Fastly application questions — all 22, word for word
Fastly hires through Greenhouse. Beyond name, email and CV, its application form asks 22 questions, 19 of them required. 3 of them are required, fixed-choice questions about your eligibility to work. A cover letter is optional.
109 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 Fastly has open
These are the roles the form was read from, as Fastly titles them, in Denver, CO; New York City, NY; San Francisco, CA, San Francisco, CA, Pune, India, London, United Kingdom:
- Assistant General Counsel, Commercial
- Brand Marketing Manager
- Contracts Administrator
- Counsel, Product
- Customer Support Engineer
- Global AV Events and Production Engineer
- Legal Operations Manager
- Manager, Accounting
- Manager, Professional Services- Streaming Media
- Operations Analyst
- Partner Development Lead - France
- Partnership Development Manager
20 of the questions below are ones at most two of the 213 employers measured ask (median: 18), the least standard being “Do you have deep experience designing executive compensation plans (incentive plans and equity strategy/equity plan design) for a pre-IPO company and for a public company, including managing executive compensation at a public company?”.
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 Fastly 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 sponsorship for employment visa status (H-1B, J1, F1, OPT, etc.)? required, fixed choice | Yes, No |
| Will you now or in the future require sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g. H-1B visa status)? required, fixed choice | Yes, No |
| Will you now or in the future require sponsorship for employment visa status? required, fixed choice | Yes, No |
Every question on the form
| Question | Type | Required |
|---|---|---|
| Will you now or in the future require sponsorship for employment visa status (H-1B, J1, F1, OPT, etc.)? Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| Will you now or in the future require sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g. H-1B visa status)? Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| Will you now or in the future require sponsorship for employment visa status? 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 |
| Current Company | text | Yes |
| Current Job Title | text | Yes |
| LinkedIn Profile | text | No |
| Website/Portfolio/Github etc: | textarea | No |
| Have you previously been employed by Fastly? Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| If you are currently on a VISA sponsorship, what type of VISA? (H-1B, J1, F1, OPT, etc.) | text | Yes |
| My pronouns are: (She, Her, Hers), (They, Them, Theirs), (He, Him, His), (She, They), (He, They), Prefer not to answer |
select | No |
| Are you subject to any agreements that may restrict your ability to be employed in this position or perform the functions of this position? Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| If your Personal Pronoun is not listed above, how would you like to be addressed? | text | No |
| If you are currently on a VISA sponsorship, what type of VISA? (H1B, J1, etc.) | text | Yes |
| Do you have 12+ years of relevant product marketing experience in security, AI/ML, or related infrastructure categories, including 5 years leading product marketing teams? Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| Do you have a technical understanding of modern approaches to cloud and application security and a familiarity with AI/ML infrastructure and governance concepts? Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| If you reside in San Francisco, Denver or New York, are you willing/able to work from our Fastly office 2 days/week? Yes, No, NA |
select | Yes |
| Do you have 12+ years of relevant work experience in Compensation, Benefits and/or Total Rewards or HR Operations? Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| Do you have deep experience designing executive compensation plans (incentive plans and equity strategy/equity plan design) for a pre-IPO company and for a public company, including managing executive compensation at a public company? Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| If you reside near a US Fastly office location (San Francisco, Denver, New York) are you willing and able to go into the office 2 days/week? Yes, No, NA |
select | Yes |
| Do you have deep experience designing executive compensation plans (incentive plans and equity strategy/equity plan design) for a public company, including managing executive compensation at a public company? Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| Are you currently, or have you been employed by KPMG within the past 36 months? Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| Are you currently, or have you been employed by KPMG within the past 36 hours? Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| Do you have 5+ years of experience in brand management, brand marketing, or integrated campaign management? 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 | 10 |
| Visa sponsorship | 5 |
| Role-specific screening | 2 |
| Voluntary diversity questions (EEOC) | 2 |
| Portfolio and links | 1 |
| Work authorisation | 1 |
| Years of experience | 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:
Tanium · Techstars · Tenable · Torq · True Anomaly · Turbineone
Before you apply
Have the answers to the required questions ready before you open the form — Fastly's asks for 19 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.