JobofinderUpdated 11 October 2026
Why these questions matter more than they look
The short questions at the end of a form are often read before your CV. Some are set as requirements: answer "no" to the right-to-work question and the system may decline the application without anyone reading further. So answer each one deliberately, and truthfully. A wrong answer that gets you through is found out at the offer stage, when documents are checked.
The questions, and how to answer them
Do you have the right to work in this country?
Answer exactly. If you have the right without restriction, say yes. If you study or work on a visa, say what it is and any limit on your hours. Our country guides for students set out the usual limits.
Will you now or in future require sponsorship?
This is not the same question. You may have the right to work today and still need the employer to sponsor a visa later. Answer both parts honestly; an employer that cannot sponsor will find out eventually, and you will both have wasted the time.
What is your notice period? When can you start?
Give the real figure from your contract, or "immediately" if you are free. If you are a student, give the date your course or exams end.
What are your salary expectations?
Look at what comparable adverts offer and give a range that starts at a figure you would accept. For hourly work, check the legal minimum for your age first so that you do not ask for less than it.
Why do you want this job? Why this company?
Three or four sentences: what the job involves that you are good at, one concrete thing about the employer that you could not say about its competitors, and what you want to learn. Write a general version, then change the one concrete thing for each employer.
Are you willing to relocate, travel or work shifts?
Say what is true and add the limit: "Yes, within about an hour's commute", "Evenings and weekends, not nights".
How did you hear about this vacancy?
The employer's careers page, if that is where you applied. It is for their own statistics.
Do you need any adjustments for the interview?
If you do, say so plainly. Employers ask in order to arrange it, and in many countries they are required to.
Criminal record, driving licence, professional registration
Answer factually and read the wording: many forms ask only about unspent convictions, a full licence, or current registration.
Equal opportunities monitoring
Optional, kept apart from your application, and "prefer not to say" is always acceptable.
Keep your answers in one place
Put your answers in a document you can copy from, and update it when something changes. That alone turns a twenty-minute form into a five-minute one.
In Jobofinder this document is part of your profile. Your saved answers are used on every form it fills in, and on the forms the browser extension fills in for you. When a form asks something new, the application pauses and the question comes to you; once you have answered, that answer is saved too. Consent and declaration boxes are ticked only if you have switched that on, and it never makes up an answer to get a form through.
Common questions
What if a form asks something Jobofinder has no answer for?
The application pauses and the question is sent to you, in the app and on WhatsApp if you use it. You type the answer, the application continues, and the answer is saved for the next form that asks. It never guesses.
Should I answer the salary question?
If the box is required, give a range you would accept, based on what similar jobs advertise, rather than a single figure. If it is optional and you are unsure, you can leave it empty and discuss pay later.
Do I have to answer the equal opportunities questions?
No. Questions about ethnicity, gender, disability and similar are for monitoring, are normally kept apart from your application, and almost always offer "prefer not to say".