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Every question an application form asks (plain version)

Engineer version with the full field-by-field mapping: ../technical/application-question-taxonomy.md

Every job application, no matter which company or which software it runs on, asks roughly the same set of questions. WorkWingman answers each one from the profile you set up once, and knows which questions are worth extra care.

The categories

  • Who you are — name, email, phone, address.
  • Can you legally work here — authorization to work, whether you'll ever need visa sponsorship. Get these wrong and the application can be auto-rejected before a human ever sees it — so the app always double-checks with you before submitting, even though it knows the answer.
  • Basic eligibility — are you 18+, do you hold a security clearance, are you bound by a non-compete from a past job. Same deal: these can auto-reject, so you always confirm them.
  • Voluntary demographic questions — gender, race/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status. These are always optional. The app fills in exactly what you told it, or leaves them at "prefer not to answer" — it never guesses or invents an answer here.
  • Education — school, degree, field of study, graduation year.
  • Work history — employers, titles, dates.
  • Skills & certifications — your top skills and any licenses/certifications.
  • Screening questions — the custom ones each job invents ("years of experience with X?", "can you lift 50 lbs?"). These vary too much to answer automatically, so the app always checks with you.
  • Salary, start date, relocation, work model — your expectations and preferences.
  • Custom per-job questions — "how did you hear about us," "why do you want to work here," and anything else a specific job dreamed up.
  • References — 2-3 people who'll vouch for you.
  • Consents — background check, drug test, "I certify this is true." The app never checks these boxes for you; you always affirm them yourself in the moment.

The tricky parts it handles for you

The "N/A" trap. Some forms ask a yes/no question, then pop open a text box that only matters if you said "yes" — like "Have you ever been convicted of a felony? If yes, explain." If you answered "no," that text box is technically not applicable — but leaving it blank often makes the whole form refuse to submit, because it's still marked required. WorkWingman knows to type the literal word "N/A" into that box instead of leaving it empty, so the form goes through cleanly.

References you don't have yet. If a form asks for three references and you've only given the app two, it doesn't crash or guess a fake person — it just tells you that slot is empty so you can fill it in or leave it as-is.

One answer unlocking another question. Sometimes picking an option (like "Other" in a dropdown) opens up a brand-new required field. The app watches for that pattern and treats the new field like any other question it needs an answer for.

Knockout questions. A few questions — work authorization, sponsorship, age, security clearance — can get your whole application auto-rejected by the software before anyone reads it, if the answer isn't what the job requires. WorkWingman always shows you these specific answers and asks you to confirm them, even when it's completely confident, because the stakes of getting one wrong are higher than any other question on the form.