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?
Candidates must have experience working remotely or running their own business. They have to have already built the accountability and productivity skills required for remote…
A prospective hire should be confident of their skill set and have a positive disposition.
We’ve developed a hiring process that allows us to assess communication skills, attention to detail, and critical thinking. We want people who are comfortable working…
How do you conduct interviews for remote jobs?
We conduct all of our interviews virtually using a tool called Zoom. We go through at least three interviews with all candidates. Once we’ve gathered…
We utilize recorded interviews through a third party vendor as more of a pre-screening tool. We then conduct live, over the phone interviews between the…
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?
To start with, almost all of our interviews are done remotely, so that’s a pretty good tip-off about how we work. We talk about our…
We do what we can to be explicit in all our public job postings about which opportunities at GitHub are remote and which aren’t, but…
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…
What is your hiring process for remote workers?
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…
Like Uber’s drivers, our teachers are contractors so we sign a contract with them. It’s not hiring per se. Some teachers feel this works to…
We’re a small team that has only hired remote workers, but haven’t often had the chance to see their work product and work with them…
Do you use third party testing or evaluation services when hiring remote workers?
We don’t use any existing tools. Just a fair amount of sleuthing and reference checking.
No. We only check references.
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?
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…
Valuable face-to-face time is a great way to kick-start a successful transition into a remote company so we try to fly folks to Boston (where…
Call us old fashioned, but we get together in person. 🙂