ngrok Inc. application questions — all 7, word for word
ngrok Inc. hires through Greenhouse. Beyond name, email and CV, its application form asks 7 questions, 7 of them required. 1 of them is a required, fixed-choice question about your eligibility to work. A cover letter is optional.
9 roles were open when this was last checked, mostly in engineering and people. The questions below are the form's own wording, not a paraphrase.
What ngrok Inc. has open
These are the roles the form was read from, as ngrok Inc. titles them, in San Francisco, CA, United States, Remote, US:
- Full-stack Software Engineer III/Senior, AI Gateway
- Join our Talent Community
- Senior/Staff Security Engineer
- Software Engineer III/Senior, Infrastructure Platform
- Senior/Staff Product Designer
- Senior/Staff Software Engineer, Agent
- Software Engineer III/Senior, Agent
- Engineering Manager
- Software Engineer III/Senior, Data Platform
7 of the questions below are ones at most two of the 213 employers measured ask (median: 18), the least standard being “At this time, we're only able to hire employees working from the following states: AZ, CA, CO, GA, IL, KS, KY, MA, MI, MO, NC, NY, OR, TX, WA or WV. Do you live and work in one of these states?”.
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 ngrok Inc. does — so treat them as the answers most likely to matter, not as a verdict. Answer them honestly either way.
| Question | Answers accepted |
|---|---|
| Do you currently have legal US work authorization? required, fixed choice | Yes, No |
Every question on the form
| Question | Type | Required |
|---|---|---|
| Do you currently have legal US work authorization? Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| First Name | text | Yes |
| Last Name | text | Yes |
| text | Yes | |
| Phone | text | No |
| Resume/CV | file | No |
| Cover Letter | file | No |
| Will you, now or in the future, require the support of ngrok to maintain that authorization? Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| Where did you hear about ngrok? | text | Yes |
| LinkedIn Profile | text | Yes |
| At this time, we're only able to hire employees working from the following states: AZ, CA, CO, GA, IL, KS, KY, MA, MI, MO, NC, NY, OR, TX, WA or WV. Do you live and work in one of these states? Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| Website | text | No |
| What department(s) are you most interested in joining? Business Development, Engineering, Finance, Marketing, People and Talent, Product (+2 more) |
multiselect | Yes |
| Please provide a link to your website/portfolio and password | text | Yes |
| Do you have experience with Go? 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 |
|---|---|
| Work authorisation | 2 |
| How you heard of them | 1 |
| Other | 1 |
| Portfolio and links | 1 |
| Relocation | 1 |
| Role-specific screening | 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:
Charles · Chime Financial · Circleci · Cloudflare · Cockroach · Cofertility
Before you apply
Have the answers to the required questions ready before you open the form — ngrok Inc.'s asks for 7 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.