Newsela application questions — all 67, word for word
Newsela hires through Greenhouse. Beyond name, email and CV, its application form asks 67 questions, 66 of them required. 3 of them are required, fixed-choice questions about your eligibility to work. A cover letter is optional.
24 roles were open when this was last checked, mostly in sales and design. The questions below are the form's own wording, not a paraphrase.
What Newsela has open
These are the roles the form was read from, as Newsela titles them, in Remote - US, Remote - Argentina; Brazil;Chile; Costa Rica, Remote, Remote - Argentina; Brazil;Chile; Costa Rica:
- Account Executive, East (Remote, US)
- Account Executive, West (Remote, US)
- Contract: Sr. Analytics Engineer - Internal Data
- Contractor: IT Operations Specialist
- Contractor: Lead Analytics Engineer
- Contractor: PHP Website Developer
- Contractor: Senior Quality Engineer
- Data Engineer
- Director, Scaled Customer Success (Remote, US)
- Expression of Interest: Sales Representative
- Expression of Interest: School Sales Representative (Remote, US)
- Expression of Interest: Strategic Account Executive (Remote, US)
64 of the questions below are ones at most two of the 212 employers measured ask (median: 13), the least standard being “Please elaborate on your experience specifically working in the K-12 EdTech space in a quota carrying full-cycle sales role. To help us understand your background, please include the companies you worked for, the specific products you sold, the product type(s) (i.e., core curriculum, supplemental software, assessment platforms, data analytics, etc.), and the subject area of the product, if applicable.”.
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 Newsela 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 U.S.? required, fixed choice | Yes, No |
| Do you now or in the future require immigration sponsorship. required, fixed choice | Yes, No |
| Are you legally authorized to work in one of the following countries? Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica required, fixed choice | Yes, No |
Every question on the form
| Question | Type | Required |
|---|---|---|
| Are you legally authorized to work in the U.S.? Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| Do you now or in the future require immigration sponsorship. Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| Are you legally authorized to work in one of the following countries?
Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| First Name | text | Yes |
| Last Name | text | Yes |
| Preferred First Name | text | Yes |
| text | Yes | |
| Phone | text | Yes |
| Resume/CV | file | Yes |
| Cover Letter | file | No |
| Preferred Pronouns | text | Yes |
| LinkedIn Profile | text | Yes |
| What is your permanent work location? Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado (+53 more) |
select | Yes |
| Please confirm what time zone you are located in. | textarea | Yes |
| Do your compensation expectations align with the posted range? (Base compensation) Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| What are your base compensation expectations for this position? | text | Yes |
| If you would like to, please provide any additional details about compensation expectations here. | textarea | No |
| When is the earliest you could start in this role? | text | Yes |
| How did you hear about this job? | text | Yes |
| I am a currently an employee or contractor of Newsela. Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| I am a former employee of Newsela. Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| I am, or was in the past, a customer of Newsela. Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| Website | text | No |
| How many years of experience do you have in full-cycle sales, from prospecting through closing? Under 1 year, 1-2 years, 2-3 years, 3-5 years, 5+ years, No full-cycle sales experience from prospecting to closing (+1 more) |
select | Yes |
| Which option best describes your experience? I have direct experience selling K-12 EdTech, specifically supporting the BOCES of New York., I have K-12 EdTech sales experience, but have not specifically supported the BOCES of New York., I do not have any experience in K-12 EdTech sales. |
select | Yes |
| Which option best describes your total years of experience working directly with BOCES? No experience working with BOCES, Less than 1 year of experience, 1–2 years of experience, 2–4 years of experience, 5+ years of experience |
select | Yes |
