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The seven screener questions
Most applications ask the same handful of screener questions before you ever reach a human. This cluster explains what each one is actually checking for and how to answer without guessing.
The seven screener questions you keep answering
Screener questions look endless. They are seven questions in different words, and once you have written each answer well you never write it again.
The relocation question is a filter
Location and relocation questions decide whether a human ever sees you. Here is what yes commits you to, and when maybe quietly ends the process.
Have you worked here before, and why they ask
Prior employment shows up on almost every form. It is a rehire check, not a memory test, and contractors and interns are the part people get wrong.
What the EEO questions are actually for
Demographic questions sit at the end of nearly every form. Here is who sees those answers, who does not, and why declining to answer is a real option.
What to put for how did you hear about us
The referral source field is routing, not trivia. What you type decides who reads you first, and one of the options is worth far more than the rest.
The sponsorship question, answered plainly
Now or in the future is doing a lot of work in that sentence. Here is what employers screen for, and why guessing wrong costs you the whole process.
Answering the work authorization question
It is a yes or no question about your right to work, not about your visa history. Here is what it means and the answer that creates no confusion.