How to Apply to Fanatics

10 min read Last updated March 7, 2026 19 open positions
Blake Crosley
Blake Crosley Researched using publicly available information, hiring data, and ATS analysis.

Key Takeaways

  • Tailor your resume to the specific Fanatics vertical (Commerce, Collectibles, or Betting & Gaming) rather than submitting a generic application — each business unit has distinct priorities and terminology
  • Mirror exact keywords and phrases from the Fanatics job posting into your resume, as Greenhouse's parsing and recruiter search tools rely heavily on keyword matching
  • Prepare to demonstrate genuine sports enthusiasm in every interview round — this isn't a nice-to-have at Fanatics, it's a cultural baseline that interviewers actively assess
  • Use a clean, single-column resume format saved as .pdf or .docx to ensure Greenhouse parses your information correctly and completely
  • For Betting & Gaming roles, research the regulatory landscape of the states and countries where Fanatics operates its sportsbook, and be ready to discuss how compliance intersects with growth
  • Complete every field in the Greenhouse application — including optional ones — and answer screening questions thoroughly, as these responses directly influence whether your application advances
  • Quantify your achievements with specific metrics around scale, speed, and growth to align with Fanatics' high-performance, results-oriented culture

About Fanatics

Fanatics is a global digital sports platform that has evolved far beyond its origins as a licensed sports merchandise retailer into a multi-vertical powerhouse spanning commerce, collectibles, and betting & gaming. Under the leadership of founder and CEO Michael Rubin, Fanatics has secured exclusive licensing partnerships with every major professional sports league — NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL, MLS, and more — positioning it as the definitive intersection of sports fandom and technology. The company operates through distinct but interconnected verticals: Fanatics Commerce (the world's largest retailer of officially licensed sports merchandise), Fanatics Collectibles (which acquired Topps to dominate the trading card market), and Fanatics Betting & Gaming (an ambitious sportsbook and casino platform rapidly expanding across US states and internationally, including the UK and Ireland). Valued at approximately $31 billion in recent private funding rounds, Fanatics attracts talent who are genuinely passionate about sports and thrive in high-growth, fast-moving environments. The culture is frequently described as entrepreneurial, competitive, and deeply mission-driven — employees commonly reference the energy of working alongside people who live and breathe sports. With offices spanning Jacksonville, New York, Los Angeles, Leeds, and beyond, Fanatics offers a range of roles from engineering and data science to legal, marketing, and operations. The company's aggressive expansion into sports betting and casino gaming means it is actively building out entirely new business units, creating rare opportunities to join a scaled company that still operates with startup intensity in its newer verticals.

Application Process

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    Explore Open Roles on the Fanatics Careers Page

    Start at fanaticsinc.com/careers and use filters to narrow roles by vertical (Commerce, Collectibles, or Betting & Gaming), location, and function. Pay close attention to which business unit a role sits under, as each vertical has distinct team cultures and growth trajectories. Fanatics also accepts a 'General Application' for candidates who don't see a perfect fit but want to be considered for future openings.

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    Submit Your Application Through Greenhouse

    Fanatics uses Greenhouse as its applicant tracking system, so your application will be submitted through a Greenhouse-hosted portal. You'll typically upload your resume, provide contact details, and answer role-specific screening questions. Some roles — particularly in Betting & Gaming — may include additional compliance-related questions due to the regulated nature of the industry.

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    Initial Recruiter Screen

    If your application advances, a Fanatics recruiter will typically reach out to schedule a 20-30 minute phone or video screen. Expect questions about your interest in the sports industry, your understanding of the specific Fanatics vertical you've applied to, and a high-level walk-through of your relevant experience. This is also your chance to ask about team structure, growth plans, and what success looks like in the role.

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    Hiring Manager Interview

    The next round commonly involves a deeper conversation with the hiring manager, focused on your technical or functional expertise and how it applies to the specific challenges of the role. For roles in Betting & Gaming, expect scenario-based questions about regulated markets, player engagement, or sportsbook operations. For engineering roles, this may include discussion of system design, platform scalability, or technical leadership philosophy.

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    Technical Assessment or Case Study (Role-Dependent)

    Many Fanatics roles — especially in engineering, data, growth strategy, and operations — include a take-home assignment or live case study. Engineering candidates may face coding challenges or system design exercises, while growth and strategy candidates might be asked to build a presentation around a sportsbook growth scenario or promotional campaign analysis. These assessments are typically designed to mirror actual work you'd do on the team.

