Jobs at Nerdwallet

What Nerdwallet's application asks

Across the 3 application forms Otto has filled at Nerdwallet: 30 distinct questions, 19 of them usually required. A single application works out at about 5 minutes once you have your details to hand. It runs on Ashby.

18 are Nerdwallet’s own, not boxes every form has:

• why do you want to work at nerdwallet?
• how did you hear about this job?
• what province in canada will you be working from?
• in 2-3 sentences describe an ai-powered application, automation, or software tool you personally built or…
• have you personally built or significantly contributed to a production ai-powered application or automation…
• what is your current or most recent company?
• if other, please specify:
• are you subject to a non-competition agreement or any other agreement which would preclude or restrict your…

and 10 more.

Read off the forms themselves, last checked 2026-09-17, 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.