Endpoint 1 – Get Application Screening Questions and Privacy Policies

GET /postings/:uuid/configuration

Use this endpoint to fetch a list of screening and diversity questions, privacy policies, company imprint and consent configuration for a job. Questions must be integrated into your application experience and the answers must be included when creating a new candidate application. You must also present the privacy policy links and imprint to the candidate and ask for a consent according to consent configuration.

One of authorization headers must be present in each request (Authentication).
- If you are using OAuth 2.0 authentication then candidate_applications_manage scope is required
The endpoint requires the Posting UUID as a path parameter. It is obtained from the Posting API.
The endpoint accepts a conditionalsIncluded query parameter, which determines whether conditional screening questions should be enabled. More information on Conditional Screening Question Section.
Accept-Language HTTP header controls the language of screening questions and consent scope text statements. By default, it’s English: en.

{
  "questions": [
    {
      "id": "string",
      "label": "string",
      "repeatable": boolean,
      "fields": [
        {
          "id": "string",
          "label": "string",
          "type": "string",
          "required": boolean,
          "complianceType": "string",
          "values": [
            {
              "id": "string",
              "label": "string"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "settings": {
    "avatarUploadAvailable": boolean,
    "conditionals": [
      {
        "parentQuestionId": "string",
        "fieldId": "string",
        "valueIds": ["string"],
        "conditionalQuestions": ["string"]
      }
    ]
  },
  "privacyPolicies": [
    {
      "url": "string",
      "orgName": "string"
    }
  ],
  "consentDetails": {
    "scopes": [
      {
        "scope": String,
        "required": boolean,
        "label": String
      }
    ]
  },
  "companyImprintUrl": String 
}

Glossary of properties

Property	Description
questions: Question[]	List of application questions to be presented to a candidate.
settings: ApplySettings	The object containing details of the application creation settings
privacyPolicies: PrivacyPolicy[]	The array of objects containing information about privacy policies
consentSettings: ConsentSettings	The object containing details of consent settings
companyImprintUrl: String	The company imprint url or null if not declared

Question object

Property	Description
id: String	Unique identifier of a question
label: String	General label of the question block label
repeatable: Boolean	Indicates if a question has multiple answers (blocks), e.g. The language question is repeatable because a candidate can enter multiple languages
fields: Field[]	For simple questions `fields` property contains exactly one element, for complex questions two or more elements are expected

Field object

Property	Description
id: String	Identifier of a field within a question. It is unique within a question scope
label: String	Label displayed next to input field
type: String	Type of the input field. One of: `INPUT_TEXT`, `SINGLE_SELECT`, `MULTI_SELECT`, `RADIO`, `CHECKBOX`, `TEXTAREA`, `INFORMATION`
required: Boolean	Specifies if an answer is mandatory for a given field
complianceType: String	If present, then available values: `DIVERSITY`. Otherwise, the property is not present in the object
values: Value[]	List of possible answers. It’s used for the following question types: `SINGLE_SELECT`, `MULTI_SELECT`, `RADIO`, `CHECKBOX`

Value object

Property	Description
id: String	Option identifier (unique within the question field)
label: String	Option label to be displayed

ApplySettings object

Property	Description
avatarUploadAvailable: Boolean	Informs about access to the avatar upload feature. If set to `false` do not send the avatar when creating the application.
conditionals: ConditionalScreeningQuestion[]	Conditional screening question settings

PrivacyPolicy object

Property	Description
url: String	Url to the privacy policy
orgName: String	Name of the privacy policy's owner

ConsentSettings object

Property	Description
scopes: ConsentScopeDetails[]	List of defined consent scopes. If there is no defined company's privacy policy, the list will be empty

ConsentScopeDetails object

Property	Description
scope: ConsentScope	Scope of the consent
required: boolean	If required, the candidate needs to accept this scope to proceed further
label: String	Consent scope text statement

Possible consent scope values depends of company configuration (more info)

ConditionalScreeningQuestion object

Property	Description
parentQuestionId: String	Identifier of a question that has a branching capability
fieldId: String	Identifier of a question's field that branching refers to
valueIds: String[]	Identifiers of a field's values that trigger branching. Currently, only one value is expected to be there.
conditionalQuestions: String[]	Identifiers of questions which should be presented to the candidate if branching has been triggered

