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Job Application Form Template

Most career-page application forms hide behind Greenhouse / Lever, which charge $200+/month per role. For a startup hiring 1-3 roles a year, a self-hosted form with resume upload does the job.

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  • 500 free total
  • No PHP · no SDK
  • One POST endpoint
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No backend code

No server, API route, or SDK — your Job Application Form posts straight to one endpoint.

Straight to your inbox

Every submission is emailed to you and saved to a searchable dashboard — spam filtered before it reaches you.

Copy-paste ready

It's plain HTML you own — paste the Job Application Form snippet, swap in your access key, and ship.

Copy and ship

Your Job Application Form, ready to paste.

HTML by default — the same field set also renders as React, Next.js, PHP, and cURL in your dashboard. Every variant posts to the same /api/submit endpoint. Replace YOUR_ACCESS_KEY with the key from your dashboard; that's the only edit.

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form.html
<form action="https://splitforms.com/api/submit" method="POST">
  <input type="hidden" name="access_key" value="YOUR_ACCESS_KEY">
  <input type="hidden" name="subject" value="New job application">

  <label for="name">Full name *</label>
  <input id="name" type="text" name="name" placeholder="Jane Builder" required>
  <label for="email">Email *</label>
  <input id="email" type="email" name="email" placeholder="[email protected]" required>
  <label for="role">Position you're applying for *</label>
  <select id="role" name="role" required>
    <option value="">Choose…</option>
    <option>Engineering</option>
    <option>Design</option>
    <option>Marketing</option>
    <option>Sales</option>
    <option>Operations</option>
    <option>Other</option>
  </select>
  <label for="linkedin">LinkedIn / portfolio URL</label>
  <input id="linkedin" type="url" name="linkedin" placeholder="https://linkedin.com/in/janebuilder">
  <label for="resume_url">Resume URL</label>
  <input id="resume_url" type="url" name="resume_url" placeholder="https://...">
  <label for="cover_letter">Cover letter *</label>
  <textarea id="cover_letter" name="cover_letter" placeholder="Why this role, why us." required></textarea>

  <!-- honeypot — bots fill every field -->
  <input type="checkbox" name="botcheck" style="display:none" tabindex="-1" autocomplete="off">

  <button type="submit">Send</button>
</form><p class="splitforms-attribution" style="margin-top:12px;font-size:11px;color:#888;text-align:right">
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</p>

<!-- drop-off analytics + partial leads (the form works without it) -->
<script src="https://splitforms.com/embed.js" async></script>

How to add it

How to add a Job Application Form to your site.

To add a Job Application Form to your site you need three things: a free splitforms access key, the HTML snippet above, and your key pasted into it. No backend, database, or CAPTCHA library — the form posts to one URL and every submission lands in your inbox and dashboard.

Capture role and basics

Required: name, email, role (dropdown of open positions), resume upload (PDF/DOCX). Optional: LinkedIn URL, portfolio URL, cover-letter textarea, location / timezone.

Receive resume upload

Storage-backed file upload keeps the resume connected to the submission. Attachments cap at 5 MB per file; resume PDFs are usually 100-500 KB, so headroom is generous.

Webhook to Notion / Airtable

Push the application as a row in a Notion / Airtable database (one per role). Hiring team triages from there — moves to interview stage, archives obvious passes, comments inline. Cheaper than Greenhouse for low-volume hiring.

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What's included

What's in this Job Application Form template?

ATS subscriptions (Greenhouse, Lever, Workable) start at $6-15k/year for a small team — a lot of money for a startup that hires 2 engineers a year. A self-hosted application form on the careers page handles the inbound flow. The form captures name, email, role applying for, resume (PDF upload, often required), LinkedIn / portfolio URL, and a brief 'why us' textarea. The submission lands in the hiring manager's inbox or webhooks into Notion / Airtable / a Slack channel for triage. As soon as you're past 5 simultaneous open roles, an ATS pays off — until then, this works. Resume upload (paid plans) · webhooks into Notion / Airtable / Greenhouse.

  • Job application — 6 ready-made fields
  • HTML, JS, React, PHP, and cURL outputs
  • One POST endpoint, no SDK — honeypot and spam scoring, no CAPTCHA
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Where submissions go

Where do your Job Application Form submissions go?

Reply-to is wired to the visitor's email, so one tap on Reply answers them directly — while the built-in honeypot and automatic spam scoring filter out bots before they reach you. Every submission is emailed to your inbox and can forward to a webhook or Slack the moment a visitor hits send.

  • Reply-to wired to the visitor's email — reply straight from your inbox
  • Honeypot and automatic spam scoring filter bots, no CAPTCHA friction
  • Live dashboard, CSV export, and signed webhooks on paid plans
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How SplitForms works

What happens after someone submits your form?

splitforms receives the submission, filters spam, saves it to your dashboard and emails you — then, on paid plans, sends it on to your webhooks and integrations. No backend infrastructure to build.

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Point your form to your unique SplitForms endpoint. That's it.

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We instantly capture and organize every submission in your inbox.

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On paid plans, submissions can also go to Slack, Discord, Google Sheets, Notion, Airtable, Zapier or any signed webhook — and splitforms works on the platforms you build on, from WordPress and Shopify to Next.js. With Stripe connected, your forms can take payments too.

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Questions

Job Application Form questions.

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Is this EEOC / OFCCP compliant?

If you're under the regulated thresholds (15 employees for most EEOC requirements; federal contractor for OFCCP), basic forms are fine. If you're regulated, you need to collect voluntary self-ID demographics on a separate page (race, gender, veteran, disability) with explicit non-discrimination language. Your employment lawyer should review the final flow.

How do I avoid resume-spam from staffing agencies?

Hidden honeypot field plus splitforms' rule-based spam filter catches the automated spam. For persistent agency spam, add a 'are you applying directly or through an agency?' radio — direct applications get the role-specific reply; agency applications get a 'we don't accept third-party submissions' auto-response.

Should I require a cover letter?

For senior or specialised roles, yes — quality goes up with the friction. For volume hiring (support, ops, junior eng), no — required cover letters drop application count 60-80% and the cover-letter quality is mostly noise anyway. Tune by role.

Can I integrate with Notion / Airtable / Greenhouse later?

Yes — webhook the JSON. Notion has a native database API, Airtable accepts via Zapier, Greenhouse accepts via Zapier or their Harvest API. As you scale into a real ATS, point the webhook at Greenhouse and decommission the Notion database. The form stays the same.

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How much does splitforms cost?

Free gives you 500 submissions for $0 — no card, no time limit. Pro is $5/month for 5,000 submissions a month, and Annual is $49/year for 15,000 a month with every Pro feature.

Free

$0— 500 submissions
 

No card, no time limit

Best for testing

For side projects and indie devs.

  • 500 free submissions
  • Unlimited forms
  • Email notifications included
  • Smart spam filtering
  • Submissions dashboard
  • Redirect after submit
  • MCP server included
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Pro

$5/ month
Billed monthly

Every paid feature, for agencies and growing products.

  • 5,000 submissions / mo
  • Unlimited forms
  • Webhooks and integrations
  • CC/BCC, auto-replies and routing
  • File uploads with 500 MB storage
  • Stripe payments on your forms
  • 3 team seats
  • Cancel anytime

Annual

$49/ year
About $4.08/mo, billed yearly
Best value

Every Pro feature with triple the volume — $0.27 per 1,000 at full use.

  • 15,000 submissions / mo
  • Unlimited forms
  • Everything in Pro
  • File uploads with 5 GB storage
  • 3 team seats
  • Priority email support

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