Add candidate & referrer questions

Questions are how you collect exactly what you need to evaluate someone — and nothing you don't. Vouch keeps two sets: what applicants answer, and what referrers answer when vouching for someone.

When to use it. It's the second step of the listing wizard, but you can edit it any time from Settings → Edit application flow — for instance to add a work-authorization question once a role opens internationally.

Where: listing edit wizard → Candidate / referrer questions (the second step), or Settings → Edit application flow.

Two tabs at the top:

• Questions for candidates — "These are the mandatory questions that a candidate must answer." They're shown to applicants and to candidates accepting their referrals, alongside a live Application form preview.
• Questions for referrers — the questions a voucher answers when recommending someone.

Custom questions

• Choose Add question → New question to write your own, or pick the Work authorization preset (adds "Are you authorized to work in {country}?" and "Do you require visa sponsorship to work in {country}?").
• Drag questions to reorder; use the edit and remove icons on each.
• Deleting a question that candidates have already answered archives it instead — new applications won't be asked it.

Below the candidate questions are the post-accept questions; the Questions for referrers tab holds the voucher questions.

When a job has no questions yet, the "How should we get started?" chooser appears (Brainstorm with AI / Generate from scratch / Clone from another job position).

This step is also where you publish — see Publish a job.

Good to know. Keep the candidate list short. Every extra question is a reason to abandon the form, and the Application form preview updates live so you can feel the length as a candidate would. Use post-accept questions for anything you only need after someone's said yes — don't make first-touch applicants answer it.

Referrer questions are for the voucher, not the candidate. Use them to capture why someone is recommending this person — that context is gold when you triage referrals.

Related: Set candidate requirements