GoCardless application questions — all 27, word for word
GoCardless hires through Greenhouse. Beyond name, email and CV, its application form asks 27 questions, 18 of them required. 2 of them are required, fixed-choice questions about your eligibility to work. A cover letter is optional.
35 roles were open when this was last checked, mostly in engineering and data. The questions below are the form's own wording, not a paraphrase.
What GoCardless has open
These are the roles the form was read from, as GoCardless titles them, in Lisbon, Portugal, Riga, Latvia, London, UK, Leeds, UK:
- Account Executive, Emerging, UK&I
- Complaints Specialist
- Content Marketing Manager
- Data Analyst II
- Fraud Investigator (12-month FTC)
- KYC Specialist
- People Advisor
- Principal Software Development Engineer
- Product Analyst
- Product Manager III
- Sales Development Representative
- Security Operations Analyst
25 of the questions below are ones at most two of the 212 employers measured ask (median: 13), the least standard being “Do you have at least five years' experience in financial crime within the 2LoD of an FCA regulated financial services firm or within consultancy?”.
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 GoCardless does — so treat them as the answers most likely to matter, not as a verdict. Answer them honestly either way.
| Question | Answers accepted |
|---|---|
| Would you need us to sponsor a work visa? required, fixed choice | Yes, No |
| Do you need sponsorship? required, fixed choice | Yes, No |
Every question on the form
| Question | Type | Required |
|---|---|---|
| Would you need us to sponsor a work visa? Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| Do you need sponsorship? Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| First Name | text | Yes |
| Last Name | text | Yes |
| Preferred First Name | text | No |
| text | Yes | |
| Phone | text | No |
| Resume/CV | file | No |
| Cover Letter | file | No |
| Hybrid work policy I acknowledge GoCardless's approach to hybrid work. |
select | Yes |
| Your privacy at GoCardless I understand |
select | Yes |
| Pay range transparency I understand GoCardless' approach to base pay salaries |
select | Yes |
| What are your salary expectations? | text | Yes |
| Are you able to commute to our Leeds office 2 days per week? Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| Which gender do you identify as? | text | No |
| What race/ethnicity do you identify as? | text | No |
| Which of the following best describes your sexual orientation? | text | No |
| How old are you? | text | No |
| What is your highest level of education? | text | No |
| Do you consider yourself disabled? | text | No |
| Do you consider yourself to be neurodiverse? | text | No |
| Is your gender identity the same as the sex you were assigned at birth? | text | No |
| Would you be open to commuting to our office once a week? Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| Do you have at least five years' experience in financial crime within the 2LoD of an FCA regulated financial services firm or within consultancy? Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| This is a 12 month fixed term contract, are you comfortable with this? Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| Are you currently based in or planning to relocate to Yorkshire/Lancashire? Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| Are you able to commute to the Riga office once per week? Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| Are you based in Latvia? Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| What are your salary expectations (gross)? | text | Yes |
| What are your salary expectations for this role? | text | Yes |
| Are you based in the UK? Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| Would you be willing to commute to our Lisbon office once a week? Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| Are you willing to commute to our Leeds office 2 days per week? 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) | 7 |
| Other | 5 |
| Relocation | 4 |
| Salary expectations | 4 |
| Remote or on-site | 3 |
| Visa sponsorship | 2 |
| Education | 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:
Vera Therapeutics · Vercel · Verisign · Viam · Waymark · Webflow
Before you apply
Have the answers to the required questions ready before you open the form — GoCardless'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.