CircleCI application questions — all 24, word for word
CircleCI hires through Greenhouse. Beyond name, email and CV, its application form asks 24 questions, 18 of them required. 2 of them are required, fixed-choice questions about your eligibility to work. A cover letter is optional.
23 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 CircleCI has open
These are the roles the form was read from, as CircleCI titles them, in San Francisco, Canada (Remote), United States (Remote), United Kingdom (Remote) Mexico City, Mexico - Hybrid, Ontario, Canada (Remote), Remote:
- Agentic Operator, Growth Marketing
- Lead Accountant
- Senior GTM Strategy & Operations Manager
- Senior Software Engineer
- Senior Software Engineer, Query
- Senior Solutions Engineer
- Software Engineer
- Staff Software Engineer
- Staff Software Engineer, Delivery Engineering
- Staff Software Engineer, On-Prem
- Strategic Account Executive, NAMER
- Strategic Client Account Executive, APAC
22 of the questions below are ones at most two of the 213 employers measured ask (median: 18), the least standard being “LinkedIn Profile (Due to an industry-wide increase in fraudulent applications, we ask candidates to provide their LinkedIn profile to help us verify application information and maintain the integrity of our hiring process)”.
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 CircleCI 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 currently eligible to work in the country(s) where the job is posted? required, fixed choice | Yes, No |
| Do you now or in the future require visa sponsorship to continue working in the country(s) where the job is posted? required, fixed choice | Yes, No |
Every question on the form
| Question | Type | Required |
|---|---|---|
| Are you currently eligible to work in the country(s) where the job is posted? Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| Do you now or in the future require visa sponsorship to continue working in the country(s) where the job is posted? 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 |
| LinkedIn Profile | text | No |
| Are you located in and willing to work in the location where the job is posted? (*EST Remote in US or Ontario, Canada) | text | Yes |
| Are your salary expectations for this role within the posted salary band (if applicable)? | text | Yes |
| How do you identify your gender? | text | No |
| Are you a veteran? | text | No |
| What is your ability status? | text | No |
| Which races/ethnicities do you belong to? | text | No |
| Website | text | No |
| Are you located in and willing to work in the location where the job is posted? | text | Yes |
| If the job is posted in San Francisco, are you willing to work from the San Francisco headquarters office 2-3 times weekly? | text | Yes |
| Are you located in and willing to work in the location where the job is posted (Ontario)? Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| Are you currently located in and willing to work in the location where the job is posted (UK)? | text | Yes |
| What are your preferred pronouns? (for example: she/her, he/him, they/them, etc.) | text | Yes |
| Are you located in and willing to work in the location where the job is posted? (Remote, Canada, UK or US) Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| How did you hear about us? | text | No |
| LinkedIn Profile (Due to an industry-wide increase in fraudulent applications, we ask candidates to provide their LinkedIn profile to help us verify application information and maintain the integrity of our hiring process) | text | Yes |
| Are you located in and willing to work in the location where the job is posted? (Remote, US/UK/CAN) Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| Are you located in and willing to work in the location where the job is posted (Remote, US/UK/CAN)? Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| If you are applying for a position based in Mexico City (CDMX), are you able to meet the hybrid requirement of working from the office at least three days per week? (this is requirement for this location). | text | Yes |
| Are you located in and willing to work in the location where the job is posted? (Remote, US/UK/CAN - Hybrid Mexico City) Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| Are you located in and willing to work in the location where the job is posted? (Remote, US) Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| Are you located in and willing to work in the location where the job is posted? (Remote, US or Remote, Canada) | text | Yes |
| Are you located in and willing to work in the location where the job is posted? (Remote, US/UK/CAN, Hybrid - Mexico City) | 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 |
|---|---|
| Remote or on-site | 10 |
| Voluntary diversity questions (EEOC) | 5 |
| Relocation | 3 |
| How you heard of them | 1 |
| Other | 1 |
| Portfolio and links | 1 |
| Salary expectations | 1 |
| Visa sponsorship | 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:
Tenable · Torq · True Anomaly · Turbineone · Twilio · Udacity
Before you apply
Have the answers to the required questions ready before you open the form — CircleCI's asks for 18 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.