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?
Motivation is very important. In order to be successful in a remote environment, one has to be self-motivated. You will not be given daily tasks…
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…
Written communication is an absolute must. This isn’t just about grammar, it’s about succinctly communicating your ideas and the ability to express your personality through…
How do you conduct interviews for remote jobs?
Interviews are conducted over UberConference. We ask a lot of detailed questions during the application process that allows us to narrow down the applicants pretty quickly…
We run 4 rounds of interviews for all of our candidates. Everything is coordinated through google Calendar and Google Hangouts. Some of the interviews are…
We use Skype and collaborative text editors like Hackpad or PiratePad to work with interviewees. Process-wise, we have a few screening questions and often also…
How do you convey your remote culture in the recruiting process?
We’re transparent with candidates about what it takes to succeed at TaxJar. We also have a Life @ TaxJar blog that we use to give candidates…
First of all, we use our product – an online workplace – to screen and interview recruits. This instantly conveys the importance of remote-ness in…
We work best as a team! We want to cultivate a fun, interactive work environment that still allows people the space they desire. We encourage…
What is your hiring process for remote workers?
We only hire remote workers, so we can’t speak to how this would be different from on-site hiring. A high-level overview looks like this: Application…
We look for experience working remote and/or very realistic expectations about what it means. If an applicant expects a completely flexible schedule or that they’ll…
We only hire remote workers, so the process can be a little longer sometimes. We are OK with this as it means we ensure that…
Do you use third party testing or evaluation services when hiring remote workers?
Not to my knowledge, although we’re continually looking for ways to improve our hiring process to remove bias, promote diversity, and generally make it a…
Really we just use Google, LinkedIn, references, and a user’s Drupal.org profile. It’s a small community, relatively-speaking, in the technology that we specialize in, so…
We do 100% of the testing and evaluation process of hiring in-house. That said, we do use Workable to manage our application processes from start…
How do you conduct onboarding for remote workers?
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…
Everyone has Trello boards with information, tasks and suggestions to work through. Team members spend a bunch of time on line with their manager, have…
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…