# Applying to jobs

> Let Hiresweep fill in employers' application forms, in your own browser or in its own, and decide when each one is sent.

Hiresweep fills in the employer's application form for you: your details, your resume, your cover letter and the answers to the form's questions. It stops before sending unless you told it otherwise, so you can check every field and press submit yourself.

There are two ways to apply:

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Fill in my browser" icon="window-maximize">
    Hiresweep fills the form in a new tab of your own browser, through the Hiresweep extension. You watch it happen
    and submit from your browser.
  </Card>
  <Card title="Apply in the background" icon="server">
    Hiresweep fills the form in its own browser while you do something else, then waits for you on the application
    page.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

Before you start, have a resume chosen for the application (tailored if you like), and fill in your [apply profile](https://docs.hiresweep.com/guides/setting-up-your-apply-profile) so Hiresweep has your contact details, work eligibility and saved answers.

## Fill in my browser

<Info>
  This needs the Hiresweep browser extension in Chrome on a computer. See [Installing the browser
  extension](https://docs.hiresweep.com/guides/installing-the-browser-extension).
</Info>

<Steps>
  <Step title="Go to the Applied step">
    Open the application and go to the **Applied** step, or select **Go to apply** in the header.
  </Step>
  <Step title="Select Fill in my browser">
    Hiresweep opens the employer's form in a new tab and fills it step by step. The panel shows what it is doing, such
    as **Reading the form…**, **Attaching your resume…** and **Filling the form…**.
  </Step>
  <Step title="Answer what it asks">
    When the form asks something your resume and apply profile don't answer, the panel shows the question with a
    suggested answer. Check it, change it if needed, and select **Continue**. Your answers are saved to your apply
    profile for next time.
  </Step>
  <Step title="Check and submit">
    When the form is filled, check it in the tab. Select **Submit application** to send it.
  </Step>
</Steps>

Other buttons in the panel:

- **Show the form** brings the form's tab to the front.
- **Fill again** starts over on the same form.
- **Cancel** stops filling without sending anything, and hands the held application back.
- **Close** closes the panel after the employer's site confirmed the application.

Each field the panel lists may carry a tag: **Written by AI** (a drafted answer), **Needs you** (you have to answer it), **Site error** (the site rejected the value) or **Not taken** (the field didn't accept it).

<Note>
  The extension only presses the employer's submit button when you select **Submit application**. It won't send a form
  on its own unless your submit mode allows it, as described below.
</Note>

If the extension isn't installed or is out of date, the **Applied** step shows **Install extension** or **Update extension** instead. If a fill stops with **Couldn't fill the form** because Chrome hasn't allowed the extension on job sites, select **Allow filling** in the panel (or **Allow filling on job sites** in the extension's popup).

## Apply in the background

On the **Applications** list, select **Apply** on a job in the **Ready** stage. Hiresweep starts filling the form in its own browser and shows **Applying to … in the background.** You can keep working. Sites that make you sign in to apply, such as Workday, can't be filled this way; **Apply** opens the application page so you can use **Fill in my browser**.

Open the application to follow the run in its **Apply** card:

- A live view shows the browser filling in the form.
- Questions it can't answer appear with a box for your answer. Select **Send** to continue. If nobody answers within 15 minutes, the run stops.
- When the form is filled, select **Submit** to send it, or **Cancel** to stop without sending. This also waits up to 15 minutes.

The run ends with one of:

- **Application sent**
- **The site didn't accept it**: something stopped the run before it sent anything, such as a sign-in page or questions nobody answered. The card says why. When it stopped on questions, answer them and select **Apply again**.
- **The run stopped before sending**: nothing was sent. Use **Fill in my browser** to try again.

**Run details** shows a screenshot of the form as it was filled, and **Technical logs** shows every step.

<Tip>
  Background applications use a hosted submit from your plan. When you have none left, **Apply** on the list opens the
  application page instead, where you can use **Fill in my browser**.
</Tip>

### Captchas

Hiresweep doesn't solve captchas. When a form in the background shows one, the run ends with **Solve the captcha to send it** and offers **Finish in my browser**, which continues the application in your own browser through the extension. Without the extension, it offers **Open the form** so you can finish it yourself.

A notification appears on any dashboard page when a run stops on a captcha.

When a captcha appears after you select **Submit application** in your own browser, solve it in the form's tab and select **I've solved it**.

## LinkedIn postings

For LinkedIn jobs, Hiresweep uses the extension to find the employer's own application link behind the posting, using your signed-in LinkedIn session. Only that link leaves your browser. Postings that can only be applied to with LinkedIn **Easy Apply** can't be filled.

## Submit mode: review or send automatically

Choose how much Hiresweep may send without you under **Settings → Apply profile → Sending applications**:

| Mode          | What happens                                                                                                                       |
| ------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Review**    | Every filled form waits for you to check it and submit. This is the default.                                                       |
| **Hybrid**    | Sends on its own only when the job's match score is at least your **Minimum match score** (50 to 100, default 80) and the form asked you nothing. Otherwise it waits. |
| **Automatic** | Sends every form it fills without waiting for you.                                                                                 |

In your own browser, a form is sent on its own only when every field is filled. The panel first counts down **Sending in 10 s**; select **Review first** to stop the countdown and check the form yourself. In the background, a run in **Automatic** mode sends without a countdown.

## Saved answers

Answers you give to form questions are saved as **Saved answers** in your [apply profile](https://docs.hiresweep.com/guides/setting-up-your-apply-profile), so the same question is answered for you next time.

## Applying for a client

For operator accounts, an application for a client who must approve each one can't be sent until the client approves it. See [Working with clients](https://docs.hiresweep.com/guides/working-with-clients).

## What it costs

| Way to apply             | Cost                                              |
| ------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------- |
| **Fill in my browser**   | 1 application                                     |
| **Apply in the background** | 1 application and 1 hosted submit              |

Credits are held when a run starts. In the background, they are spent only when the application is sent. In your browser, the application is spent when you select **Submit application**. A run you cancel, or one that stops before sending, costs nothing. If a form filled in your browser reaches the review stage and you neither submit nor cancel it, the held application is spent before the hold expires, since you may have sent it from the employer's tab.

Filling a form uses no AI actions. Asking Hiresweep to write or improve an answer to a form question uses one.

See [Plans and usage](https://docs.hiresweep.com/guides/plans-and-usage).