| If applicable, please briefly describe your background in K-12 EdTech sales. Specifically highlight any experience selling supplemental curriculum, assessment, analytics, and/or MTSS solutions, as well as direct work partnering with BOCES regional offices. If you do not have specific K-12 EdTech experience, please note that as well. | textarea | Yes |
| Travel is estimated to be around 15% (likely a few times per quarter), depending on business and customer needs. Are you comfortable with this? Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| Which option best describes your regional sales territory experience? I have direct experience selling K-12 SaaS EdTech into East Coast states., I have K-12 SaaS EdTech sales experience, but have not sold into East Coast states (though I am open to it)., I have experience selling into East Coast states, but outside of the K-12 SaaS EdTech space (e.g., Higher Ed, Enterprise B2B, or other non-K-12 SaaS)., I do not have experience selling into the East Coast territory in any industry. |
select | Yes |
| Do you have any prior experience as an ELA or Social Studies teacher/instructional coach (or a strong grasp of K-12 pedagogy)? Preferred, but not required. Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| If you have experience specifically working in the K-12 EdTech SaaS space in a quota carrying full-cycle sales role: To help us understand your background, please include the companies you worked for, the specific products you sold, the product type(s) (i.e., core curriculum, supplemental software, assessment platforms, data analytics, etc.), and the subject area of the product, if applicable. | textarea | Yes |
| Have you owned a book of business working multiple states, or just one state at a time? What state(s) were those? | textarea | Yes |
| In your previous roles, have you sold a suite of multiple products at the same time (as opposed to just selling one single product)? Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| If you have K-12 EdTech experience, have you sold mainly into entire districts, or individual schools? If it was a mix, please elaborate a bit. If you do not have specific K-12 EdTech experience, please note that as well. | textarea | Yes |
| Are you available to work on Eastern Time (ET) hours, even if you are not located in ET, depending on customer needs? Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| Has your sales quota consisted of new business (including expansions), renewals? New business, Renewals, Mixture of both new business and renewals |
select | Yes |
| This role will be focused on new business. On average, what percentage of your quota was new business (including expansions), vs renewals? 100% new business, 90% new business / 10% renewals, 80% new business / 20% renewals, 70% new business / 30% renewals, Under 70% new business / 40+ % renewals, Renewals only |
select | Yes |
| Approximately, what has been your average deal size ($) for new business? | textarea | Yes |
| Do you have 2+ years of full-cycle (prospecting through closing) K-12 EdTech sales experience? Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| How many years of experience do you have in K-12 EdTech full-cycle sales from prospecting to closing? Under 1 year, 1-2 years, 2-3 years, 3-5 years, 5+ years, No full-cycle sales from prospecting to closing |
select | Yes |
| Please elaborate on your experience specifically working in the K-12 EdTech space in a quota carrying full-cycle sales role. To help us understand your background, please include the companies you worked for, the specific products you sold, the product type(s) (i.e., core curriculum, supplemental software, assessment platforms, data analytics, etc.), and the subject area of the product, if applicable. | textarea | Yes |
| In your previous roles, have you sold a suite of multiple K-12 products at the same time (as opposed to just selling one single product)? Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| Have you sold mainly into entire districts, or individual schools? If it was a mix, please elaborate a bit. | textarea | Yes |
| Are you a former K-12 educator, instructional coach, or classroom teacher who transitioned into EdTech sales? (Preferred, but not required) Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| Approximately, what has been your average deal size ($)? | textarea | Yes |
| Are you available to work on Pacific Time (PT) and/or Mountain Time (MT) hours, depending on customer needs? Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| What are your base compensation expectations for this position? Please note a monthly rate in USD $. | text | Yes |
| At this time, we are only able to hire in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, or Costa Rica.
Which of these LATAM countries are you located in? Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica |
select | Yes |
| Do you have 1+ years of lead generation or inside sales experience, with a proven track record of engaging prospects through email and phone conversations that lead to qualified meetings? Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| If you answered yes to the above question, please briefly explain your experience and highlight your track record of setting qualified meetings. If no, please put "n/a" in this space. | textarea | Yes |
| Do you have experience working within the K-12 EdTech space? (Note: This is a plus, not a strict requirement). Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| If yes to the above question, please briefly explain your background in K-12 EdTech, including the types of products, stakeholders (e.g., administrators, teachers) you worked with, and anything else you think we may find helpful to know. | textarea | Yes |
| As stated in the job description, this is contract position (that must be located in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, or Costa Rica). Please confirm you are comfortable with this being a contract position. Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| How would you rate your professional English fluency (both spoken and written) regarding conducting effective calls, writing grammatically accurate emails, and documenting precise activity? Expert/Native: Effortless written and spoken communication; precise documentation., Advanced: Highly effective in calls and emails with very minimal errors., Intermediate: Capable of basic business communication, but may need support with complex calls or precise written documentation., Basic: Not yet comfortable conducting high-volume professional sales calls in English. |
select | Yes |
| EDIT!!!! {{CUSTOM JOB APP Q 1, Yes/No}} Do you have experience with X. Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| EDIT!!! {{CUSTOM JOB APP Q 1, Explained}} Please elaborate on your experience with X. | textarea | Yes |
| EDIT!!!! {{CUSTOM JOB APP Q 2, Yes/No}} Do you have experience with X. Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| EDIT!!!! {{CUSTOM JOB APP Q 2, Explained}} Please elaborate on your experience with X. | textarea | Yes |
| EDIT!!!! {{CUSTOM JOB APP Q 3, Yes/No}} Do you have experience with X. Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| EDIT!!!! {{CUSTOM JOB APP Q 3, Explained}} Please elaborate on your experience with X. | textarea | Yes |
| Please add a link to your Portfolio | text | Yes |
| Do you have 10+ years of design experience, ideally blending top-tier creative agency environments with sophisticated in-house brand teams? Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| Please elaborate on your experience building collaborative creative cultures while managing internal designers, agencies, and external creative partners. | textarea | Yes |
| Do you have demonstrated success leading and developing high-performing creative teams through coaching, clear creative direction, and constructive feedback? Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| What tech do you have experience with: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Premiere/After Effects, Canva (for building scalable templates for broader team use), JIRA (or similar enterprise project management tools) (+1 more) |
multiselect | Yes |
| Have you worked in EdTech, SaaS, or multi-product corporate environments? Please elaborate on your experience. | textarea | Yes |
| What area are you strongest in: Creative Strategy, Creative Leadership & Execution, Operational Architecture, Executive Partnership, or External Partnership? Please elaborate. | textarea | Yes |
| Do you have experience specifically working in the K-12 EdTech space? Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| How many years of experience do you have in a Customer Success, Account Management, or a similar customer-facing function? Please count your total years of experience across both individual contributor and management roles. Less than 3 years, 3-4 years, 5-6 years, 7-8 years, 9-10 years, 10+ years |
select | Yes |
| How many years of experience do you have managing people leaders? No experience managing people leaders / have only managed individual contributors, Under 1 year, 1-2 years, 2-3 years, 3-5 years, 5+ years |
select | Yes |
| Tell us a bit about the teams you’ve led. We would love to hear, at a high level, the size of your team including the number and titles of the managers who reported to you, and those managers' average team size. | textarea | Yes |
| Tell us a bit about the typical account volume each IC on your team carried. | textarea | Yes |
| Describe your experience owning core revenue and retention targets (NRR, GRR), driving growth beyond renewals. | textarea | Yes |
| Tell us a bit about your experience working with and optimizing scaled Customer Success functions. We’d love to hear a bit about your experience leveraging automation, data, and one-to-many programs to efficiently retain and grow a high-volume tier of customers without proportionally increasing headcount. | textarea | Yes |
| Are you located in, and available to work on, Pacific Time (PT), Mountain Time (MT), and/or Central Time (CT) hours, depending on customer and business needs? 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 |
|---|---|
| Role-specific screening | 27 |
| Years of experience | 13 |
| Other | 8 |
| Salary expectations | 4 |
| Relocation | 3 |
| Remote or on-site | 3 |
| How you heard of them | 2 |
| Work authorisation | 2 |
| Language proficiency | 1 |
| Portfolio and links | 1 |
| Start date | 1 |
| Visa sponsorship | 1 |
| Voluntary diversity questions (EEOC) | 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 — Newsela's asks for 66 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.