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?
We lean toward people who are active participants in outside communities. This demonstrates leadership, organization and passion being pursued by the applicant, all characteristics that…
Their experience, credentials and achievements are the most important factor, whether they’ve worked remotely before or not. Self-discipline and desire to do the job are…
Some of the questions in the culture interview are pretty goofy, so one big red flag we have seen before is just a general bad…
How do you conduct interviews for remote jobs?
We use hangouts (or any kind of video screenshare tool). It’s critical to be able to see a person instead of just talking to them…
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…
For all of our part time sales reps, we use the phone. For our full-time hires we use the phone, then Google Hangout or Skype,…
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.
Our interview process is long. People usually meet with us 3-4 times, so they get to meet and hear from many different colleagues during the…
We bring it up right away. We feel it’s a selling point for attracting top talent.
What is your hiring process for remote workers?
Our hiring process generally starts with some small “interview project” we ask candidates to complete related to the position. We hardly ever do traditional interviews…
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…
Candidates all follow the same process that includes building a mock application in Salesforce and meeting some team members in person.
Do you use third party testing or evaluation services when hiring remote workers?
No.
Yes—we complete a skills assessment, identity verification, and a background check to ensure the person we’re contracting with is the same person completing all activities…
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…
How do you conduct onboarding for remote workers?
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…
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 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…