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    Cross-Functional Panel or Team Interviews

    Fanatics commonly conducts a panel round where you'll meet 2-4 additional team members and cross-functional stakeholders. Given the company's collaborative culture, interviewers often assess how well you communicate across disciplines — for example, whether an operations candidate can partner effectively with engineering, or whether a legal hire understands the commercial implications of regulatory decisions. Expect behavioral questions rooted in Fanatics' values of ownership, speed, and passion for sports.

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    Offer and Background Check

    Successful candidates typically receive a verbal offer followed by a written offer through Greenhouse. For roles in the Betting & Gaming vertical, expect a more extensive background check process due to gaming regulatory requirements, which may include financial history and state-by-state licensing checks. The entire process from application to offer commonly takes 3-6 weeks, though this can vary by vertical and seniority level.

Resume Tips for Fanatics

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Lead with Sports Industry or Adjacent Experience

Fanatics is a company built by and for sports fans. If you have any experience in sports, entertainment, media, e-commerce, or gaming, place it prominently. Even tangential connections — like managing fantasy sports analytics as a side project or working in a regulated industry — signal cultural alignment. If you lack direct sports industry experience, frame your transferable skills through the lens of what Fanatics does: scaling platforms, engaging passionate consumer bases, or navigating complex regulatory environments.

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Specify Which Fanatics Vertical Your Experience Aligns With

Fanatics operates three distinct business units, and your resume should clearly map to the one you're targeting. If applying to Betting & Gaming, highlight sportsbook, iGaming, casino, or regulated market experience. For Collectibles, emphasize marketplace, authentication, or consumer goods expertise. For Commerce, focus on e-commerce, supply chain, or retail technology. A generic resume that doesn't acknowledge these distinctions will be less compelling than one tailored to the specific vertical.

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Use Greenhouse-Friendly Formatting

Greenhouse parses resumes effectively but works best with clean, standard formats. Use a single-column layout, standard section headers (Experience, Education, Skills), and avoid tables, graphics, headers/footers, or multi-column designs. Save your file as a .pdf or .docx — both parse reliably in Greenhouse. Avoid embedding critical information in text boxes, as these can be skipped during parsing.

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Quantify Growth, Scale, and Speed Metrics

Fanatics operates at enormous scale and values candidates who've driven measurable results in high-growth environments. Instead of writing 'managed marketing campaigns,' write 'launched CRM campaigns reaching 2.1M users, driving 18% increase in 30-day retention.' For engineering roles, reference system throughput, uptime percentages, or migration scale. For operations roles, cite efficiency gains, cost reductions, or process improvements with specific numbers.

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Include Relevant Regulatory and Compliance Keywords for Betting & Gaming Roles

Fanatics' sportsbook and casino operations are heavily regulated, and roles in this vertical often require familiarity with state gaming commissions, responsible gaming practices, KYC/AML compliance, and multi-jurisdictional licensing. If you have this experience, use the precise regulatory terminology in your resume — Greenhouse keyword matching will surface your application more effectively when these terms align with the job description.

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Highlight Cross-Functional Collaboration and Startup-Speed Execution

Fanatics' culture emphasizes moving fast and breaking down silos between teams. Showcase instances where you partnered across departments — engineering working with product, legal advising commercial teams, or marketing collaborating with data science. Use language like 'cross-functional,' 'partnered with,' 'launched in collaboration with,' and emphasize speed: 'delivered MVP in 6 weeks' or 'reduced go-to-market timeline by 40%.'

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Mirror the Exact Language from the Fanatics Job Description

Greenhouse uses keyword matching to help recruiters filter candidates, so carefully read the job posting and incorporate its specific phrasing into your resume. If a posting says 'growth cohort strategy,' use that exact phrase rather than a synonym like 'customer segment planning.' This is especially important for Fanatics' more specialized roles in sportsbook operations or platform engineering, where industry-specific terminology matters for ATS scoring and recruiter search.

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Demonstrate Genuine Sports Passion (Tastefully)

While your resume should remain professional, Fanatics genuinely values sports enthusiasm as a cultural signal. A brief line in a summary section or interests footer mentioning your connection to sports — whether you're a lifelong Eagles fan, a youth basketball coach, or a sports data hobbyist — can resonate with recruiters who are screening for culture fit. Keep it to one line; don't let it overshadow your qualifications.

ATS System: Greenhouse

Greenhouse is a structured hiring platform used by Fanatics to manage the full application lifecycle, from initial submission through offer. It enables recruiters to score candidates against predefined scorecards aligned to role requirements and uses keyword parsing to surface relevant applicants during high-volume hiring periods. Understanding how Greenhouse processes your application gives you a meaningful edge in getting past the initial screening stage.

