Future application questions — all 12, word for word
Future hires through Greenhouse. Beyond name, email and CV, its application form asks 12 questions, 11 of them required. 2 of them are required, fixed-choice questions about your eligibility to work. A cover letter is optional.
14 roles were open when this was last checked, mostly in engineering and operations. The questions below are the form's own wording, not a paraphrase.
What Future has open
These are the roles the form was read from, as Future titles them, in Remote, LA:
- Applied AI Engineer
- Full-Stack Growth Engineer
- Health Coach
- Health Coach Manager
- Senior Product Designer
- Staff Backend Engineer
- Staff Product Manager
- Lead Android Engineer
- Staff Frontend Engineer
- Executive Assistant
8 of the questions below are ones at most two of the 213 employers measured ask (median: 18), the least standard being “Please share a link to a portfolio or case study that best demonstrates your end-to-end product design work, along with a brief description of your role, key decisions, and outcome.”.
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 Future 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 legally authorized to work in the United States? required, fixed choice | Yes, No |
| Will you now or in the future require visa sponsorship to be employed at Future? required, fixed choice | Yes, No |
Every question on the form
| Question | Type | Required |
|---|---|---|
| Are you legally authorized to work in the United States? Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| Will you now or in the future require visa sponsorship to be employed at Future? 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 | Yes |
| City | text | Yes |
| State | text | Yes |
| Preferred First Name | text | No |
| Website | text | No |
| Please share a link to a portfolio or case study that best demonstrates your end-to-end product design work, along with a brief description of your role, key decisions, and outcome. | textarea | Yes |
| Do you have at least 4 years of production development experience, specifically professional backend/API coding experience (outside of internships and educational projects)? Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| Are you currently based in Los Angeles, CA or willing to relocate to Los Angeles for this role? Yes- I am currently based in Los Angeles, Yes- I am willing to relocate to Los Angeles, No |
select | Yes |
| Are you a Board Certified Health Coach (NBC-HWC)? Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| Why do you want to work at Future? | textarea | Yes |
| In which state do you plan to work from? (*We are currently ONLY hiring in AZ, FL, GA, NC, OH, SC, TN, TX, UT,) Arizona, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina (+3 more) |
select | Yes |
| Active Coaching Certifications | 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 |
|---|---|
| Other | 6 |
| Cover letter | 1 |
| Portfolio and links | 1 |
| Relocation | 1 |
| Visa sponsorship | 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:
Upgrade · Upslide · Urban Sports Club · Vercel · Verisign · Viam
Before you apply
Have the answers to the required questions ready before you open the form — Future's asks for 11 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.