Hiring Remotely
140 companies answer 6 questions
In our Hiring Remotely section you'll learn how best in class remote companies use their remote status to recruit the top candidates in the world. Discover how you can increase your applicant pool and find and interview the best candidates remotely.
What traits do you look for in candidates for a remote job?
Attitude is the number one. I want high energy, go-getter, positive individuals.
The fact that we’re fully distributed means we highly value strong communicators, both verbally and in written form, so that’s one of the first things…
Not specifically for the remote aspect. We look for the same traits that we would be looking at for an in office position, which, in…
How do you conduct interviews for remote jobs?
First we ask for their code, if the quality is great or has potential, we have a telephone call where we ask all relevant questions for…
The process goes like this: a) we make an engaging job post that requires the applicant to answer specific questions, along with sending over a…
Over the phone.
How do you convey your remote culture in the recruiting process?
We try to have a pretty high bar for expectations from our team during the interview process.
People love this when looking for a job. It really excites people that they can do a job that they love while working from home.…
We always aim at painting the picture as realistic as possible. Usually, every candidate has to speak to one remote working colleague during the process.
What is your hiring process for remote workers?
Probably the big difference is that you look harder for personal passions. The applicant’s raison d’être. If they are turning up to work remotely every…
Our interview process for most roles consists of a hiring exercise, one or several phone interviews, and in-person component. We always discuss team and organizational…
We have been very fortunate as people normally come to us. Due to the fact that we work remotely, many individuals are intrigued by the…
Do you use third party testing or evaluation services when hiring remote workers?
Nope.
Nope.
We consider this one of our differentiators to our competitors, as we prefer to do this on our own rather than use a third-party service…
How do you conduct onboarding for remote workers?
We have built an intranet or what we call “our Digital Vault” with onboarding videos, guides, and a knowledge base. It’s also a place where…
We use the onboarding feature from Bamboo HR to ensure that all the right forms and documents are read. We identify opportunities to further cement…
After the interview, we give everyone a small project that takes two or three weeks to complete. We don’t necessarily care if they succeed, but…
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