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The Application Form is the second step of the three-step job creation wizard, between Job Post and Candidate Pipeline. It controls exactly what information candidates provide when they apply. The builder shows a live preview of the candidate-facing form, so you always see what applicants will see. You can revisit and edit the form later from the job’s Settings page, which has the same three tabs as the wizard.
Candidates do not have to type everything by hand. When they upload their CV, Equip parses it and pre-fills the form automatically. See CV Parsing for how this works.

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Standard Fields

Equip ships with a set of standard fields, grouped in the builder into basic, professional, and additional sections. Toggle each field on or off, and mark any enabled field as mandatory.
Some fields power other Equip features. The Job Fit Score ranking criteria depend on what you collect: Skills requires the Skills field, Experience and Previous Companies require Work Experience, Education requires Educational Background, and Industry requires Industries.
Every mandatory field adds friction. A long form can discourage good candidates from completing their application, so only require fields you will actually use to evaluate or contact them.

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Custom Fields

When the standard fields do not cover something you need, add custom fields. Each job opening supports up to 10 custom fields.
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Add a custom field

In the Application Form step, create a new custom field and give it a label of at least 3 characters, for example “Do you hold a valid driving license?”.
2

Pick the answer type

Choose Boolean (yes/no), Integer (a number), or Date.
3

Configure the details

Optionally add a placeholder to guide candidates, and toggle whether the field is mandatory.
Custom field answers appear on each candidate’s profile, and you can use them as filters in the applications dashboard. That makes them ideal for structured facts you want to slice candidates by, such as certifications held or earliest start date.

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Screening Questions

Screening questions are questions candidates answer as part of the application. Each job opening supports up to 5 screening questions. Screening questions accept four answer types: Objective answer types (Boolean, Integer, Date) become dashboard filters, so you can instantly narrow the pipeline to candidates who meet a requirement. Text answers appear on the candidate profile for you to read.
Prefer objective answer types for hard requirements, and save Text questions for the one or two things you genuinely want to read in the candidate’s own words.