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?
Prior remote work experience certainly helps, but it’s sometimes just the way a candidate describes what they’re looking for, or what they liked or disliked…
All teachers must be from the U.S. or Canada, have a bachelor’s degree, and have one year of teaching experience. Aside from that, we like to…
Yes; there are some traits we look for in remotees that are even more important in remote employees. We are looking for people who can…
How do you conduct interviews for remote jobs?
We use Google Hangouts to conduct a number of video interviews. If a candidate makes it through these, the final interview is conducted in person…
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…
At WooThemes, the hiring process included two interviews, initial and panel. The initial interview involved a Skype voice chat with the standard interview questions. The…
How do you convey your remote culture in the recruiting process?
We have some fantastic videos and make sure that everyone meets an appropriate number of people who can discuss the good, bad and the ugly…
Candidates have the chance to meet with a variety of people from parts of the engineering team and talk to them about how they work.…
We dedicate one interview with team members to look just for culture fit.
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…
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The process to become a full-time [A]gent has multiple stages and takes a long time. Our process weeds out people who are looking to quickly…
The process for hiring remote workers if fairly formal. We follow a four-step screening process with multiple team members, filtering out and interviewing candidates at…
Do you use third party testing or evaluation services when hiring remote workers?
We design prescreen assessments for all candidates as part of the interview process using a 3rd party platform to host the forms. In addition, we…
No, all of our screening/evaluation processes are proprietary.
Yes, we use several. We utilize a third party interview process at the beginning of the interview process. Once a position has been offered and…
How do you conduct onboarding for remote workers?
For every new employee at Mavens, they are given a two-week hands-on training and orientation session where they are taught about the healthcare industry, Mavens’…
Very deliberately. A big component is daily one-on-ones with a different team member to talk about the job, but more importantly, about the culture and…
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…