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?
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…
Absolutely. We are drawn to people with great verbal and written communication skills, plus attention to detail. Everyone who is hired spends some time either…
We look for people that are self-starters/have a high degree of independence, value continuous learning, and are receptive to feedback. If during the trial process…
How do you conduct interviews for remote jobs?
First we ask for their code, if the quality is great or has potential, we have a telephone call where we ask all relevant questions for…
We interview over the phone and in person, whenever possible. If not in person, then via Google Chat which allows video sharing. The approach is…
It depends heavily on the nature of the discipline we’re hiring for, but after collecting applications for the positions we post, we usually start screening…
How do you convey your remote culture in the recruiting process?
We try to stress the qualities we are looking for in our candidates in our job descriptions and through our ad placements, partnering with companies…
We are very transparent in the hiring process about expectations and the organic culture we have. Our company core values are explained in the job…
We have three introductory documents for new hires that we share with them prior to starting together, explaining our goals, mission and vision, our working…
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…
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. We do most of our hiring by running online job ads. We post them a variety of places including FlexJobs…
Do you use third party testing or evaluation services when hiring remote workers?
No, we do not.
Not currently.
We only use a service for personality and aptitude tests, which allows us to have one more indicator before we make a decision. We’re continually…
How do you conduct onboarding for remote workers?
We have built an intranet or what we call “our Digital Vault” with onboarding videos, guides, and a knowledge base. It’s also a place where…
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 typically bring new remote employees to the office for their first week. We bring their team in as well so that training and onboarding…