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?
One of the most sought after qualities in a remote worker is that of independence, being able to thrive without face to face interaction. This…
Although our focus is always on academic rigor, skills and experience, if a candidate has prior experience in home working and a stable career then…
Many interviewees attend an interview without learning anything about our company or team members upfront. We have realized that there may be a huge gap…
How do you conduct interviews for remote jobs?
We utilize Skype for face to face interviews.
We conduct interviews the way we conduct most of our work – largely online. There are cases in which we’ve hired team members that we…
We conduct them largely via text chat. It’s a good introduction for the person interviewing about how we communicate (very heavily text-based) and this also…
How do you convey your remote culture in the recruiting process?
We showcase it! We make it very clear in job postings that our positions are remote, and we discuss it during the interview process as…
We dedicate one interview with team members to look just for culture fit.
We explain it as both a benefit and a responsibility. There are a lot of great things that go along with it, and many people…
What is your hiring process for remote workers?
We only work remotely, so the process is the same for everyone. During the hiring process we include at least one face to face meeting.…
Most of our team has approached us directly to ask if we’ve been hiring. That’s one of the advantages of being a relatively well-known remote…
We only hire remote workers, so we can’t speak to how this would be different from on-site hiring. A high-level overview looks like this: Application…
Do you use third party testing or evaluation services when hiring remote workers?
Since Chargify is a PCI compliant company, security is extremely important and background checks are a necessity.
Yes, sometimes, but we don’t disclose this information openly.
For some of our key positions, we do require that the candidate take a sales assessment test administered by a third-party provider. This helps us…
How do you conduct onboarding for remote workers?
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…
It depends on the area they work in, but in general, colleagues working in the same area support the new workers in onboarding, mainly with…
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’…
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