Application forms

Application forms

An application form decides who gets something: a job, a home, a membership, a stall at the market or a scholarship. A registration form signs up anyone who asks; an application asks to be chosen. Each template here collects what a reviewer needs to compare people fairly and asks for sensitive details only when they are needed. Every one prints as a PDF.

Which one do you need?

Each template is built for one job. Start from the closest and change the rest in the editor.

Choosing people for something else

What application forms have in common

The details they ask for most often.

  1. Postal address 97% (149 of 153 forms)
  2. Phone number 96% (147 of 153 forms)
  3. Name 88% (134 of 153 forms)
  4. Email address 85% (130 of 153 forms)
  5. Signature 81% (124 of 153 forms)
  6. Date signed 65% (100 of 153 forms)
  7. Consent statement 52% (80 of 153 forms)
  8. Date of birth 46% (71 of 153 forms)
  9. Privacy notice 28% (43 of 153 forms)
  10. Agreement to terms 25% (39 of 153 forms)

Each figure is the share of 153 application forms in the Form Field Index that ask for it.

Questions about application forms

What is the difference between an application form and a registration form?

An application asks to be chosen; a registration signs up anyone who qualifies. If you will review the answers and say yes or no, start from an application template. If everyone who fills it in gets a place until you are full, use a registration template, such as a day camp registration form or an annual conference registration form.

Can applicants attach a résumé or supporting documents?

Yes. Add a File upload question and choose which file types it accepts. One question can take up to 20 files, each up to 10 MB on the free plan.

Can I stop taking applications on a closing date?

Yes. Set a close date in Settings and the form shows your closed message from then on. You can also cap the number of applications with a response limit.

Should the first form ask for a Social Security or National Insurance number?

Rarely. These templates leave government ID numbers out of the first stage: you only need one once you have decided to go ahead, and collecting it from everyone means storing sensitive data you will never use.

What happens after someone applies?

Each application lands in Results, and turning on Email me sends it to your inbox, free. Turn on AI triage and each one gets a summary and a P1–P3 priority (100 a month free), and you can reply to the applicant from their response. When you say yes, the next form is often a new hire information form for a new employee or a move-in checklist for a new tenant.