Box application questions — all 66, word for word
Box hires through Greenhouse. Beyond name, email and CV, its application form asks 66 questions, 62 of them required. 9 of them are required, fixed-choice questions about your eligibility to work. A cover letter is optional.
336 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 Box has open
These are the roles the form was read from, as Box titles them, in Warsaw, Poland, Redwood City, CA, United States, New York, NY, United States, London:
- Associate Technical Consultant
- Associate Technical Support Engineer
- Backend Software Engineer III, Metadata Core
- Big Data Engineer (Scala)
- Business Systems Analyst III (Marketing)
- Commercial Account Executive
- Commercial Account Executive I
- Customer Success Manager
- Customer Success Manager (Nagoya)
- Data Engineer III
- Director, Enterprise Sales, Financial Services
- Director, Pricing & Packaging
53 of the questions below are ones at most two of the 213 employers measured ask (median: 18), the least standard being “Boxers are expected to work from the San Francisco office a minimum of 3 days per week, with a focus on Tuesdays, Wednesday and Thursdays. Are you willing to relocate and commute to this position's designated office?”.
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 Box 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 now, or will you in the future, require sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g.. H-1B visa status, etc) to work legally for Box in the United States? required, fixed choice | Yes, No |
| Do you now, or will you in the future, require sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., work permit, stay permit etc.) to work legally for Box in Poland? required, fixed choice | Yes, No |
| Do you now, or will you in the future, require sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H-1B visa status, etc.) to work legally for Box in the United States? required, fixed choice | Yes, No |
| What is your current work authorization? required, fixed choice | Yes, No |
| Do you now, or will you in the future, require sponsorship for employment visa status to work legally for Box in Japan? required, fixed choice | Yes, No |
| Do you now, or will you in the future, require sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H-1B visa status, etc.) to work legally for Box in the United Kingdom? required, fixed choice | Yes, No |
| At this current time, will you need sponsorship nor OR in the future? required, fixed choice | Yes, No |
| At this time, will you now or in the future need sponsorship? required, fixed choice | Yes, No |
| Do you now, or will you in the future, require sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H-1B visa status, etc.) to work legally for Box in Germany? required, fixed choice | Yes, No |
Every question on the form
| Question | Type | Required |
|---|---|---|
| Do you now, or will you in the future, require sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g.. H-1B visa status, etc) to work legally for Box in the United States? Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| Do you now, or will you in the future, require sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., work permit, stay permit etc.) to work legally for Box in Poland? Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| Do you now, or will you in the future, require sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H-1B visa status, etc.) to work legally for Box in the United States? Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| What is your current work authorization? Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| Do you now, or will you in the future, require sponsorship for employment visa status to work legally for Box in Japan? Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| Do you now, or will you in the future, require sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H-1B visa status, etc.) to work legally for Box in the United Kingdom? Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| At this current time, will you need sponsorship nor OR in the future? Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| At this time, will you now or in the future need sponsorship? Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| Do you now, or will you in the future, require sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H-1B visa status, etc.) to work legally for Box in Germany? 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 |
| Website | text | No |
| How did you hear about this job? | text | No |
| In what City, State/Province and Zip are you currently residing? | text | Yes |
| Have you ever been employed at Box, including working as a contractor, intern, grad, or full-time employee? Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| Privacy Notice Acknowledgement I Acknowledge |
select | Yes |
| Consent To Process I Agree |
select | Yes |
| In what City, State and Zip are you currently residing? | text | Yes |
