Jobs at Wave

What Wave's application asks

Across the one application form Otto has filled at Wave: 21 distinct questions, 20 of them usually required. A single application works out at about 28 minutes once you have your details to hand. It runs on Greenhouse.

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

• if you answered yes, what is their name?
• if you chose "other" please share details of where you learned about the job
• in which industry (or industries) do you have experience?
• preferred name
• which helpdesk tools have you used, what were the advantages/disadvantages of them?
• which of the languages required by this job are you fluent in?
• by selecting "i agree," you agree that wave has my consent to collect, store, and process my data in…
• do you currently work at wave?

and 3 more.

Read off the forms themselves, last checked 2026-09-21, 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 Greenhouse puts on every employer’s form.