> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://nova.dweet.com/docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Get Question Set by ID

> Retrieve a specific question set by its ID

Retrieve a specific question set by its ID. Use this when you have stored the `questionSetId` from a previous generation response and need to fetch the questions again.

## When to use

* You stored the `questionSetId` and need to re-display questions
* You want to verify the questions before passing answers to criteria generation
* You need to check `expiresAt` to confirm the question set is still valid

Expired question sets are cleaned up per the [Data Retention](/embed-api/concepts/data-retention) policy.

## Example response

```json theme={null}
{
  "questionSet": {
    "id": "cmlz26fn5003dwp61u6vmj4mc",
    "jobId": "job-123",
    "questions": [
      {
        "id": "q1",
        "selectionType": "single",
        "question": "What level of seniority are you targeting?",
        "options": ["Junior", "Mid", "Senior"],
        "hint": "Helps calibrate experience requirements"
      }
    ],
    "guidance": "Answer these questions to calibrate criteria generation.",
    "expiresAt": "2026-12-14T11:30:45Z"
  }
}
```

If the question set doesn't exist, the endpoint returns a `404` error with code `QUESTION_SET_NOT_FOUND`.

## Related operations

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Generate Questions" icon="circle-question" href="/embed-api/endpoints/question-sets">
    Generate a new question set for a job
  </Card>

  <Card title="Get Current Question Set" icon="clock" href="/embed-api/endpoints/question-sets-current">
    Retrieve the latest question set without knowing the ID
  </Card>
</CardGroup>