  • Use a clean, single-column resume layout — Greenhouse parses standard formats reliably but can struggle with tables, columns, graphics, and text boxes
  • Submit your resume as a .pdf or .docx file, which are the most reliably parsed formats in Greenhouse
  • Mirror keywords and phrases directly from the Fanatics job description, as Greenhouse enables recruiters to search and filter by specific terms
  • Complete every optional field in the application form — Greenhouse scorecards may penalize incomplete profiles during initial review
  • Use standard resume section headers like 'Experience,' 'Education,' and 'Skills' to ensure Greenhouse correctly categorizes your information
  • Avoid using headers, footers, or embedded images in your resume file, as Greenhouse's parser may skip content stored in these areas
  • If the application includes screening questions, answer them thoroughly — Greenhouse allows recruiters to auto-reject or advance candidates based on these responses

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Interview Culture

Interviewing at Fanatics is often described as fast-paced, conversational, and deeply mission-oriented — reflecting the company's broader culture of urgency and sports obsession.

Unlike more bureaucratic interview processes at legacy corporations, Fanatics interviews tend to be direct and focused on what you can contribute from day one. Expect interviewers to probe not just your skills but your genuine enthusiasm for the sports industry and your comfort with ambiguity in a rapidly scaling organization. The typical interview process spans 3-5 rounds depending on seniority and vertical. After an initial recruiter screen, you'll likely meet with the hiring manager for a deep functional dive, followed by either a technical assessment (for engineering, data, and analytics roles) or a case study/presentation (for strategy, growth, and operations roles). The final round commonly involves meeting 2-4 additional team members in a panel or sequential format, where behavioral and situational questions dominate. For Betting & Gaming roles specifically, be prepared for questions about regulated market dynamics, responsible gaming, and multi-state operational complexity. Interviewers in this vertical often test your ability to balance growth ambitions with compliance constraints — a tension that defines daily work in the sportsbook and casino business. Culture fit is assessed throughout, and several signals matter at Fanatics: demonstrating a bias toward action over analysis paralysis, showing comfort with wearing multiple hats, and conveying authentic sports fandom. Interviewers commonly ask what sports you follow, how you'd improve the fan experience, or how you'd approach a real business challenge Fanatics is facing. The company values intellectual honesty and direct communication — rehearsed, overly polished answers tend to land less well than candid, thoughtful responses that show how you actually think. For international roles (such as the UK & Ireland engineering positions), expect interviewers to assess your understanding of market-specific dynamics and your ability to operate with autonomy while staying aligned with the US-based leadership team. Time zone flexibility and asynchronous communication skills are commonly evaluated for these positions.

What Fanatics Looks For

  • Authentic sports passion — Fanatics consistently hires people who are genuine fans, not just qualified professionals, so demonstrating real connection to sports culture matters
  • Comfort with ambiguity and rapid change — as a company actively building new business units (especially in Betting & Gaming), they seek people who thrive without perfect playbooks
  • Bias toward action and speed — Fanatics' culture rewards people who ship fast, iterate quickly, and don't wait for perfect information before making decisions
  • Cross-functional collaboration skills — given the interconnected nature of Fanatics' verticals, they value candidates who can work fluidly across engineering, product, legal, marketing, and operations
  • Regulated industry experience (for Betting & Gaming roles) — familiarity with gaming compliance, state licensing, responsible gaming frameworks, or KYC/AML processes is highly valued
  • Entrepreneurial ownership mentality — Fanatics expects employees to treat their domain like their own business, taking full accountability for outcomes rather than waiting for direction
  • Scalability mindset — whether in engineering, operations, or growth strategy, they look for people who think about building systems and processes that work at massive scale
  • Data-driven decision making — across all verticals, Fanatics values candidates who can leverage data to inform strategy, optimize performance, and measure impact rigorously

