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…
I haven’t found any particular traits that indicate a person won’t be a good remote worker. Occasionally, we talk to people that say they would…
Same traits as in conventional candidates. If a candidate is flighty—moving from job to job frequently, they may be a bad fit. Candidates who speak…
How do you conduct interviews for remote jobs?
After going through resumes and narrowing it down to a select few, I start by sending an email with a few questions asking the candidate…
We have one of the most rigorous assessment/interview processes, for both Crossover team members and the contractors we hire as part of these remote teams.…
We utilize different tools to conduct interviews. Skype is great for one on one interviews, but if you’re trying to organize a group interview with…
How do you convey your remote culture in the recruiting process?
First of all, we use our product – an online workplace – to screen and interview recruits. This instantly conveys the importance of remote-ness in…
The interview process mimics our day to day life and is all done remotely via phone, Google Hangout or Skype. As we speak to candidates,…
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?
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.…
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…
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?
Yes, we utilize HackerRank for our technical assessments, and also a background check service once the candidate is hired.
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Yes, we do a background check as well as testing software to do a computer literacy test, listening skills tests, spelling, and typing tests.
How do you conduct onboarding for remote workers?
Call us old fashioned, but we get together in person. 🙂
After an offer is accepted and contract signed, onboarding starts. We provide the candidate with a company email and all needed accounts, we share a…
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…
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