Squarespace application questions — all 35, word for word
Squarespace hires through Greenhouse. Beyond name, email and CV, its application form asks 35 questions, 30 of them required. 4 of them are required, fixed-choice questions about your eligibility to work. A cover letter is optional.
29 roles were open when this was last checked, mostly in engineering and operations. The questions below are the form's own wording, not a paraphrase.
What Squarespace has open
These are the roles the form was read from, as Squarespace titles them, in New York City, Dublin, Aveiro, Remote, United States:
- Business Development Manager, AI Discoverability and Scheduling Partnerships
- Customer Support Associate (Remote)
- Database Engineering Team Manager
- Director, Strategic Procurement
- Engineering Team Manager - Financial Solutions
- Enterprise Transformation, Senior Lead
- GTM Marketing Programs Manager
- Head of Domains & Email
- Media Strategist
- Principal Talent Management Partner
- Program Operations Lead
- Security Engineer - Incident Response
32 of the questions below are ones at most two of the 212 employers measured ask (median: 13), the least standard being “Fast and proficient typing is crucial for delivering prompt and accurate responses to our customers. Your typing score will be taken into consideration during the application review process. Please visit https://www.typingtest.com/. Take the Medium Typing test. — Once finished, please upload a PDF screenshot of your typing test results here.”.
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 Squarespace 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 authorized to work in the United States? required, fixed choice | Yes, No |
| Will you now or in the future require visa sponsorship to obtain work authorization in the country where this job is located? required, fixed choice | Yes, No |
| Are you authorized to work in the country where this job is located? required, fixed choice | Yes, No |
| Are you authorized to work in the country where the job is located? required, fixed choice | Yes, No |
Every question on the form
| Question | Type | Required |
|---|---|---|
| Are you authorized to work in the United States? Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| Will you now or in the future require visa sponsorship to obtain work authorization in the country where this job is located? Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| Are you authorized to work in the country where this job is located? Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| Are you authorized to work in the country where the job is located? Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| First Name | text | Yes |
| Last Name | text | Yes |
| text | Yes | |
| Phone | text | No |
| Resume/CV | file | Yes |
| Cover Letter | file | No |
| Where do you currently live? Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Dublin, Ireland (+23 more) |
select | Yes |
| If you’ve selected "Other - My location is not listed.” Please list the location by entering it below. | text | No |
| Do you plan to move out of the state/country in which you currently reside within the next 6-12 months? I have no plans to move at this time, Australia, California, Canada, Colorado, Connecticut (+28 more) |
select | Yes |
| LinkedIn Profile | text | No |
| Have you previously been employed by or worked directly for Squarespace in any capacity? Please choose all that apply. Answering YES means you have worked at Squarespace before. This does not include owning a site. No - I have not worked at Squarespace before, Yes - Full Time Employee at Squarespace, Yes - Temporary Hire at Squarespace, Yes - Intern at Squarespace, Yes - Consultant or Vendor for Squarespace |
multiselect | Yes |
| If you answered ‘Yes - Consultant or Vendor for Squarespace', please elaborate below, provide the name of the employer (including if a sole proprietor/freelancer), dates of your engagement with Squarespace, and briefly describe the nature of your work with Squarespace. If you did not answer this way, please put ‘N/A’. | textarea | Yes |
| Are you subject to any contractual obligations or post-employment restrictions that may apply to or would limit your employment at Squarespace? (e.g., non-compete)? Yes, No, Not Sure |
select | Yes |
| If Yes, or if you are not sure, please elaborate below. If you answered no, please input ‘N/A’. | textarea | Yes |
| School - Please select your most recently attended school from this list or select the option “My School is not listed” or “I did not attend college.” Please note that unless required, not having a degree will not impact your application. **My school is not listed, **I did not attend college, Aalborg University, Aalto University, Aarhus University, Abertay University (+2551 more) |
select | Yes |
| Please select your most advanced degree from this list or select “I do not have a degree” or “Other.” Please note that unless required, not having a degree will not impact your application. **I do not have a degree, **Other, High School, Associate's Degree, Bachelor's Degree, Master's Degree (+5 more) |
select | Yes |
| What is your current or most recent job title? | text | Yes |
| What is the name of your current or most recent employer? | text | Yes |
| Are you currently still employed with this company? Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| Candidate Privacy Statement (https://www.squarespace.com/s/Candidate-Privacy.pdf) I acknowledge the above statement. |
select | Yes |
| Gender | text | No |
| Race/Ethnicity | text | No |
| This is a hybrid job, 3 days in the office. Are you comfortable with this setup? Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| What is your most proficient programming language? | text | No |
| Preferred First Name | text | No |
| Do you live in Ireland? Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| Please confirm that you currently live within Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio, Oregon, Tennessee, or Utah. Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| Please acknowledge that you will be expected to work 5 days per week including holidays and weekends, if scheduled. You should expect to work at least 1 weekend day per week during the first year of employment. Are there any days or times that do not work for you? | text | Yes |
| The Customer Support Associate training program is scheduled to begin on September 28th. A mandatory virtual onboarding period will run for two weeks (M-F), concluding on October 9th. Please confirm that you have no conflicts during this required timeframe. I confirm that I have no conflicts and will be available for the mandatory onboarding period., I have a conflict during the mandatory onboarding period and will not be able to attend. |
select | Yes |
| Is there a private distraction-free area in your home that you can dedicate to your workspace along with consistent reliable access to the Internet? | text | Yes |
| Do you have experience with Slack, Google Workspace, Zoom, and Apple products? Slack, Google Workspace, Zoom, Apple Products, None of the above |
multiselect | Yes |
| What does good customer support look like to you? | textarea | Yes |
| Why Squarespace and what appeals to you most about this specific role? | textarea | Yes |
| How do you set yourself up for success while working remotely? | textarea | Yes |
| Fast and proficient typing is crucial for delivering prompt and accurate responses to our customers. Your typing score will be taken into consideration during the application review process. Please visit https://www.typingtest.com/. Take the Medium Typing test. — Once finished, please upload a PDF screenshot of your typing test results here. | file | Yes |
| In the following section please compose an email response in your own words to these customer questions. — You may use the Squarespace Help Guides (https://www.squarespace.com/templates) as a free trial resource — I purchased a domain with a third-party but how do I use it with my Squarespace site? Thanks in advance, Jenny | textarea | Yes |
| Craft a reply to the user email below in your own words: — “I thought I cancelled my site a long time ago but yesterday you charged me for another year again! I need someone to help me figure out how to cancel my site so you will STOP CHARGING ME, and also I think I deserve a refund!” Regards, Howard | textarea | Yes |
| Craft a reply to the user email below in your own words — “I want to add Google Voice to my Google Workspace plan, can you help me do that? Thanks, Ansley | 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 | 17 |
| Remote or on-site | 5 |
| Role-specific screening | 4 |
| Work authorisation | 3 |
| Education | 2 |
| Voluntary diversity questions (EEOC) | 2 |
| Language proficiency | 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:
Neuehealth · New Relic · Newsela · Ngrok · Nourish · Nuro
Before you apply
Have the answers to the required questions ready before you open the form — Squarespace's asks for 30 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.