Grafana Labs application questions — all 20, word for word
Grafana Labs hires through Greenhouse. Beyond name, email and CV, its application form asks 20 questions, 18 of them required. 2 of them are required, fixed-choice questions about your eligibility to work. A cover letter is optional.
183 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 Grafana Labs has open
These are the roles the form was read from, as Grafana Labs titles them, in United States (Remote), United Kingdom (Remote), Canada (Remote), Spain (Remote):
- Associate Observability Architect | EST | Remote
- Associate Observability Architect | PST | Remote
- Backend Engineer - Platform - Stacks | Ireland | Remote
- Backend Engineer - Platform - Stacks | Spain | Remote
- Backend Engineer - Platform - Stacks | Sweden | Remote
- Backend Engineer - Platform - Stacks | UK | Remote
- Commercial Account Executive, Acquisition | Remote | Netherlands
- Commercial Account Executive, Acquisition | Remote | Sweden
- Commercial Account Executive, Acquisition | Switzerland | Remote
- Demand Generation Program Manager | Canada | Remote
- Demand Generation Program Manager | United States | Remote
- Director, Legal - Commercial (Americas) | United States | Remote
19 of the questions below are ones at most two of the 212 employers measured ask (median: 13), the least standard being “Do you now or in the future require visa sponsorship to continue working in your country of residence?”.
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 Grafana Labs 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 your country of residence? required, fixed choice | Yes, No |
| Do you now or in the future require visa sponsorship to continue working in your country of residence? required, fixed choice | Yes, No |
Every question on the form
| Question | Type | Required |
|---|---|---|
| Are you currently eligible to work in your country of residence? Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| Do you now or in the future require visa sponsorship to continue working in your country of residence? 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 |
| Why are you interested in an Observability Architect role? | textarea | Yes |
| What is your experience with Kubernetes, Grafana and/or Observability? | textarea | Yes |
| What country and time zone are you based in? | text | Yes |
| Which of the following best describes you? I am an AI or automated program, I am a human being |
select | Yes |
| How did you hear about this opportunity at Grafana? Built-In, Company Website, Grafana Event, Grot Community, LinkedIn, Referral (+1 more) |
select | Yes |
| LinkedIn Profile | text | Yes |
| Are you based in Germany, Spain, Sweden, Ireland or the UK? Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| Anything else you'd like to share with our hiring team? | text | No |
| What gender identity do you most closely identify with? | text | Yes |
| Race | text | Yes |
| Are you a person of transgender experience? | text | Yes |
| Are you based in Spain, Germany, Ireland, Sweden or the UK? Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| Cover Letter | file | No |
| Are you located in the UK, Spain, Sweden, Ireland or Germany? Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| Are you located in Spain, UK, Sweden, Germany or Ireland? Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| Are you located in the Netherlands? Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| Which race and ethnicity group or groups do you identify with? | text | Yes |
| Do you have a visible or non-visible disability? | text | Yes |
| Are you located in Sweden? 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 | 7 |
| Voluntary diversity questions (EEOC) | 5 |
| Remote or on-site | 3 |
| Cover letter | 1 |
| How you heard of them | 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:
Airtable · Alpha 9 Oncology · Alphasense · Ambiq Micro · Amca · Amplitude
Before you apply
Have the answers to the required questions ready before you open the form — Grafana Labs'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.