Figma application questions — all 9, word for word
Figma hires through Greenhouse. Beyond name, email and CV, its application form asks 9 questions, 4 of them required. 1 of them is a required, fixed-choice question about your eligibility to work.
291 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 Figma has open
These are the roles the form was read from, as Figma titles them, in San Francisco, CA • New York, NY • United States, London, England, San Francisco, CA • New York, NY, Tokyo, Japan:
- AI Applied Scientist
- AI Engineer, Internal Tools
- Account Executive, Enterprise
- Account Executive, Enterprise (Bengaluru, India)
- Account Executive, Enterprise (Berlin, Germany)
- Account Executive, Enterprise (London, United Kingdom)
- Account Executive, Enterprise (São Paulo, Brazil)
- Account Executive, Enterprise (Tokyo, Japan)
- Account Executive, Enterprise, Mandarin Speaking (Singapore)
- Account Executive, Mid-Market (London, United Kingdom)
- Account Executive, Mid-Market (Paris, France)
- Account Executive, Mid-Market (Sydney, Australia)
7 of the questions below are ones at most two of the 213 employers measured ask (median: 18), the least standard being “Have you ever worked for Figma before, as an employee or a contractor/consultant?”.
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 Figma 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 authorized to work in the country for which you applied? required, fixed choice | Yes, No |
Every question on the form
| Question | Type | Required |
|---|---|---|
| Are you authorized to work in the country for which you applied? Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| First Name | text | Yes |
| Last Name | text | Yes |
| text | Yes | |
| Phone | text | Yes |
| Resume/CV | file | Yes |
| Preferred First Name | text | No |
| Pronouns she/her/hers, he/him/his, they/them/theirs, self-describe |
select | No |
| LinkedIn Profile | text | No |
| Why do you want to join Figma? | textarea | Yes |
| Are you fluent in German? | text | No |
| From where do you intend to work? | text | Yes |
| Have you ever worked for Figma before, as an employee or a contractor/consultant? Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| Other Website | text | No |
| Additional Information | textarea | No |
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 | 2 |
| Cover letter | 1 |
| Language proficiency | 1 |
| Portfolio and links | 1 |
| Remote or on-site | 1 |
| Role-specific screening | 1 |
| Voluntary diversity questions (EEOC) | 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:
Amyris · Anthropic · Aptos · Asana · Ascend · Assemblyai
Before you apply
Have the answers to the required questions ready before you open the form — Figma's asks for 4 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.