumbai and follows a hybrid work model. This role is open only to candidates based in Mumbai or Pune. If you are based in Pune, you must be willing to travel to the Mumbai office once a week. Please apply only if you meet these location and work arrangement requirements.”.
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 Boku 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 region in which the role is based (Taiwan)? required, fixed choice | Yes, No |
| Do you currently have the legal right to work in Philippines without requiring visa sponsorship, now or in the future? required, fixed choice | Yes, No |
| Do you have the right to work in the country that this job is based in? required, fixed choice | Yes, No |
| Are you legally authorized to work in Singapore without sponsorship? required, fixed choice | Yes, No |
| Do you currently have the legal right to work in Singapore without requiring visa sponsorship, now or in the future? required, fixed choice | Yes, No |
Every question on the form
| Question | Type | Required |
|---|---|---|
| Are you legally authorized to work in the region in which the role is based (Taiwan)? Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| Do you currently have the legal right to work in Philippines without requiring visa sponsorship, now or in the future? Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| Do you have the right to work in the country that this job is based in? Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| Are you legally authorized to work in Singapore without sponsorship? Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| Do you currently have the legal right to work in Singapore without requiring visa sponsorship, now or in the future? 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 |
| LinkedIn Profile | text | No |
| Please mention your notice period or earliest availability to join. | text | Yes |
| What is your current annual salary in TWD? | text | Yes |
| What is your expected annual salary in TWD? | text | Yes |
| Which city do you live in? Are you able to travel to Taiwan/Hong Kong/China without restriction? | textarea | Yes |
| How many years of experience do you have in Payments, Fintech, PSPs, LPMs, DCB, partnerships, or related areas? | text | Yes |
| How would you rate yourself in English? Basic (Beginner), Intermediate, Advanced, Fluent (Proficient/Native-like) |
select | Yes |
| Preferred First Name | text | No |
| Do you have experience in Payments/Fintech industry? | text | Yes |
| What is your expected salary? | text | Yes |
| How soon can you join if selected? | text | Yes |
| Please specify your current annual base compensation (in SGD). | text | Yes |
| Please indicate your expected annual base compensation (in SGD). | text | Yes |
| Please list the languages you speak and your proficiency level for each: (e.g., Basic, Intermediate, Advanced, Native/Fluent) | textarea | Yes |
| How many strategic accounts do you personally own and manage today? | textarea | Yes |
| What is the approximate annual revenue, GMV, payment volume, or business turnover of the accounts you manage? | textarea | Yes |
| Website | text | No |
| What is your current CTC in Lakhs per annum? | text | Yes |
| What is your expected CTC in Lakhs per annum? | text | Yes |
| What is your notice period? | text | Yes |
| The job location is Mumbai and follows a hybrid work model. This role is open only to candidates based in Mumbai or Pune.
If you are based in Pune, you must be willing to travel to the Mumbai office once a week.
Please apply only if you meet these location and work arrangement requirements. Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| As a Quality Manager, how many years of experience do you have managing QA/SDET teams? | text | Yes |
| What is your experience with Java, and when was the last time you worked with it? | textarea | Yes |
| How many years of professional experience do you have in Data Analytics, Business Intelligence, or Analytics Engineering? | text | Yes |
| Which BI, analytics, and data tools do you have hands-on professional experience with? | textarea | Yes |
| Tell me about how you currently use AI in your day-to-day work or personal projects. | textarea | Yes |
| How would you rate your SQL proficiency (Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced, Expert)? Have you independently written complex SQL queries to analyse large datasets in a production environment? | textarea | Yes |
| Have you worked directly with external enterprise customers or strategic partners, presenting analytical findings and recommendations? | textarea | Yes |
| What is your expected annual base salary (in SGD)? | text | Yes |
| Are you currently based in Singapore? Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| What is your current right-to-work status in the Singapore? | text | Yes |
| Please specify your current annual compensation (in SGD). | text | Yes |
| Please indicate your expected annual compensation (in SGD). | text | Yes |
| What payment or financial system have you personally architected or built from scratch, and what architectural decisions did you own around payouts, card processing, FX, reconciliation, or settlement? | textarea | Yes |
| What was the scale of the largest payment/financial platform you've worked on (e.g., transaction volume, users, throughput), and what architectural decisions did you personally own? | textarea | 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 |
|---|---|
| Years of experience | 11 |
| Salary expectations | 10 |
| Language proficiency | 3 |
| Remote or on-site | 3 |
| Visa sponsorship | 3 |
| Work authorisation | 3 |
| Notice period | 2 |
| Other | 1 |
| Portfolio and links | 1 |
| Start date | 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:
Huntress · Imply · Instacart · Isar Aerospace Se · Kaizo · Kbra
Before you apply
Have the answers to the required questions ready before you open the form — Boku's asks for 37 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.