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 hire only senior developers who can work independently and have reasonable experience. That’s because we believe mentoring remotely is very hard and ineffective. We…
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…
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 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 communicate with the applicants through Skype. We like the personability of Skype calls to have a virtual meeting with the applicants.
Largely on the phone with in person meetings for the final candidate
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 love using Google Hangouts for our interview process as this is the same tool that we use internally to connect with teammates. This introduces…
The good candidates have already read about our culture on our website or blog. I’m often trying to convince them that this is really how…
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…
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…
Probably the big difference is that you look harder for personal passions. The applicant’s raison d’être. If they are turning up to work remotely every…
Do you use third party testing or evaluation services when hiring remote workers?
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…
Depending on the position, we will utilize a background check service to conduct a background check on that specific person.
Not currently.
How do you conduct onboarding for remote workers?
We start by giving new hires access to all the tools they need to do their job. We use some tools like 1Password for password…
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 ship laptops pre-installed with all of the software needed. We have a dedicated training and onboarding team to guide new-hires through getting organized, settled…