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?
It is vital that our remote workers can complete their work to a high standard and on time. Our online testing and mock assignment are…
One trait I look for is great communications skills – We stay productive by staying in touch, offering status reports, working through challenges and these…
We consider our remote candidates no different from in-office candidates. Most of our business team is in office, and most product is remote, but that…
How do you conduct interviews for remote jobs?
Lots of calls. For engineers we do engineering tests. We look for people with a lot of initiative.
Via Google Hangout or Skype.
We always set up video interviews with candidates and take the time to speak with them “in person.” This seems to work just as well…
How do you convey your remote culture in the recruiting process?
We allow candidates to apply no matter where they are located. For some functions there is a time zone restriction. Our handbooks are online so applicants…
To start with, almost all of our interviews are done remotely, so that’s a pretty good tip-off about how we work. We talk about our…
From the first call we explain to candidates that the organization is remote and the important role our values play in our culture.
What is your hiring process for remote workers?
We don’t do phone screens. We immediately want to do a Zoom video call and set the precedent of how we operate as a company.
Probably the big difference is that you look harder for personal passions. The applicant’s raison d’être. If they are turning up to work remotely every…
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?
We use a third-party software that offers skill assessment evaluations to identify the required skills and attributes for this position. We do background screening internally.
We have historically used StrengthsFinder and the Predictive Index to help during an assessment. More importantly, every person hired is required to complete a small…
We design prescreen assessments for all candidates as part of the interview process using a 3rd party platform to host the forms. In addition, we…
How do you conduct onboarding for remote workers?
We invite every new remotee to come to Cologne for the first week and up to a month for the onboarding. During that time we’ll…
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…
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…