Sovrn application questions — all 17, word for word
Sovrn hires through Greenhouse. Beyond name, email and CV, its application form asks 17 questions, 15 of them required. 2 of them are required, fixed-choice questions about your eligibility to work. A cover letter is optional.
14 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 Sovrn has open
These are the roles the form was read from, as Sovrn titles them, in Boulder, Colorado, New York City, New York or New Jersey, New York, New York:
- People Experience Manager
- Sales Director
- Senior/Staff Cloud Engineer
- Total Rewards Manager
- Senior/Staff Data Scientist
- Senior/Staff Software Engineer, Data Platform
- Director, Demand - Sovrn Exchange
- Director of Legal & Privacy
- Senior/Staff Software Engineer
- Principal Data Engineer
- Principal Software Engineer
- Programmatic Marketplace Sales Executive
14 of the questions below are ones at most two of the 213 employers measured ask (median: 18), the least standard being “Describe your experience designing and owning cloud architectures for production workloads at scale, particularly how you've integrated AI-driven tools (observability, anomaly detection, automation) into your decisions, and how you've guided your team on where AI fits and where it doesn't in a production cloud environment.”.
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 Sovrn does — so treat them as the answers most likely to matter, not as a verdict. Answer them honestly either way.
| Question | Answers accepted |
|---|---|
| Will you now or in the future require sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H-1B visa status)? required, fixed choice | Yes, No |
| Will you now or in the future need sponsorship for an employment visa (including renewals)? required, fixed choice | Yes, No |
Every question on the form
| Question | Type | Required |
|---|---|---|
| Will you now or in the future require sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H-1B visa status)? Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| Will you now or in the future need sponsorship for an employment visa (including renewals)? Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| First Name | text | Yes |
| Last Name | text | Yes |
| Preferred First Name | text | No |
| text | Yes | |
| Phone | text | Yes |
| Resume/CV | file | Yes |
| Cover Letter | file | No |
| LinkedIn Profile | text | Yes |
| How did you hear about this job? | text | No |
| Are you currently working in the US on a temporary visa? Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| Tell me about your experience in adtech, particularly in SSP, DSP, exchange, or ad server environments? | textarea | Yes |
| Describe your experience in operating at the forefront of applied AI. | textarea | Yes |
| We prioritize in person collaboration for employees and are open to candidates within commuting distance to our Boulder, CO office. Please confirm you are able to be in the office. Yes, I live in Colorado, and I am able to work from the Boulder office., No I am seeking a fully remote position. |
multiselect | Yes |
| What state do you currently reside at? | text | Yes |
| Do you have adtech experience (SSP, DSP, exchange, or ad server environments)? Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| Describe your experience in operating at the forefront of applied AI, especially in exploring, prototyping, evaluating, and deploying cutting-edge generative AI technologies. | textarea | Yes |
| Sovrn's offices are located in Boulder, CO, and New York City, NY. We prioritize in person collaboration for employees near these locations while offering flexibility when needed. Please confirm if you are able to be in the office. Yes, I live in Colorado, and I am able to work from the Boulder office., Yes, I live in New York or New Jersey, and I am able to work from the New York City office., No I am seeking a fully remote position. |
multiselect | Yes |
| Do you have experience working in ad tech, including selling to and building relationships with advertisers, agencies, and buyers? Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| Do you have experience in programmatic ad sales? Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| Describe your experience designing and owning cloud architectures for production workloads at scale, particularly how you've integrated AI-driven tools (observability, anomaly detection, automation) into your decisions, and how you've guided your team on where AI fits and where it doesn't in a production cloud environment. | textarea | Yes |
| Sovrn's offices are located in Boulder, CO. We prioritize in person collaboration for employees near these locations while offering flexibility when needed. Please confirm you are able to be in the office. Yes, I live in Colorado, and I am able to work from the Boulder office., No I am seeking a fully remote position. |
multiselect | Yes |
| Sovrn’s Boulder, CO office prioritizes in-person collaboration while offering flexibility when needed. Please confirm your ability to work from our Boulder office location. ✅ Yes, I am able to work onsite in Boulder office daily, 🚗 I am able to work onsite, but would need to be hybrid, ❌ No, I am only able to work remotely |
multiselect | 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 |
|---|---|
| Years of experience | 6 |
| Other | 4 |
| Relocation | 2 |
| Visa sponsorship | 2 |
| How you heard of them | 1 |
| Remote or on-site | 1 |
| Work authorisation | 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:
Flock Homes · Future · Galileo · Gemini · Ghx · Ginkgo Bioworks
Before you apply
Have the answers to the required questions ready before you open the form — Sovrn's asks for 15 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.