Job application tracker template
Nine columns, one row per application, and a dated next step on every open one. Free for Excel and Google Sheets.
The columns
- Company
- Who the application is with.
- Role
- The exact title from the posting, so you can find it again.
- Link
- The posting itself; they often disappear, so save a copy of the text too.
- Applied on
- The date, so you know when to follow up.
- Résumé version
- Which tailored résumé you sent, so the interview matches it.
- Contact
- The recruiter or referrer, if you have one.
- Stage
- Applied, Screening, Interview, Offer, Rejected or Withdrawn.
- Next step
- What happens next and when: “Follow up on 14 Nov”, “Round 2 on Tue”.
- Notes
- Anything to remember: questions asked, salary range, who you met.
How to use it
1
One row per application
Add it the day you apply, with the link and the résumé version you sent.
2
Always a next step
Every open row has a dated next step. Sort by it each morning; that is your to-do list.
3
Close rows honestly
Rejected and Withdrawn are useful: over a month they show which kinds of roles answer you.
Questions people ask
How do I open the template in Google Sheets?
In Google Sheets, choose File › Import › Upload and pick the downloaded file. In Excel, just open it.
How many applications should I track?
All of them. Even ten a week becomes forty in a month, and follow-ups get lost without a list.
Is there a tracker that fills itself in?
BananaJobz has one: jobs you mark as applied in the feed, or apply to with the extension, land on a tracker board. Free on every plan.
Or let the tracker fill itself in
In BananaJobz, jobs you mark as applied in the feed, or apply to with the extension, land on a tracker board. Free on every plan, with the job feed and match scores.
The example rows in the template are made up.