Ownwell application questions — all 14, word for word
Ownwell hires through Greenhouse. Beyond name, email and CV, its application form asks 14 questions, 13 of them required. None of them is a required, fixed-choice question about your eligibility to work. A cover letter is optional.
15 roles were open when this was last checked, mostly in sales and finance. The questions below are the form's own wording, not a paraphrase.
What Ownwell has open
These are the roles the form was read from, as Ownwell titles them, in Austin, TX, Austin, San Antonio, Houston, Dallas, Fort Worth, Gurugram, India, New York City, Long Island, New York:
- Business Development Manager - Partnerships
- Client Success Manager
- Commercial Property Tax Consultant
- Commercial Property Tax Consultant- Business Personal Property (BPP)
- Commercial Property Tax Consultant- National Team
- Growth Lead, Market Expansion
- Insurance Agent
- Product Manager
- Property Tax Consultant - Texas (Contract Position)
- Revenue Recovery Lead
- Senior Account Executive
- Software Engineer
13 of the questions below are ones at most two of the 213 employers measured ask (median: 18), the least standard being “After reviewing our website or online reviews, what’s one customer sentiment or theme you've identified? How would you leverage this insight if hired? (Do not use AI)”.
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 | text | Yes |
| Website | text | No |
| Willing to work in our Austin HQ 5x a week? (Downtown Austin) Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| Please list all relevant licenses you currently hold | textarea | Yes |
| Are you able to work from our Austin HQ Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| This position would be Hybrid, with occasional work out of our Long Island Office, are you open to that? Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| Do you currently hold a P&C Insurance License in Texas? | text | Yes |
| Are you available to work from our Austin HQ 5 days a week? Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| Please list your issuance date of your Texas MLO License | text | Yes |
| Portfolio Link (please provide Password if needed) | text | Yes |
| Are you able to work from our HQ in AUSTIN TEXAS (downtown Austin) Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| What City are you willing to work from? | text | Yes |
| Are you able to work from our Austin HQ 5X per week? Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| Preferred First Name | text | No |
| After reviewing our website or online reviews, what’s one customer sentiment or theme you've identified? How would you leverage this insight if hired? (Do not use AI) | textarea | Yes |
| This position will be out of our Corporate HQ in the Heart of Downtown Austin Monday through Friday. What are you thoughts on in person work? | 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 |
|---|---|
| Remote or on-site | 5 |
| Other | 4 |
| Education | 3 |
| Portfolio and links | 1 |
| Relocation | 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:
Monzo · Mozilla · Myfitnesspal · N26 · Nansen Ai · Natera
Before you apply
Have the answers to the required questions ready before you open the form — Ownwell's asks for 13 of them, and Greenhouse does not save a partial application by default.