Example response

{
  "questions": [
    {
      "id": "03bf8a6a-ba81-479f-8048-05ce9ef083c0",
      "label": "What's your favourite book?",
      "repeatable": false,
      "fields": [
        {
          "id": "value",
          "label": "Value",
          "type": "INPUT_TEXT",
          "required": false,
          "values": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "d825ef05-b38b-4e88-8b1d-601292460dd1",
      "label": "What is your expected salary? (EUR)",
      "repeatable": false,
      "fields": [
        {
          "id": "amount",
          "label": "Value",
          "type": "INPUT_TEXT",
          "required": false,
          "values": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "c7896b0d-b8e6-48fb-9d38-3a9c3c2fb920",
      "label": "Do you acknowledge you'll be required to participate in newcomers training?",
      "repeatable": false,
      "fields": [
        {
          "id": "confirm",
          "label": "Do you acknowledge you'll be required to participate in newcomers training?",
          "type": "CHECKBOX",
          "required": false,
          "values": [
            {
              "id": "1",
              "label": "Confirmed"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "8fe4cfaf-7d0b-4224-998b-14a3085537bb",
      "label": "Have you ever been terminated from or asked to leave any previous position?",
      "repeatable": false,
      "fields": [
        {
          "id": "value",
          "label": "Value",
          "type": "RADIO",
          "required": false,
          "values": [
            {
              "id": "1",
              "label": "Yes"
            },
            {
              "id": "0",
              "label": "No"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "492a8f13-e420-410e-9ff8-3e915558b7fe",
      "label": "Which colour do you prefer?",
      "repeatable": false,
      "fields": [
        {
          "id": "value",
          "label": "Value",
          "type": "SINGLE_SELECT",
          "required": false,
          "values": [
            {
              "id": "8ae663b0-d5bf-49bf-9389-5ea7a439c2a6",
              "label": "Red"
            },
            {
              "id": "0e73a753-c59f-4ab3-b990-e1f53dffaf9d",
              "label": "Green"
            },
            {
              "id": "ddeebfa8-068d-44f3-976a-47264bde3d35",
              "label": "Blue"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "3253b8f13-42e0-410e-9ff8-3e915634df12",
      "label": "Which shade of green do you prefer?",
      "repeatable": false,
      "fields": [
        {
          "id": "value",
          "label": "Value",
          "type": "SINGLE_SELECT",
          "required": false,
          "values": [
            {
              "id": "485b4be3-5ca7-4310-9d21-7e94eb76f5ea",
              "label": "Bottle green"
            },
            {
              "id": "c98a4607-e559-42de-8b21-00b6971ce18a",
              "label": "Emerald green"
            },
            {
              "id": "619f6439-c2ca-4197-a4cf-66bed72fe120",
              "label": "Forest green"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "721ee956-0669-494e-8a46-756b4c2bd8bd",
      "label": "Which countries have you visited last year?",
      "repeatable": false,
      "fields": [
        {
          "id": "value",
          "label": "Value",
          "type": "MULTI_SELECT",
          "required": false,
          "values": [
            {
              "id": "03b569ca-5601-442d-a679-cb2edc9fcf81",
              "label": "Nepal"
            },
            {
              "id": "6b1f17cb-6533-4bf1-af79-d2600049297d",
              "label": "Italy"
            },
            {
              "id": "f4eb09eb-148b-4a21-b8fa-a32d60dffb94",
              "label": "Portugal"
            },
            {
              "id": "0d421fb9-f664-486d-81f3-d932db9cb88b",
              "label": "Austria"
            },
            {
              "id": "3b5eaf6f-3967-4d82-93b9-e5e2d6bd08b4",
              "label": "Canada"
            },
            {
              "id": "2209bd17-2a7a-4309-bce2-b82d19c1f92f",
              "label": "Peru"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "eb12b8d8-4292-447a-b737-5f78af4faff4",
      "label": "Thank you for applying to us.",
      "repeatable": false,
      "fields": [
        {
          "id": "eb12b8d8-4292-447a-b737-5f78af4faff4",
          "type": "INFORMATION",
          "required": false,
          "values": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "b7f7039c-a4cb-43fa-9251-25c03ab48974",
      "label": "Languages",
      "repeatable": true,
      "fields": [
        {
          "id": "lang",
          "label": "Please type in a language that you speak",
          "type": "INPUT_TEXT",
          "required": false,
          "values": []
        },
        {
          "id": "level",
          "label": "Select your level",
          "type": "SINGLE_SELECT",
          "required": false,
          "values": [
            {
              "id": "0",
              "label": "Beginner"
            },
            {
              "id": "1",
              "label": "Intermediate"
            },
            {
              "id": "2",
              "label": "Advanced"
            },
            {
              "id": "3",
              "label": "Fluent"
            },
            {
              "id": "4",
              "label": "Native"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "settings": {
    "avatarUploadAvailable": false,
    "conditionals": [
      {
        "parentQuestionId": "492a8f13-e420-410e-9ff8-3e915558b7fe",
        "fieldId": "value",
        "valueIds": ["0e73a753-c59f-4ab3-b990-e1f53dffaf9d"],
        "conditionalQuestions": ["3253b8f13-42e0-410e-9ff8-3e915634df12"]
      }
    ]
  },
  "privacyPolicies": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.smartrecruiters.com/privacy-policy/?",
      "orgName": "SmartRecruiters"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.smartrecruiters.com/legal/privacy-policy/chocolate-factory-inc/",
      "orgName": "Chocolate Factory Inc."
    }
  ],
  "consentDetails": {
    "scopes": [
      {
        "scope": "SINGLE",
        "required": true,
        "label": "By checking this box, you will declare that you read and understand the privacy policy of Chocolate Factory Inc."
      }
    ]
  },
  "companyImprintUrl": "https://www./chocolate-factory-inc.com/legal/imprint" 
}

