Every job has an application form. Name, email, and resume are built in and always there. Beyond that, you add your own questions per job — text, multiple choice, a URL, or a short video. Keep the list short: every extra required question costs you applicants.
What's already on the form
Three fields come with every job and can't be removed:
- Name
- Resume — a PDF, DOC, or DOCX up to 10 MB. Chosen parses it into structured fields automatically; see resume parsing.
For a lot of roles, those three are the whole form. You don't have to add anything.
Add custom questions
Job questions are edited per job, in the Questions tab when you create or edit a job. Add a question, write the prompt, pick a type, and decide whether it's required. Drag the handle to reorder.
The question types:
| Type | Use it for |
|---|---|
| Short text | A one-line answer — a city, a notice period, a number. |
| Long text | A paragraph — "why this role", a writing sample. |
| Yes/No | A clean yes-or-no, like work authorization. |
| Single select | Pick one from a list you define. |
| Multi select | Pick any number from a list. |
| URL | A link — portfolio, GitHub, LinkedIn. |
| Video upload | A short recorded answer, up to 250 MB. |
Single select and multi select hold up to 10 options each.
Required vs optional
Each question has a Required toggle. Required questions block submission until they're answered. Optional ones don't.
Be deliberate here. A required question is a small wall between a candidate and the Submit button — some won't climb it. Make a question required only when an empty answer would genuinely stop you from reviewing the application. Everything else can be optional, or left off entirely.
A note on what isn't here
A couple of things teams sometimes expect:
- No conditional logic. Every question on the form shows to every applicant. You can't reveal one question based on the answer to another.
- No saved question templates. Questions are configured per job. If two jobs need the same set, you add the questions to each.
If you're standardizing screening questions across many jobs, keep them few and consistent so re-entering them stays quick.
Limits
The form collects answers; it doesn't score them. A multi-select or Yes/No answer won't auto-filter or auto-reject anyone — a person reads every application. Answers show up on the candidate record alongside the resume. For ranking a stack of applicants by fit, that's what match rating is for, and it reads the resume, not your custom questions.