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?
You’ll notice this is a common theme with us, but “trust” is a big one. The ability to trust that your teammate is going to…
Many interviewees attend an interview without learning anything about our company or team members upfront. We have realized that there may be a huge gap…
I’m struggling with this question because I’d like to say that people who have worked on their own before (freelance) are usually successful, although sometimes…
How do you conduct interviews for remote jobs?
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…
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…
We conduct interviews for our remote jobs via phone, video, and in-person sessions. The variety of interview formats reveals our virtual culture to our candidates…
How do you convey your remote culture in the recruiting process?
This is an important one, as you need to make your culture as tangible as possible online for them to see before considering joining. Our…
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…
The remote culture is communicated in the same way for our remote and on-site job seekers, because it’s such an integral part of our company…
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…
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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 is thorough, long and uses a variety of approaches. We start with a phone screen. If we are still interested in the…
Do you use third party testing or evaluation services when hiring remote workers?
No.
We’ve just started using Weirdly which lets us have fun quiz style applications for roles. It’s cool.
Depending on the position, we will utilize a background check service to conduct a background check on that specific person.
How do you conduct onboarding for remote workers?
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’ve been making leaps and bounds here recently and I’d like to share the background to show how things can improve over the years. For…
We have all of our on-boarding materials in a digital format, including a website, documentation, and video. We also have a Day 1 success team…