Conditional Screening Questions

A conditional screening question is a question that is displayed only when particular questions are answered in a certain way.

How to enable?

The Conditional Screening Questions is an opt-in feature. To use it, the API clients need to send conditionalsIncludedrequest parameter set to true.

API impact

When the value of the request parameterconditionalsIncluded is set to true, the response payload will have the following changes:

questions array will be enhanced with conditional screening questions
settings.conditionalswill be present and contain all the rules on how conditional question hierarchy can be built

🚧
It's up to the API client to built the model how to show the conditionals questions based on the given rules.

Limitations

There's only one level of conditional screening questions
Only the SINGLE_SELECT type of question can be a parent of conditional screening questions
Diversity questions can not be displayed conditionally

Example

Given the following scenario, the company wants to build conditional screening questions based on the following ones:

Q1: Do you have a driving license? (SINGLE_SELECT)
- A1: I do have one
- A2: I do not possess one
Q2: When is the driving license issued? (TEXT)
Q3: When is the driving license expiring? (TEXT)

The company wants to display Q2 and Q3 only when a candidate has answered A1 as an answer for Q1.

If a candidate answers A2 for Q1 no follow-up questions should be displayed!

Having that in mind, the API response would look as follows:

{
  "questions": [
    {
      "id": "bde691db-cd72-4902-9312-e10f2dd99730",
      "label": "Do you have a driving licence?",
      "repeatable": false,
      "fields": [
        {
          "id": "value",
          "label": "Value",
          "type": "SINGLE_SELECT",
          "required": true,
          "values": [
            {
              "id": "a80eb4ea-ac95-4c85-bed8-474d251f77ac",
              "label": "Yes, I do have one"
            },
            {
              "id": "517b009d-4a8c-4ee5-bf9e-2c77847e4ea9",
              "label": "No I don't have"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "373cde47-28d3-49d9-9a8e-34e19de8fd82",
      "label": "When is the licence issued?",
      "repeatable": false,
      "fields": [
        {
          "id": "value",
          "label": "Value",
          "type": "TEXT",
          "required": true,
          "values": []
        }
      ]
    },
   {
      "id": "2b117cc2-ab33-44e4-8b1a-20171e67ee86",
      "label": "When is the licence expiring?",
      "repeatable": false,
      "fields": [
        {
          "id": "value",
          "label": "Value",
          "type": "TEXT",
          "required": true,
          "values": []
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "settings": {
    "avatarUploadAvailable": false,
    "conditionals": [
      {
        "parentQuestionId": "bde691db-cd72-4902-9312-e10f2dd99730",
        "fieldId": "value",
        "valueIds": ["a80eb4ea-ac95-4c85-bed8-474d251f77a"],
        "conditionalQuestions": ["373cde47-28d3-49d9-9a8e-34e19de8fd82",
                     "2b117cc2-ab33-44e4-8b1a-20171e67ee86"]
         ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "privacyPolicies": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.smartrecruiters.com/privacy-policy/?",
      "orgName": "SmartRecruiters"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.smartrecruiters.com/legal/privacy-policy/chocolate-factory-inc/",
      "orgName": "Chocolate Factory Inc."
    }
  ],
  "consentDetails": {
    "scopes": [
      {
        "scope": "SINGLE",
        "required": true,
        "label": "By checking this box, you will declare that you read and understand the privacy policy of Chocolate Factory Inc."
