Job-specific field collections

Dropboard embeds, public job links, and our recruiter portal all allow you to add custom questions to the candidate application form (learn more about that here). Candidates are presented these questions regardless of the job they are applying to.

But what if you want to ask certain questions depending on the job they are applying for?

Creating a field collection

This is where Field Collections come in, and you'll find them in the menu under Jobs > Field collections.

Click on "Create Collection" and then you'll see an editor like this:

Using the buttons on the left, you can design your questions and then drag and drop them to reorder them as necessary. Hit "Save" and you now have a "Development jobs" field collection.

Now we move to the "Jobs" page:

Click on Jobs in the top menu. Create or edit a job and look to the right pane for "Custom application fields"

And choose the field collection that you created earlier:

You can also do this in bulk by checking multiple jobs and using the "Set extra fields" dropdown:

What does the application form look like now?

When candidates apply to a development job, it may look like this: