How to Apply to Airbnb (2026): Step-by-Step

Airbnb runs a lean careers site: about 170 open roles at a time across engineering, data, product, operations, and customer-supporting teams, many tagged Live and Work Anywhere. Applications are Greenhouse forms on careers.airbnb.com, with no account to create. The company reviews roughly 15,000 applications a month and says so plainly, which explains the two things applicants trip over. First, US employees must live in a state where Airbnb has a registered entity; Alaska, Mississippi, and North Dakota are currently excluded. Second, Airbnb aims to reply within three to four weeks, and it does not give individual feedback if the answer is no.

Where the Airbnb application lives

Official careers site: careers.airbnb.com. Applications run on Greenhouse.

• All positions — Roughly 170 corporate roles, filterable by department and by Live and Work Anywhere versus hybrid.
• Internship programs — US summer internships (May to August) and part-time semester internships; summer applications open December through February.
• Connect engineering apprenticeship — Five-month San Francisco program for engineers without a CS degree; applications open in April.
• Customer-supporting roles — Community Support, Fraud and Safety, AirCover, Payments Operations, and Supply teams hired directly by Airbnb.
• Contractor roles — Contract assignments are staffed through Magnit, not the Airbnb application form.

Step by step: applying to Airbnb

1. Filter careers.airbnb.com/positions by department and work arrangement. Each posting states whether it is Live and Work Anywhere or hybrid and, for US remote roles, that you must live in an eligible state.
2. Open the posting and scroll to the Greenhouse form. There is no login; fill in name, email, phone, and upload a resume. A cover letter and LinkedIn URL are optional.
3. Answer the required questions: how you heard about the job, work authorization in the job's country, whether you will need sponsorship, any non-compete, and whether you have worked for Airbnb before.
4. Acknowledge the Airbnb Candidate Privacy Policy, complete the voluntary EEO section if you choose, and submit. Greenhouse sends a confirmation email.
5. Wait for Airbnb's response, which it targets within three to four weeks. Depending on the role, next steps may include a test, a video, or an event before you meet the team.
6. If you advance, expect to meet several people on the hiring team. Airbnb says it prioritizes multiple team conversations so both sides can ask questions.

What a Greenhouse application is like

• One page, no account: name, email, phone, resume upload, optional cover letter and LinkedIn URL, plus the employer's own questions.
• Greenhouse can parse your resume into the fields when the employer turns that on; if not, expect to type them. A PDF resume uploads cleanly.
• The EEO and voluntary self-identification questions at the bottom are optional and never shown to the hiring team as part of your application.
• There is no status page. You get a confirmation email and hear back by email; keep your own tracker.
• Each posting is a separate submission, so you can apply to more than one role at the same company.

Tips from Airbnb applicants

• Before applying to a remote-eligible US role, confirm your state is not on the exclusion list; Airbnb links the current list from every posting because it changes.
• Airbnb only rarely sponsors visas, and only for specialized roles, so do not apply to jobs in countries where you lack work authorization.
• Set up an Airbnb profile and learn the product. It is not required, but Airbnb's FAQ says product understanding is a common thread among its staff and encourages it.
• Intern applications for summer open December through February and require at least one semester of school remaining; keep your graduation year accurate on the form.

How long the Airbnb process takes

Airbnb says it aims to respond to every applicant within three to four weeks. Candidates typically describe a recruiter screen, then a role-specific exercise or take-home, then a series of interviews with several team members, virtual in most cases.

Before you hit submit

Two quick wins: check your resume against the posting with the resume keywords for your role, and attach a tailored letter — see the cover letter examples by role. Decide your answers to the standard screening questions once — see desired salary and work authorization — and keep a record in a tracker.

Apply faster

Airbnb applications run on Greenhouse, which JobRizzer autofills. Install the extension, open the Airbnb application, and JobRizzer fills the standard fields from your profile — you review every field and click submit yourself.