      }
    ]
  },
  "companyImprintUrl": "https://www./chocolate-factory-inc.com/legal/imprint"
}

Example Response

{
   "questions" [
    {
        // Simple question of input type string with a required value.
        // Simple questions contain a single field with a "value" id and no Field label.
 
        "id": "faveritebook#12312312",
        "question": "What's your favorite book?",
        "description": "used to store candidate's first name information",
        "repeatable": false,
        "fields": [{
              "id": "value",
              "type": "INPUT_TEXT",
              "required": true,
              "values": []
        }]
    },
    {
        // Simple question of type single select with a required answer
 
        "id": "tennisrating#531424214"
        "question": "How good are you at tennis?"
        "description": "custom question"
        "repeatable": false
        "fields": [
            {
                "id": "value",
                "type": "SINGLE_SELECT",
                "required": true,
                "values": [
                    {
                        "id": "custom521512",
                        "label": "Pro"
                    },
                    { 
                        "id": "custom5121204",
                        "label": "Amateur"
                    }
                ]
            }
        ]
    },
    {
        // Complex question: languages
        // "repeatable" means it is possible to provide multiple field-group answers
 
        "id": "lang#12312312",
        "label": "What languages do you speak?",
        "description": "List the languages that you are at least conversational in ",
        "repeatable": true,
        "fields": [
          {
              "id": "lang",
              "label": "Language",
              "type": "INPUT_TEXT",
              "required": false,
              "values": []
          },
          {
              "id": "level",
              "label": "Level",
              "type": "SINGLE_SELECT",
              "required": false,
              "values": [
                  {
                      "id": "294102193",
                      "label": "Basic"
                  },
                  {
                      "id": "294102193",
                      "label": "Advanced"
                  },
                  {
                      "id": "294102193",
                      "label": "Fluent"
                  }
              ]
          }
        ]
    }
   ] 
  "settings": {
    "avatarUploadAvailable": true
  },
  "privacyPolicies": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.smartrecruiters.com/privacy-policy/?",
      "orgName": "SmartRecruiters"
    }
    {
      "url": "https://www.smartrecruiters.com/CustomerPrivacyPolicy/?",
      "orgName": "CustomerPrivacyPolicy"
    }
  ],
  "consentDetails": {
    "scopes": [
      {
        "scope": "SINGLE",
        "required": true,
        "label": "By checking this box, you will declare that you read and understand the privacy policy of Chocolate Factory Inc."
      }
    ]
  },
  "companyImprintUrl": "https://www./chocolate-factory-inc.com/legal/imprint"
}

Endpoint 1 – Get Application Screening Questions and Privacy Policies

Glossary of properties

Question object

Field object

Value object

ApplySettings object

PrivacyPolicy object

ConsentSettings object

ConsentScopeDetails object

ConditionalScreeningQuestion object

Example response

Conditional Screening Questions

How to enable?

API impact

🚧It's up to the API client to built the model how to show the conditionals questions based on the given rules.

Limitations

Example

Example Response

🚧
It's up to the API client to built the model how to show the conditionals questions based on the given rules.