Application form templates

Get the right information so you can act quickly, with customizable rental, employment, and membership application templates.

StatFigure
Total application form templates22
Most-used templateContest entry form
Short form completion rate
(1-10 fields)
98.6%
Medium form completion rate
(11-20 fields)
88.5%
Long form completion rate
(21+ fields)
80.1%
Average fields per form8.8

Hiring for one role can mean a hundred applicants, each sending details a different way. An application form standardizes the inputs from every applicant, so you evaluate everyone on an equal playing field. These 22 templates cover the most common cases, from jobs and rentals to grants and scholarships.

You build the form in the online form builder, adding text fields, dropdowns, and upload fields for resumes or portfolios. Mark the fields you cannot decide without as required, so no one submits a half-finished form. Conditional logic shows each applicant only the questions that fit their path.

Application forms average a 95.1% completion rate at 8.8 fields. Short forms of 1-10 fields finish at 98.6%; forms of 21 or more drop to 80.1%. Share by web link, embed, or email, and every submission notifies the form owner and confirms to the applicant.

Optional connections to Salesforce, Slack, and Microsoft Teams route new applications into your team's tools. For more on field choice and structure, see our application form guide.

  1. Pick one of the 22 templates on this page, or open the job application form template to start.
  2. Add and order your fields: contact details, the qualifications you screen on, and any upload fields for documents.
  3. Mark the must-have fields as required so no application arrives incomplete.
  4. Turn on conditional logic for questions that apply to only some applicants, keeping the form short for everyone else.
  5. Set notifications so the owner gets an email on each submission and the applicant gets a confirmation.
  6. Publish by web link, embed, or email, then review applications as they land in your response dashboard.
  • Hiring and employment: Collect work history, skills, and availability from every candidate with one job or employment application form.
  • Volunteer and nonprofit programs: Capture motivation, availability, and experience, then use conditional logic to route applicants to the right program track.
  • Grants and scholarships: Gather project descriptions, budgets, and supporting documents in one place, with upload fields for required attachments.
  • School and program admissions: Run college, private school, summer camp, and internship applications online, collecting transcripts and eligibility details.
  • Property rentals: Take tenant history, references, and income details through a rental application form before a background check.
  • Memberships, contests, and events: Build a contest entry, gym membership, or church membership form that captures what the program needs and confirms each entry.
  • HR managers and recruiters: They standardize job and employment intake across roles and locations, which cuts the email back-and-forth and gives hiring teams one consistent view of each applicant.
  • Nonprofit and program administrators: They manage grant, scholarship, and volunteer applications, usually with conditional logic that routes people to the right funding stream.
  • Property managers and landlords: They take rental applications online instead of on paper, gathering history, references, and income before screening starts.
  • Schools and admissions teams: They run applications for colleges, private schools, summer camps, and internships, collecting the documents each cycle requires.
  • Event and contest organizers: They use a contest entry or membership form to gather details, confirm eligibility, and send automatic confirmations.
  • Ask only what you need to decide: Short forms of 1-10 fields complete at 98.6%, against 80.1% past 21, so list your decisions and cut every field that does not inform one.
  • Hide irrelevant fields with conditional logic: Set a condition so a question appears only when it applies, which keeps the form short for everyone it does not apply to.
  • Make the key fields required: Flag contact information and your must-have qualifications as required, and leave the rest optional so the form stays short.
  • Add an upload field for documents: When you need a resume, portfolio, or certificate, an upload field collects it at submission and saves a follow-up email.
  • Set notifications before you launch: Turn on the owner alert and the applicant confirmation so no submission slips through unseen.
  • What fields should an application form include?
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  • How do I share an application form with applicants?