Viam application questions — all 15, word for word
Viam hires through Greenhouse. Beyond name, email and CV, its application form asks 15 questions, 6 of them required. 2 of them are required, fixed-choice questions about your eligibility to work. A cover letter is optional.
10 roles were open when this was last checked, mostly in engineering and marketing. The questions below are the form's own wording, not a paraphrase.
What Viam has open
These are the roles the form was read from, as Viam titles them, in New York, NY, New York, New York, United States, San Francisco, California:
- Director, Forward Deployed Engineering
- Interested in Future Viam Roles*
- Lead Software Engineer, Data Platform
- Senior / Staff Software Engineer, Fleet Management
- Senior Developer Advocate
- Senior Developer Advocate (San Francisco, CA)
- Senior Product Manager, Platform
- Software Engineering Intern (Summer 2027)
- Social Media & Content Producer (Part-Time)
- Chief of Staff
13 of the questions below are ones at most two of the 213 employers measured ask (median: 18), the least standard being “Please share links to examples of your public technical work. This could include GitHub projects, tutorials or blog posts, technical talks, videos, workshops, demos, hardware/maker projects, or other work that shows how you build and communicate with developers.”.
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 Viam 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 legally authorized to work in the United States for any employer? required, fixed choice | Yes, No |
| Will you now or in the future require employer sponsorship or other employer support to maintain authorization to work in the United States? required, fixed choice | Yes, No |
Every question on the form
| Question | Type | Required |
|---|---|---|
| Are you legally authorized to work in the United States for any employer? Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| Will you now or in the future require employer sponsorship or other employer support to maintain authorization to work in the United States? 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 |
| LinkedIn Profile | text | No |
| Website | text | No |
| How did you hear about Viam? LinkedIn, Indeed, A friend, TikTok, Instagram, Twitter (+2 more) |
select | No |
| Where would you like to work from? New York City, New York, Bend, OR, Remote, Other |
multiselect | No |
| Where in our company would you like to work? Software Engineering, Mechanical/Hardware Engineering, Sales, Marketing, HR, Recruiting (+8 more) |
multiselect | No |
| How would you like to work with us? Full time, Part time, Consulting, Internship, Contract |
multiselect | No |
| Anything else you would like to share with us? | textarea | No |
| Are you interested in a Leadership or Management role? Yes, No |
select | No |
| I agree to receive updates, newsletters, and other communications from Viam. Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| Github | text | No |
| How did you hear about this opportunity at Viam? LinkedIn, Indeed, A friend, TikTok, Instagram, Twitter (+2 more) |
select | No |
| Link to or briefly describe a production system you’ve worked on, and what you owned. | textarea | Yes |
| Preferred First Name | text | No |
| Please share links to examples of your public technical work. This could include GitHub projects, tutorials or blog posts, technical talks, videos, workshops, demos, hardware/maker projects, or other work that shows how you build and communicate with developers. | textarea | Yes |
| Please share 2–3 links to content you’ve created that best represents your work. We’re especially interested in social content, short-form video, or writing created for developers or technical audiences. | 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 | 4 |
| How you heard of them | 2 |
| Portfolio and links | 2 |
| Remote or on-site | 2 |
| Role-specific screening | 2 |
| Cover letter | 1 |
| Visa sponsorship | 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:
Lithic · Litify · Ltse · Makersite · Mercury · Mighty Networks
Before you apply
Have the answers to the required questions ready before you open the form — Viam's asks for 6 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.