Box application questions — all 32, word for word
Box hires through Greenhouse. Beyond name, email and CV, its application form asks 32 questions, 30 of them required. 4 of them are required, fixed-choice questions about your eligibility to work. A cover letter is optional.
179 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 Box has open
These are the roles the form was read from, as Box titles them, in Warsaw, Poland, Redwood City, CA, United States, Tokyo, Japan, London:
- AI Business Automation Engineer
- AI Content Creator
- Accounting Manager
- Associate Technical Consultant
- Associate Technical Support Engineer
- Business Development Representative (Chicago, IL)
- Business Development Representative (New York, NY)
- Business Development Representative (Public Sector)
- Business Systems Analyst III (Marketing)
- Business Systems Analyst III (Salesforce)
- Commercial Account Executive
- Commercial Sales Enablement Manager
27 of the questions below are ones at most two of the 212 employers measured ask (median: 13), the least standard being “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?”.
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 |
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 |
| 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 |
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 | 5 |
| Relocation | 5 |
| Remote or on-site | 5 |
| How you heard of them | 3 |
| Visa sponsorship | 3 |
| Cover letter | 2 |
| Portfolio and links | 1 |
| Salary expectations | 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:
Squarespace · Stockx · Stripe · Stubhub · Studs · Sumo Logic
Before you apply
Have the answers to the required questions ready before you open the form — Box's asks for 30 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.