Verisign application questions — all 29, word for word
Verisign hires through Greenhouse. Beyond name, email and CV, its application form asks 29 questions, 23 of them required. 2 of them are required, fixed-choice questions about your eligibility to work. A cover letter is optional.
26 roles were open when this was last checked, mostly in engineering and product. The questions below are the form's own wording, not a paraphrase.
What Verisign has open
These are the roles the form was read from, as Verisign titles them, in Reston,Virginia,United States, International, Netherlands, United States:
- Data Analyst II
- Director of Identity and Access Management Engineering
- Financial Analyst
- General Application - International positions
- General Application - U.S. positions
- Junior Software Engineer
- Manager - Information Security Compliance
- Product Management Director
- Product Management Director - Top-Level Domains
- Research Engineer
- SRE - Linux
- Senior DDI Engineer
24 of the questions below are ones at most two of the 212 employers measured ask (median: 13), the least standard being “Do you need, or will you need in the future, any immigration related support or sponsorship from Verisign in order to begin or continue employment with Verisign? This includes support (such as J-1, F-1 OPT, CPT, or STEM OPT) and/or visa sponsorship for employment (H-1B, H-1B1, E-3, or O-1).”.
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 Verisign 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 need, or will you need in the future, any immigration related support or sponsorship from Verisign in order to begin or continue employment with Verisign? This includes support (such as J-1, F-1 OPT, CPT, or STEM OPT) and/or visa sponsorship for employment (H-1B, H-1B1, E-3, or O-1). required, fixed choice | Yes, No |
| Will you now or in the future require sponsorship for employment visa status? required, fixed choice | Yes, No |
Every question on the form
| Question | Type | Required |
|---|---|---|
| Do you need, or will you need in the future, any immigration related support or sponsorship from Verisign in order to begin or continue employment with Verisign? This includes support (such as J-1, F-1 OPT, CPT, or STEM OPT) and/or visa sponsorship for employment (H-1B, H-1B1, E-3, or O-1). Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| Will you now or in the future require sponsorship for employment visa status? Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| First Name | text | Yes |
| Last Name | text | Yes |
| text | Yes | |
| Phone | text | Yes |
| Resume/CV | file | Yes |
| Cover Letter | file | No |
| Address | text | Yes |
| Address Line 2 | text | No |
| City/Region | text | Yes |
| State/Province | text | Yes |
| Country Code United States, Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso (+236 more) |
select | Yes |
| Zip code | text | Yes |
| LinkedIn profile | text | Yes |
| This position offers a flexible, hybrid work schedule and is located in Reston, Virginia. Reston-based employees must live within a 70-mile driving distance of the office. Do you currently live within 70 miles of Reston, Virginia? Yes, No, No, but I am ready to relocate. |
select | Yes |
| How did you hear about us? Campus recruiting, Conferences/Trade shows, Dice, Diversity Job Board, Experteer.ch, Facebook (+25 more) |
select | Yes |
| If your response is 'Other', 'Job Fair' or 'Employee Referral', please provide details: | text | No |
| Are you currently or were you previously a U.S. Government civilian or military employee? Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| Do you have a personal (extended family or friend) or business relationship with a Non-U.S. government official or employee of a state-owned enterprise? Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| Have you previously worked for Verisign? Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| Do you currently have a relative employed with Verisign? Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| I acknowledge that all information provided is accurate and true. Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| Please identify your gender Male, Female, Decline To Self Identify |
select | Yes |
| Please identify your race/ethnicity American Indian or Alaskan Native, Asian, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, White (+2 more) |
select | Yes |
| Please identify your U.S. veteran status Not a protected veteran, Protected veteran, Decline to self-identify |
select | Yes |
| Please identify your disability status Yes, I have a disability, or have a history/record of having a disability, No, I don't have a disability, or a history/record of having a disability, Decline to self-identify |
select | Yes |
| Preferred Name | text | No |
| If your response is 'Other' or 'Employee Referral', please provide details: | text | No |
| Let us know your job search area of interest? Select all that apply Internships, Corporate, Customer Operations, Engineering & Technology, Finance, Human Resources (+3 more) |
multiselect | Yes |
| Work Permit Type Swiss Citizen, B Type Work Permit, C Type Work Permit |
select | No |
| Work Permit Validity Period | text | No |
| Nationality | text | Yes |
| Are you willing to relocate? Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| Acknowledgment and Consent: Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| LinkedIn url | text | 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 | 10 |
| Voluntary diversity questions (EEOC) | 5 |
| How you heard of them | 3 |
| Role-specific screening | 3 |
| Security clearance | 2 |
| Visa sponsorship | 2 |
| Work authorisation | 2 |
| Relocation | 1 |
| Remote or on-site | 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:
Studs · Sumo Logic · Syndio · Tanium · Techstars · Temporal
Before you apply
Have the answers to the required questions ready before you open the form — Verisign's asks for 23 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.