| Boxers are expected to work from the office a minimum of 3 days per week, with a focus on Tuesdays, Wednesday and Thursdays. Are you willing to relocate and commute to this position's designated office? Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| How did you hear about this job/Box? Box careers site, Referral, LinkedIn, Indeed, Glassdoor, Google / web search (+4 more) |
select | Yes |
| If you select "Other," please provide details below. | text | No |
| I identify my gender as: | text | Yes |
| I identify as transgender: | text | Yes |
| I identify my sexual orientation as: | text | Yes |
| I identify my ethnicity as: | text | Yes |
| Veteran status: | text | Yes |
| I have a physical disability, or have a history/record of having a disability | text | Yes |
| Work samples (social media handle, portfolio, etc.) | text | Yes |
| Are you able to work from our Redwood City, CA office at least 3x per week? Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| Why do you think you would be a good fit for this role? | textarea | Yes |
| Boxers are expected to work from the Redwood City, CA office a minimum of 3 days per week. Are you willing to relocate and commute to this office? | text | Yes |
| In what City, State/Province, Country and Zip Code are you currently residing? | text | Yes |
| Why do you want a sales role at Box? | textarea | Yes |
| This is a hybrid role. Are you able to go into the office at least 3 days a week? | text | Yes |
| This is a hybrid role. Are you able to go into the Austin office at least 3 days a week? | text | Yes |
| What are your total compensation expectations for this role? | text | Yes |
| Do you have experience with Marketo and Iterable? Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| Describe your experience in Business Systems Analyst for Marketing. | textarea | Yes |
| This is a hybrid role. Are you able to go into the Chicago office at least 3 days a week? | text | Yes |
| This is a hybrid role. Are you able to go into the NYC office at least 3 days a week? | text | Yes |
| 名 | text | Yes |
| 姓 | text | Yes |
| 電子メール | text | Yes |
| 電話 | text | Yes |
| 履歴書/CV | file | Yes |
| カバーレター | file | No |
| Why would you be a good match for the Account Executive position? | textarea | Yes |
| Why are you interested in joining Box? | textarea | Yes |
| I identify my gender as | text | Yes |
| I identify as transgender | text | Yes |
| I identify my ethnicity as | text | Yes |
| I have a physical disability or have a history/record of having a disability | text | Yes |
| Please explain your lead generation experience: | textarea | Yes |
| What is your current work authorization? (US citizen, GC, etc). Please refrain from replying yes or no. | text | Yes |
| Do you have experience with integration platforms? If yes, which ones? | text | Yes |
| What data warehouses do you have experience in? | textarea | Yes |
| Number of years supporting marketing systems technology? | text | Yes |
| Boxers are expected to work from the San Francisco office a minimum of 3 days per week, with a focus on Tuesdays, Wednesday and Thursdays. Are you willing to relocate and commute to this position's designated office? Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| In what City, Country, State/Province are you currently residing? | text | Yes |
| Why are you a good match for our Account Executive position? | textarea | Yes |
| Can you speak fluent German? | text | Yes |
| Number of years supporting marketing systems/marketing operations business directly? | text | Yes |
| Number of years supporting marketing systems technology directly? | text | Yes |
| This is a hybrid role. Are you able to go into the San Francisco office at least 3 days a week? | text | Yes |
| Preferred First Name | text | No |
| Why are you a good match for the Account Executive position at Box? | textarea | Yes |
| Do you speak fluent German? | textarea | Yes |
| Boxers are expected to work from the office a minimum of 3 days per week, with a focus on Tuesdays, Wednesday and Thursdays. Are you willing to relocate/commute to the Munich office? Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| Boxers are expected to work from the office a minimum of 3 days per week, with a focus on Tuesdays, Wednesday and Thursdays. Are you willing to relocate and commute to the Austin office? 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 | 22 |
| Voluntary diversity questions (EEOC) | 10 |
| Relocation | 8 |
| Visa sponsorship | 8 |
| Remote or on-site | 6 |
| Cover letter | 3 |
| How you heard of them | 3 |
| Language proficiency | 2 |
| Work authorisation | 2 |
| Portfolio and links | 1 |
| Salary expectations | 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:
Upgrade · Upslide · Urban Sports Club · Vercel · Verisign · Viam
Before you apply
Have the answers to the required questions ready before you open the form — Box's asks for 62 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.