LaunchDarkly application questions — all 20, word for word
LaunchDarkly hires through Greenhouse. Beyond name, email and CV, its application form asks 20 questions, 9 of them required. 5 of them are required, fixed-choice questions about your eligibility to work. A cover letter is optional.
53 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 LaunchDarkly has open
These are the roles the form was read from, as LaunchDarkly titles them, in Remote - US, London, England, United Kingdom, Remote - US East, Remote - US West:
- Backend Engineer, Flag Delivery
- Commercial Counsel
- Data Analyst – Revenue & Metrics
- Engineering Manager, Experimentation
- Engineering Manager, Warehouse Scale
- Enterprise Account Executive - Germany
- Full Stack Engineer, AgentControl
- Full Stack Engineer, Experimentation
- Full Stack Engineer, Foundation
- Full Stack Engineer, Guardian Monitoring
- Full Stack Engineer, Observability
- Head of Customer Marketing
14 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 will you in the future, require sponsorship for employment to work legally for LaunchDarkly in the United States? (Note: This includes visa statuses such as H-1B, and applies even if you don't need sponsorship immediately but will in the future, i.e. OPT/CPT)”.
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 LaunchDarkly 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 for LaunchDarkly? required, fixed choice | Yes, No |
| Do you now, or will you in the future, require sponsorship for employment to work legally for LaunchDarkly in the United States? (Note: This includes visa statuses such as H-1B, and applies even if you don't need sponsorship immediately but will in the future, i.e. OPT/CPT) required, fixed choice | No, I do not require sponsorship now or in the future to work legally for LaunchDarkly in the United States., Yes, I currently require sponsorship, or may require sponsorship in the future, to work legally for LaunchDarkly in the United States. |
| Are you legally authorized to work in your country of residence? required, fixed choice | Yes, No |
| Do you now, or will you in the future, require sponsorship for the employment visa status to work legally for LaunchDarkly in the country the job is located in? required, fixed choice | Yes, No |
| Do you now, or will you in the future, require sponsorship for employment visa status to work legally for LaunchDarkly in the country the job is located in? required, fixed choice | Yes, No |
Every question on the form
| Question | Type | Required |
|---|---|---|
| Are you legally authorized to work in the United States for LaunchDarkly? Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| Do you now, or will you in the future, require sponsorship for employment to work legally for LaunchDarkly in the United States? (Note: This includes visa statuses such as H-1B, and applies even if you don't need sponsorship immediately but will in the future, i.e. OPT/CPT) No, I do not require sponsorship now or in the future to work legally for LaunchDarkly in the United States., Yes, I currently require sponsorship, or may require sponsorship in the future, to work legally for LaunchDarkly in the United States. |
select | Yes |
| Are you legally authorized to work in your country of residence? Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| Do you now, or will you in the future, require sponsorship for the employment visa status to work legally for LaunchDarkly in the country the job is located in? Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| Do you now, or will you in the future, require sponsorship for employment visa status to work legally for LaunchDarkly in the country the job is located in? 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 | No |
| Where is your permanent (City, State) work location? | text | Yes |
| Were you referred to this role by a current employee? Yes, No |
select | No |
| If yes, please provide the full name and work email of the LaunchDarkly employee who referred you. | text | No |
| This is a quota-carrying sales role, not a technical, pre-sales, or solutions engineering position. Have you personally owned and carried an individual sales quota (as an AE, sales specialist, or overlay seller)? Yes, No |
select | No |
| Have you run a full sales cycle end-to-end — prospecting, discovery, business case, negotiation, and close — without a dedicated closer or AE doing that part for you? Yes, No |
select | No |
| How many years of quota-carrying sales experience do you have? 0–2 / 3–4 / 5–7 / 8+ | text | No |
| How would you describe your gender identity? (mark all that apply) | text | No |
| How would you describe your racial/ethnic background? (mark all that apply) | text | No |
| How would you describe your sexual orientation? (mark all that apply) | text | No |
| Do you identify as transgender? | text | No |
| Do you have a disability or chronic condition (physical, visual, auditory, cognitive, mental, emotional, or other) that substantially limits one or more of your major life activities, including mobility, communication (seeing, hearing, speaking), and learning? | text | No |
| Are you a veteran or active member of the United States Armed Forces? | text | No |
| Are you currently admitted to the bar and in good standing in at least one U.S. jurisdiction? Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| If yes, what country? | text | Yes |
| Where is your permanent (City, Country) work location? | 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 |
|---|---|
| Voluntary diversity questions (EEOC) | 6 |
| Visa sponsorship | 3 |
| Work authorisation | 3 |
| Years of experience | 3 |
| How you heard of them | 2 |
| Relocation | 2 |
| Education | 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:
Brex · Bringg · Bybit · Calendly · Carbon Direct · Carbonchain
Before you apply
Have the answers to the required questions ready before you open the form — LaunchDarkly's asks for 9 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.