Job application tracker template: free for Excel and Google Sheets

• CompanyWho is hiring. With Job title, the only column you need.
• Job titleThe job as the post names it.
• StatusPick from the list: Saved, Applied, Interview, Offer, Rejected. The row color follows it.
• Date appliedA real date, so the sheet sorts by it.
• Follow-up dateThe day to check in if you hear nothing. It turns amber on the day while the job is open.
• DeadlineThe last day to apply, for jobs still in Saved.
• Location and Work typeThe city, and On site, Hybrid or Remote from the list.
• Salary min, Salary max, Currency, Salary perPlain numbers (85000), a currency code like USD, INR, GBP or PHP, and Year, Month, Hour, Day or Week.
• Source and Job linkWhere you found it (LinkedIn, Indeed, Naukri, JobStreet, a referral) and the post itself.
• Contact and Contact emailThe recruiter or hiring manager. Two people? Separate them with a semicolon.
• Excitement, Tags, NotesHow much you want it (1 to 5), your own labels, and anything to remember.
• Date saved, Board, DescriptionWhen you first saved it, which search it belongs to, and the full job post for the resume match.

The header row stays in view as you scroll and has filter buttons. A Summary sheet counts your jobs by status and works out your response rate (an interview or an offer, out of the jobs you applied to) with formulas, so it changes as you type; example rows are never counted. The CSV has the same columns in the same order, without the lists, colors and the Summary (a CSV cannot hold them).

Made by running the tracker's own import on the template file; the figures change as soon as the rows are yours.

Google Sheets

1. Press Download for Excel above.
2. Open a blank spreadsheet at sheets.google.com, then choose File > Import > Upload and pick the file. (Or upload it to Google Drive and open it from there.)
3. Choose Replace spreadsheet and press Import data. Delete the example rows and type your first job.
4. To bring your changes back here: File > Download > Microsoft Excel (.xlsx) or Comma-separated values (.csv), then press Import my sheet.

Excel

1. Press Download for Excel and open the file. If Excel shows a yellow Protected View bar (it does for every downloaded file), press Enable Editing.
2. Pick a Status from the arrow in the cell; type dates the way your computer shows them, or as 2026-08-03.
3. Save it as it is (.xlsx). Import it here whenever you want reminders or your numbers.

A spreadsheet is yours: it works offline, you can share it with a friend or a career coach, and nothing about it depends on us. What it does not do is remind you. Rows pile up, follow-ups slip, and it cannot tell you which sources lead to interviews.

The tracker above adds that part. Import the sheet and each job gets a follow-up task a week after you applied, a place in the Next steps when a company goes quiet or a deadline comes close, a board you can drag, a resume match against the job post, and a Numbers view from saved to offer. When you want the sheet back, Download my board: Excel gives you the same 22 columns with your changes in them.