Carbon Direct application questions — all 23, word for word
Carbon Direct hires through Greenhouse. Beyond name, email and CV, its application form asks 23 questions, 16 of them required. 1 of them is a required, fixed-choice question about your eligibility to work. A cover letter is optional.
7 roles were open when this was last checked, mostly in engineering and consulting. The questions below are the form's own wording, not a paraphrase.
What Carbon Direct has open
These are the roles the form was read from, as Carbon Direct titles them, in Remote, United State - Remote, United States - Remote:
- Electrical Engineer
- General Application
- Scientific Project Reviewers
- Staff Backend Engineer
- Staff Full Stack Engineer
- Strategist, Natural Capital
- Technical Due Diligence Consultant
15 of the questions below are ones at most two of the 213 employers measured ask (median: 18), the least standard being “Do you have proficiency in transmission models (N-1 reliability, SCUC, SCED), AC/DC power flow models and their applications in market operations, congestion management and capacity planning, including steady-state and dynamic modeling of the transmission networks using industry standard tools such as PSS/E, PowerWorld or PSCAD?”.
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 Carbon Direct does — so treat them as the answers most likely to matter, not as a verdict. Answer them honestly either way.
| Question | Answers accepted |
|---|---|
| Will you now or in the future require visa sponsorship? required, fixed choice | Yes, No |
Every question on the form
| Question | Type | Required |
|---|---|---|
| Will you now or in the future require visa sponsorship? Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| First Name | text | Yes |
| Last Name | text | Yes |
| Preferred First Name | text | No |
| text | Yes | |
| Phone | text | Yes |
| Resume/CV | file | Yes |
| Cover Letter | file | No |
| Website | text | No |
| LinkedIn Profile | text | No |
| Do you have experience in managing/leading internal/external clients in the electric power industry, preferably consulting, advisory, corporate and/or data centers? Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| Do you have proficiency in transmission models (N-1 reliability, SCUC, SCED), AC/DC power flow models and their applications in market operations, congestion management and capacity planning, including steady-state and dynamic modeling of the transmission networks using industry standard tools such as PSS/E, PowerWorld or PSCAD? Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| How would you describe your gender identity? (mark all that apply) | text | No |
| How would you describe your racial/ethnic background? (mark all that apply) | text | No |
| How would you describe your sexual orientation? (mark all that apply) | text | No |
| Do you identify as transgender? (select one) | text | No |
| Do you have a disability or chronic condition (physical, visual, auditory, cognitive, mental, emotional, or other) that substantially limits one or more of your major life activities, including mobility, communication (seeing, hearing, speaking), and learning? (select one) | text | No |
| Are you a veteran or active member of the United States Armed Forces? (select one) | text | No |
| Do you have nature-based carbon removal pathways experience? Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| Do you have industrial carbon removal pathways experience? Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| Do you have hybrid carbon removal pathways experience? Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| Do you have environmental and climate justice experience? Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| Please attach a short-form writing sample? | file | Yes |
| Do you have extensive professional experience in sustainability consulting, carbon removal, climate change mitigation, or a related field? Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| Do you have demonstrated experience in business development and client relationship management, including scope of work development and customer discovery? Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| What countries do you have expertise in? | textarea | Yes |
| What languages do you speak? | textarea | Yes |
| What expertise do you have? Biomass sourcing, Afforestation / Reforestation / Revegetation (ARR), Agroforestry, Improved Forest Management (IFM), Biochar, None |
multiselect | Yes |
| Do you have significant professional experience as a full-stack engineer, with the depth to work confidently across front-end, back-end, databases, and deployment? Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| Do you have experience working at a start-up? Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| Do you have extensive professional experience as a backend engineer, with a track record of operating at staff level and setting technical direction with minimal oversight? 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 |
|---|---|
| Voluntary diversity questions (EEOC) | 6 |
| Years of experience | 6 |
| Other | 4 |
| Language proficiency | 2 |
| Role-specific screening | 2 |
| Portfolio and links | 1 |
| Remote or on-site | 1 |
| Visa sponsorship | 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:
Ophelia · Optimal Dynamics · Oshi Health · Ownwell · Pacaso · Pagerduty
Before you apply
Have the answers to the required questions ready before you open the form — Carbon Direct's asks for 16 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.