Jobs at Kong

What Kong's application asks

Across the one application form Otto has filled at Kong: 20 distinct questions, 7 of them usually required. A single application works out at about 1 minute once you have your details to hand. It runs on Ashby.

11 are Kong’s own, not boxes every form has:

• add anything else you would like to share.
• how do you identify your sexual orientation? please select all that apply.
• which of the following communities do you belong to? please select all that apply.
• github url
• current company
• if so, what type of visa are you currently on and when does it expire?
• do you identify as transgender?
• do you now, or will you in the future, require sponsorship?

and 3 more.

Read off the forms themselves, last checked 2026-09-13, because Otto fills them in and has to read them first. Roles differ, so the estimate is per application rather than for the list above: each question counts for its cost times how often this employer actually requires it. A written answer is 2½ minutes, a dropdown 12 seconds, a yes/no 5 seconds, attaching a file 45 seconds. The list leaves out name-and-email boxes and anything Ashby puts on every employer’s form.