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?
Absolutely. We are drawn to people with great verbal and written communication skills, plus attention to detail. Everyone who is hired spends some time either…
We do want people that are highly motivated and collaborative team members.
They have to be able to work independently. They have to be disciplined enough to be effective and to work without having a manager watching…
How do you conduct interviews for remote jobs?
We start by phone, then go to video chat. Lots and lots of meetings are usually necessary. Also, a trial period is a must.
We have one of the most rigorous assessment/interview processes, for both Crossover team members and the contractors we hire as part of these remote teams.…
Every person who interviews with Goodway starts with a phone screen with our recruiter. Then we require Skype video interviews for all interviews with a…
How do you convey your remote culture in the recruiting process?
We’re completely transparent about our company values and culture in everything we do, including our actual job listings. We don’t want anyone to have to…
We have some fantastic videos and make sure that everyone meets an appropriate number of people who can discuss the good, bad and the ugly…
We have three introductory documents for new hires that we share with them prior to starting together, explaining our goals, mission and vision, our working…
What is your hiring process for remote workers?
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…
Our hiring process is thorough, long and uses a variety of approaches. We start with a phone screen. If we are still interested in the…
We only hire remote workers. We do most of our hiring by running online job ads. We post them a variety of places including FlexJobs…
Do you use third party testing or evaluation services when hiring remote workers?
We design prescreen assessments for all candidates as part of the interview process using a 3rd party platform to host the forms. In addition, we…
No.
We don’t use any existing tools. Just a fair amount of sleuthing and reference checking.
How do you conduct onboarding for remote workers?
Onboarding is done through a series of online collaboration tools. We have a new hire orientation on the first day, just as we would if…
They get all tools, instruction how we work, get to know our team and projects and they already are invited in our social slack channels…
We take onboarding very seriously. Every new hire in the company goes through a series of orientation calls with each member of the executive team,…