## OpenAPI

````yaml GET /v1/jobs/{jobId}/question-sets/{questionSetId}
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Nova Embed API
  description: >-
    The Nova Embed API enables ATS platforms to generate job-scoped screening
    criteria and score applications asynchronously against those criteria.
  version: 1.0.0
  contact:
    name: Nova Support
    email: nova@dweet.com
servers:
  - url: https://embed.nova.dweet.com
    description: >-
      Environment is determined by API key prefix: sk_test_* for sandbox,
      sk_live_* for production.
security:
  - bearerAuth: []
tags:
  - name: Analytics
    description: View scoring performance, webhook health, and error breakdowns.
  - name: Criteria
    description: Generate and manage job-scoped screening criteria.
  - name: Scoring
    description: Submit applications for scoring and fetch scoring job results.
  - name: Deletion
    description: Request application or tenant deletion and poll for completion.
  - name: Criteria Library
    description: Manage tenant-scoped reusable criteria templates.
  - name: Rate Limits
    description: Check your current rate limit status.
  - name: Webhooks
    description: >-
      Events sent to your registered webhook endpoints. Verify signatures with
      HMAC-SHA256 using your webhook secret.
paths:
  /v1/jobs/{jobId}/question-sets/{questionSetId}:
    get:
      tags:
        - Criteria
      summary: Get question set by ID
      operationId: getQuestionSet
      parameters:
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/TenantId'
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/JobId'
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/QuestionSetId'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Question set
          headers:
            X-RateLimit-Bucket:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Bucket'
            X-RateLimit-Limit:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Limit'
            X-RateLimit-Remaining:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Remaining'
            X-RateLimit-Reset:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Reset'
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/GenerateQuestionsResponse'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/ErrorResponse'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/ErrorResponse'
        '429':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/RateLimitedResponse'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/ErrorResponse'
      x-codeSamples:
        - lang: typescript
          label: '@nova-sdk/api'
          source: |-
            import { Nova } from "@nova-sdk/api";

            const nova = new Nova({
              apiKey: "sk_test_...",
              tenantId: "acme-corp",
            });

            const result = await nova.jobs.questionSets.get({
              jobId: "job_abc123",
              questionSetId: "qs_abc123",
            });
        - lang: bash
          label: cURL
          source: >-
            curl -X GET
            "https://embed.nova.dweet.com/v1/jobs/job_abc123/question-sets/qs_abc123"
            \
              -H "Authorization: Bearer sk_test_..." \
              -H "X-Tenant-Id: acme-corp"
components:
  parameters:
    TenantId:
      name: X-Tenant-Id
      in: header
      required: true
      description: Your customer identifier. Tenants are auto-provisioned on first request.
      schema:
        type: string
      example: acme-corp
    JobId:
      name: jobId
      in: path
      required: true
      description: Your job identifier (external ID).
      schema:
        type: string
    QuestionSetId:
      name: questionSetId
      in: path
      required: true
      description: Question set ID.
      schema:
        type: string
  headers:
    X-RateLimit-Bucket:
      description: Which rate limit bucket the request was classified into
      schema:
        type: string
        enum:
          - criteria_ai
          - criteria_current_reads
          - scoring_intake_batch
          - scoring_intake_single
          - read_and_ops
          - rate_limit_status
          - analytics
    X-RateLimit-Limit:
      description: Maximum requests per second for this bucket
      schema:
        type: integer
    X-RateLimit-Remaining:
      description: Requests remaining in the current 1-second window
      schema:
        type: integer
    X-RateLimit-Reset:
      description: Unix timestamp when the current window resets
      schema:
        type: integer
    Retry-After:
      description: >-
        Seconds to wait before retrying a short-window RATE_LIMITED or
        service-unavailable response whose body has retryable: true.
      schema:
        type: integer
    X-RateLimit-Degraded:
      description: >-
        Present and set to "true" when rate limiting is operating in degraded
        mode (Redis unavailable). Values in other rate limit headers are
        best-effort estimates.
      schema:
        type: string
        enum:
          - 'true'
  schemas:
    GenerateQuestionsResponse:
      type: object
      required:
        - questionSet
      properties:
        questionSet:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/QuestionSet'
    QuestionSet:
      type: object
      required:
        - id
        - jobId
        - questions
        - expiresAt
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
        jobId:
          type: string
        questions:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Question'
        guidance:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
        expiresAt:
          type: string
          format: date-time
    HttpError:
      type: object
      required:
        - type
        - code
        - status
        - message
        - retryable
        - traceId
      properties:
        type:
          type: string
          description: URI reference that identifies the error type
        code:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorCode'
        status:
          type: integer
          description: HTTP status code
        message:
          type: string
          description: Error message
        retryable:
          type: boolean
          description: When true, retrying the request may succeed
        traceId:
          type: string
          description: Trace ID for debugging
        details:
          type:
            - array
            - 'null'
          description: Field-level validation details
          items:
            type: object
            required:
              - field
              - code
              - message
            properties:
              field:
                type: string
              code:
                type: string
              message:
                type: string
    Question:
      type: object
      required:
        - id
        - question
        - selectionType
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
        question:
          type: string
        selectionType:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/SelectionType'
        options:
          type:
            - array
            - 'null'
          items:
            type: string
        hint:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
    ErrorCode:
      type: string
      description: >-
        Machine-readable error code. Generated from the canonical error
        registry.
      enum:
        - UNAUTHORIZED
        - FORBIDDEN
        - VALIDATION_ERROR
        - ANSWER_MISMATCH
        - CRITERIA_INVALID
        - CRITERIA_REVISION_CONFLICT
        - NOT_FOUND
        - TENANT_NOT_FOUND
        - JOB_NOT_FOUND
        - APPLICATION_NOT_FOUND
        - QUESTION_SET_NOT_FOUND
        - CRITERIA_NOT_FOUND
        - CRITERION_NOT_FOUND
        - CRITERIA_VERSION_NOT_FOUND
        - SCORING_JOB_NOT_FOUND
        - BATCH_NOT_FOUND
        - LIBRARY_CRITERION_NOT_FOUND
        - RATE_LIMITED
        - MONTHLY_TRIAL_QUOTA_EXCEEDED
        - IDEMPOTENCY_KEY_ALREADY_USED
        - IDEMPOTENCY_REQUEST_IN_PROGRESS
        - RESUME_FETCH_FAILED
        - RESUME_CONVERSION_FAILED
        - RESUME_ENCRYPTED
        - RESUME_CORRUPTED
        - RESUME_PARSE_FAILED
        - RESUME_TOO_LARGE
        - RESUME_EMPTY
        - RESUME_URL_BLOCKED
        - AI_PROCESSING_FAILED
        - AI_GENERATION_FAILED
        - AI_SCORING_FAILED
        - MISSING_JOB_DESCRIPTION
        - TIMEOUT
        - MAX_RETRIES_EXCEEDED
        - TASK_STUCK
        - DELETION_REQUEST_NOT_FOUND
        - DELETION_REQUEST_FAILED
        - INTERNAL_ERROR
        - SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE
        - UNKNOWN
    SelectionType:
      type: string
      enum:
        - single
        - multi
      description: >-
        Question selection type. 'single' for radio buttons (one answer),
        'multi' for checkboxes (multiple answers).
  responses:
    ErrorResponse:
      description: Error response
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/HttpError'
    RateLimitedResponse:
      description: >-
        Too many requests. Short-window RATE_LIMITED responses include retry
        timing and rate limit headers. Monthly trial quota responses use
        MONTHLY_TRIAL_QUOTA_EXCEEDED with retryable: false.
      headers:
        Retry-After:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/Retry-After'
        X-RateLimit-Bucket:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Bucket'
        X-RateLimit-Limit:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Limit'
        X-RateLimit-Remaining:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Remaining'
        X-RateLimit-Reset:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Reset'
        X-RateLimit-Degraded:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Degraded'
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/HttpError'
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: API key
      description: 'Use Authorization: Bearer sk_test_* or Authorization: Bearer sk_live_*.'

````