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 look for people who have shown initiative and ability to work independently and place a high value on those who have previously worked remotely.…
Lean toward a remote position, a person who can manage themselves, be focused at work and able to work on their own, make their own…
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?
Interviews are conducted over UberConference. We ask a lot of detailed questions during the application process that allows us to narrow down the applicants pretty quickly…
We communicate with the applicants through Skype. We like the personability of Skype calls to have a virtual meeting with the applicants.
Every person who interviews with Goodway starts with a phone screen with our recruiter. Then we require Skype video interviews for all interviews with a…
How do you convey your remote culture in the recruiting process?
We try to have a pretty high bar for expectations from our team during the interview process.
We do what we can to be explicit in all our public job postings about which opportunities at GitHub are remote and which aren’t, but…
It’s discussed thoroughly in the interviews and evaluated in an essay question: “In a remote/distributed work environment, what does Fun, Action, Communication, Transparency and Trust…
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…
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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…
Our hiring process generally starts with some small “interview project” we ask candidates to complete related to the position. We hardly ever do traditional interviews…
Do you use third party testing or evaluation services when hiring remote workers?
For certain key positions we utilize robust credential and background checks.
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How do you conduct onboarding for remote workers?
After the interview, we give everyone a small project that takes two or three weeks to complete. We don’t necessarily care if they succeed, but…
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 start by giving new hires access to all the tools they need to do their job. We use some tools like 1Password for password…