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?
New hires must be self-starters. To be successful at LiquidSpace, employees must set and achieve their own initiatives.
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…
They should be a good self-starter that doesn’t have to be micromanaged. It’s extremely hard to micromanage remotely and not something that we want to…
How do you conduct interviews for remote jobs?
We conduct interviews for our remote jobs via phone, video, and in-person sessions. The variety of interview formats reveals our virtual culture to our candidates…
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…
We conduct a series of graduated tests for all of our positions followed by up to two team fit interviews with various SitePen engineers and…
How do you convey your remote culture in the recruiting process?
Mostly through videos, advertising, and documentation that shows that the teacher will be online, teaching from home.
A combination of communication methods—we ensure consistency in messaging and culture across email, text, video, phone calls, and meetings. We have one central group that…
When speaking with a potential remote team member, we convey our company culture as a whole. It’s important to let team members know that we…
What is your hiring process for remote workers?
The process is quite complicated because we believe the cost of hiring the wrong person is very high. We start with a survey with questions…
We look for the same thing in all of our hires, but it is especially important for remote workers to be self-motivating, proactive and strong…
We don’t do phone screens. We immediately want to do a Zoom video call and set the precedent of how we operate as a company.
Do you use third party testing or evaluation services when hiring remote workers?
Yes, we conduct both reference checks and background checks.
Yes. We use Wonderlic and DISC personality assessments for all candidates who interview, plus all employees go through a background check as a final step,…
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 use the onboarding feature from Bamboo HR to ensure that all the right forms and documents are read. We identify opportunities to further cement…
We hire people full-time, but they start with three trial phases – 2 weeks, another couple weeks and one month, where we assess and communicate…
Onboarding can be challenging for hiring on-site workers, let alone someone who is remote. Luckily, we have really honed in on this process by using…