Frequently Asked Questions

How long does the Fanatics hiring process typically take from application to offer?
Based on available reports, the Fanatics hiring process commonly takes 3-6 weeks from initial application to offer, though this varies significantly by role and vertical. Betting & Gaming roles may take longer due to additional compliance and background check requirements specific to regulated gaming industries. Engineering and technical roles often include assessment stages that can add a week to the timeline. Staying responsive to recruiter communications and completing any assessments promptly can help keep your process moving efficiently. If you haven't heard back within two weeks of applying, it's reasonable to follow up with a brief, polite email to the recruiter.
Does Fanatics require a cover letter with applications?
Fanatics' Greenhouse application portal typically makes cover letters optional rather than required for most roles. However, submitting a strong cover letter can differentiate your application, especially for non-technical roles like legal, operations, and strategy positions where communication skills are directly relevant. If you include one, make it specific to the Fanatics vertical you're applying to — reference their sportsbook expansion, collectibles strategy, or commerce platform rather than writing a generic letter. For engineering roles, your resume and technical assessment will carry more weight than a cover letter, but a brief note expressing genuine enthusiasm for Fanatics' mission never hurts.
What should I know about Fanatics' culture before interviewing?
Fanatics' culture is frequently described as fast-paced, competitive, and deeply sports-centric. Employees commonly reference the energy of working with people who are genuinely passionate about sports, and the company's leadership — particularly founder Michael Rubin — sets a tone of urgency and ambition. The culture rewards people who take ownership, move quickly, and don't shy away from big challenges. In interviews, this manifests as a preference for candidates who show a bias toward action, comfort with imperfect information, and authentic enthusiasm for the sports industry. Research recent Fanatics news — new state launches for the sportsbook, league partnerships, or collectibles innovations — and be ready to reference them to show you're paying attention.
Can I apply to multiple roles at Fanatics simultaneously?
Yes, Greenhouse allows you to apply to multiple roles at Fanatics, and many applicants do. However, be strategic — applying to 10 unrelated roles can signal lack of focus. Aim for 2-3 roles that genuinely align with your skills and experience, and tailor your resume for each submission. Greenhouse tracks all your applications in a single candidate profile, so recruiters can see your full application history. If you're unsure which role fits best, consider submitting the 'General Application' alongside one or two targeted applications, which signals openness while still demonstrating intentionality.
Does Fanatics offer remote work opportunities?
Fanatics offers a mix of remote, hybrid, and in-office roles depending on the position and vertical. Many corporate and technology roles have historically offered hybrid or remote flexibility, while roles tied to physical operations (like distribution or on-site sportsbook operations) are typically location-based. The job posting on the Fanatics careers page will specify the work arrangement for each role. During your recruiter screen, ask directly about the team's working model — some teams operate with significant remote flexibility while others have more structured in-office expectations. International roles, such as those based in the UK and Ireland, may operate with different hybrid policies than US-based positions.
What level of experience does Fanatics typically look for?
Fanatics hires across the full experience spectrum, from associate-level roles (like the CRM & Promo Ops Associate) to senior leadership positions (like Senior Engineering Manager). The Betting & Gaming vertical, being newer, tends to have more mid-to-senior level openings as they build out foundational teams, while Commerce and Collectibles may have more entry-level and associate positions given their established operations. For newer graduates or career changers, the 'General Application' is worth submitting, as it keeps you in Fanatics' talent pipeline for roles that match your profile. Regardless of level, demonstrating sports industry passion and a willingness to move fast can compensate for gaps in years of experience.
How should I prepare for a Fanatics technical or case study assessment?
Fanatics' assessments are commonly designed to mirror real work you'd do on the team, so generic preparation is less useful than studying the specific business context. For engineering roles, review system design at scale, particularly for e-commerce or real-time betting platforms where low latency and high availability are critical. For growth and strategy roles in Betting & Gaming, study sportsbook customer acquisition models, promotional mechanics (free bets, deposit matches), and cohort-based retention analysis. Review Fanatics' public product — download the Fanatics Sportsbook app, browse the merchandise site, or explore the collectibles marketplace — so you can reference real features and user experiences in your assessment. Presentations should be data-informed, concise, and demonstrate commercial awareness alongside analytical rigor.
Are there specific ATS tips for getting past Fanatics' Greenhouse system?
The most impactful Greenhouse-specific tactic is keyword alignment — Fanatics' recruiters use Greenhouse's search and filter capabilities to surface candidates whose resumes contain terms matching the job description. Copy 5-10 key phrases from the posting and integrate them naturally into your resume's experience bullets and skills section. Use a clean, single-column format without tables or graphics. Submit as .pdf or .docx. Complete all application fields, including optional ones, as Greenhouse profiles with more data score higher in recruiter searches. Answer screening questions with substance — one-word answers can trigger automatic rejection in Greenhouse's structured workflows.
What is Fanatics' approach to compensation and benefits?
Fanatics offers competitive compensation packages that typically include base salary, performance bonuses, and equity (given the company's significant private valuation, equity can represent meaningful upside). Benefits commonly include health insurance, 401(k), and merchandise discounts — which, given Fanatics' position as the world's largest licensed sports retailer, is a genuinely distinctive perk. Compensation details are not publicly disclosed for most roles, but salary transparency laws in certain states mean some postings may include ranges. During the recruiter screen, it's appropriate to ask about the compensation structure for your specific role, including how bonuses and equity are structured. Glassdoor and Levels.fyi can provide crowdsourced compensation data points for benchmarking.

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