Udacity application questions — all 21, word for word
Udacity hires through Greenhouse. Beyond name, email and CV, its application form asks 21 questions, 20 of them required. None of them is a required, fixed-choice question about your eligibility to work. A cover letter is optional.
24 roles were open when this was last checked, mostly in engineering and data. The questions below are the form's own wording, not a paraphrase.
What Udacity has open
These are the roles the form was read from, as Udacity titles them, in Remote, Argentina (remote), Japan, Nationwide:
- (Independent Contractor): Content Maintenance Specialist- Generative AI
- AI Mentor (Independent Contractor) - Business Leader Programs
- AI Technical Mentor - Independent Contractor (US Canada, Europe, MENA, India & APAC Timezones)
- Agentic AI Technical Mentor - Independent Contractor (US Canada, Europe, MENA, India & APAC Timezones)
- Claude AI Engineer Technical Mentor - Independent Contractor (US Canada, Europe, MENA, India & APAC Timezones)
- Cloud DevOps Engineer Technical Mentor - Independent Contractor (US Canada, Europe, MENA, India & APAC Timezones)
- Cloud Technical Mentor - Independent Contractor (US Canada, Europe, MENA, India & APAC Timezones)
- Community Moderator (External Contractor) - India
- Community Moderator (External Contractor) - UAE
- Community Moderator (External Contractor) - USA/Canada
- Cybersecurity Technical Mentor - Independent Contractor (US Canada, Europe, MENA, India & APAC Timezones)
- Data Technical Mentor - Independent Contractor (US Canada, Europe, MENA, India & APAC Timezones)
19 of the questions below are ones at most two of the 213 employers measured ask (median: 18), the least standard being “I understand that this application signals my willingness to be contacted for contract work with Udacity.”.
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 |
| How did you hear about this job? Udacity Jobs Page, LinkedIn, Glassdoor, Indeed, Instagram, Facebook (+4 more) |
multiselect | Yes |
| Are you a current or former Udacity employee? Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| Udacity Privacy Policy By submitting your application for employment, in addition to agreeing to Udacity's Terms of Use and Privacy Policy (https://www.udacity.com/legal/privacy), you hereby consent to the collection and use of the information and supporting documents you provide us throughout the application process, including, but not limited to, personal information ("Application Information"). Udacity may use your Application Information for the purposes of evaluating your qualifications for employment, investigating and responding to any claims related to your potential and/or future employment, and complying with applicable laws and regulations. Udacity may also share your Application Information with third-party service providers who provide human resources related services to us or that otherwise assist with such evaluation, investigation, and compliance functions. |
multiselect | Yes |
| I understand that this application signals my willingness to be contacted for contract work with Udacity. Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| Please share the Country that you currently reside in. USA, Canada, Brazil, Egypt, Oman, Saudi Arabia (+12 more) |
select | Yes |
| LinkedIn Profile | text | Yes |
| Were you previously a part of our 1-1 mentorship model? Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| Area of Expertise and skills Artificial Intelligence, Generative AI, Machine Learning, Deep learning, Autonomous Systems (C++, Computer Vision, Robotics, Sensor Fusion and other related skills), Data (Data Analysis, Data Science, Data Engineering, Pandas, NumPy, SQL, Python and other Data related skills, Programming (Python, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, BASH/Unix shell, C++) (+15 more) |
multiselect | Yes |
| Select all industries that you have experience in Software Development, Telecommunications, Computer Security, Information Technology, Fintech, Educational Technology (+21 more) |
multiselect | Yes |
| Please share your freelancing profile (Freelancer.com, Upwork, Fiverr etc) if any. | textarea | No |
| Please select all the languages are you comfortable in Speaking and Writing? English, Arabic, French, German, Italian, Portuguese (+3 more) |
multiselect | Yes |
| LinkedIn Profile URL | textarea | Yes |
| Please choose the Nanodegree from the below dropdown list of School of AI. Generative AI, AI for Business Leaders, AI Programming with Python, Agentic AI, AI Product Manager |
multiselect | Yes |
| Please choose the Nanodegree from the below dropdown list of School of Cloud Cloud DevOps, AWS Cloud, Cloud Developer Using Microsoft Azure |
multiselect | Yes |
| Years of Experience | text | Yes |
| Please choose the Nanodegree from the below dropdown list of School of Cybersecurity. Cybersecurity, Security Analyst, Security Engineer, Security Architect, Blockchain Cybersecurity |
multiselect | Yes |
| Please choose the Nanodegree from the below dropdown list of School of Data. Data Scientist, Data Engineering, Data Architecture, Data Analyst, Big Data, Data Product Manager |
multiselect | Yes |
| LinkedIn Profile URL Link | text | Yes |
| Are you residing in India? Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| Do you have prior experience in community moderation? Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| Are you residing in UAE? Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| Are you fluent in Arabic language? 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 |
|---|---|
| Other | 15 |
| Portfolio and links | 2 |
| How you heard of them | 1 |
| Language proficiency | 1 |
| Remote or on-site | 1 |
| Years of experience | 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:
Isar Aerospace Se · Jfrog · Kaizo · Kbra · Kiwico · Knock
Before you apply
Have the answers to the required questions ready before you open the form — Udacity's asks for 20 of them, and Greenhouse does not save a partial application by default.