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?
Being able to communicate well in written form is a plus. Being able to show that you can work without micro-management and supervision is also…
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…
They should be a good self-starter that doesn’t have to be micromanaged. It’s extremely hard to micromanage remotely and not something that we want to…
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.
Currently, we hire locally and the interview is done in our office. We are prepared to do this in a Google Hangout or other virtual…
How do you convey your remote culture in the recruiting process?
We value team fit as most important and, therefore, have set a high importance on figuring out how every person fits into the team. Actually,…
We respect each applicant and provide whatever information they need to make them feel comfortable. It’s all transparent.
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…
What is your hiring process for remote workers?
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…
We only hire remote workers and use a similar process for all positions. We advertise job offers on StackOverflow Careers, Github Jobs and a few…
Our approach to hiring remote workers has to be different from hiring on-site workers because not everyone is cut out to be a remote worker.…
Do you use third party testing or evaluation services when hiring remote workers?
Not often, but as needed and/or depending on the role.
No.
We use a third party behavioral assessment and background checking service in our process.
How do you conduct onboarding for remote workers?
They get all tools, instruction how we work, get to know our team and projects and they already are invited in our social slack channels…
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…
Our app has an onboarding feature that creates a personalized onboarding process for each new hire. It’s important to do regular weekly and monthly check-ins…