N26 application questions — all 22, word for word
N26 hires through Greenhouse. Beyond name, email and CV, its application form asks 22 questions, 13 of them required. None of them is a required, fixed-choice question about your eligibility to work. A cover letter is optional.
118 roles were open when this was last checked, mostly in engineering and product. The questions below are the form's own wording, not a paraphrase.
What N26 has open
These are the roles the form was read from, as N26 titles them, in Berlin, Barcelona, Madrid, Berlin, Barcelona:
- AFC Associate - SAR Delegate (CDD / Fixed-term contract)
- AFC Intern - Spanish Market
- Anti-Financial Crime Subject Matter Expert (Senior Associate)
- Audit Operations Senior Manager
- Backend Engineer - Engagement
- Backend Engineer - Investments & Savings
- Backend Engineer - Lending
- Backend Engineer - Payments
- Backend Engineer - Subscriptions
- Business Risk Manager – Growth
- Credit Risk Manager (Mortgage)
- Data Engineer - Platform Engineering
18 of the questions below are ones at most two of the 212 employers measured ask (median: 13), the least standard being “Are you able to provide professional references and criminal record checks? As a regulated bank, we need to ask for those prior to your contract signing.”.
Every question on the form
| Question | Type | Required |
|---|---|---|
| First Name | text | Yes |
| Last Name | text | Yes |
| text | Yes | |
| Phone | text | Yes |
| Resume/CV | file | Yes |
| Cover Letter | file | No |
| LinkedIn Profile / Website | textarea | No |
| I hereby agree that I have received the notification to candidates acc. to Art. 13 GDPR. I Acknowledge |
select | Yes |
| Where are you currently based? | textarea | Yes |
| Will you now or in the future require N26 to commence an immigration case in order to employ you? Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| Please indicate your notice period in Months | text | Yes |
| What are your salary expectations? | text | Yes |
| Are you able to provide professional references and criminal record checks?
As a regulated bank, we need to ask for it prior to your contract signing. Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| Do you have any relatives or domestic partners currently working for N26? Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| Please indicate your notice period in months (e.g., 1 month) | text | Yes |
| What are your base salary expectations? Please use the following format eg: 50,000 EU. | text | Yes |
| Are you able to provide professional references and criminal record checks?
As a regulated bank, we need to ask for those prior to your contract signing. Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| When are you available to start? Less than 15 days, 15-30 days, 31-90 days, More than 90 days |
select | Yes |
| Which is your preferred working location? Berlin, Vienna, Barcelona, Other |
select | Yes |
| Gender | text | No |
| Sexual Orientation | text | No |
| Disability | text | No |
| Neurodiversity | text | No |
| Are you the first generation in your immediate family to attend university or college? | text | No |
| Ethnic or cultural background | text | No |
| Preferred First Name | text | No |
| Please, if needed, specify how you found out about our open position. | text | No |
| Where are you currently based (i.e., country of residence)? | textarea | 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 | 4 |
| Voluntary diversity questions (EEOC) | 4 |
| Background checks | 2 |
| Notice period | 2 |
| Remote or on-site | 2 |
| Salary expectations | 2 |
| Education | 1 |
| How you heard of them | 1 |
| Portfolio and links | 1 |
| Relocation | 1 |
| Start date | 1 |
| Visa sponsorship | 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:
Carvana · Centrum Health · Charles · Chime Financial · Circleci · Cloudflare
Before you apply
Have the answers to the required questions ready before you open the form — N26's asks for 13 of them, and Greenhouse does not save a partial application by default.