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?
Candidates must have experience working remotely or running their own business. They have to have already built the accountability and productivity skills required for remote…
When we hire, we look specifically for people who share the same fundamental values as us. That’s not to say we look for people who…
The top traits we look for are self-starters who are motivated without much oversight; they have a passion for what we do and how we…
How do you conduct interviews for remote jobs?
We have one of our executives do an initial culture-fit interview. If that works out we do two technical interviews, both of them are one-on-one…
For all of our part time sales reps, we use the phone. For our full-time hires we use the phone, then Google Hangout or Skype,…
We are quite unique in how we hire. We have many steps in our process, but that helps make sure we hire the right people…
How do you convey your remote culture in the recruiting process?
We’re completely transparent about our company values and culture in everything we do, including our actual job listings. We don’t want anyone to have to…
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…
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…
What is your hiring process for remote workers?
Often times, we seek out entrepreneurs. Self-motivation is crucial for remote teams – we aren’t there to micro-manage you – so that’s a huge factor…
We only hire remote workers, so we can’t speak to how this would be different from on-site hiring. A high-level overview looks like this: Application…
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…
Do you use third party testing or evaluation services when hiring remote workers?
We don’t use any existing tools. Just a fair amount of sleuthing and reference checking.
We use a third party behavioral assessment and background checking service in our process.
No. We only check references.
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…
It varies by position, but all new team members go through an onboarding process 1-on-1 with their manager, who helps lead them through everything. They…
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…