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?
For this, I’d like to focus on one specific trait that I’m looking for. Proactivity. The job application process is built up in a way…
We look for individuals who have made a conscious decision to work remotely. These days with the rise of flexible working, many people apply for…
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?
We use appear.in to conduct our remote interviews. We typically set up a room we use for the entire day so the candidate only has…
Lots of calls. For engineers we do engineering tests. We look for people with a lot of initiative.
It all begins with our rigorous recruiting process also defined in our High Caliber Personnel Model, that identifies top talent with strong language skills who…
How do you convey your remote culture in the recruiting process?
A combination of communication methods—we ensure consistency in messaging and culture across email, text, video, phone calls, and meetings. We have one central group that…
This is an area where we could improve. We mention it briefly in our job descriptions but it’s not explained well.
We have some fantastic videos and make sure that everyone meets an appropriate number of people who can discuss the good, bad and the ugly…
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…
Our process is fairly rigorous — and “standard” — but, we do really want to ensure that new staff can thrive well in a remote…
We use the same general process, though our candidate pool is much larger, and interviews include much discussion around compatibility with working remotely.
Do you use third party testing or evaluation services when hiring remote workers?
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 consider this one of our differentiators to our competitors, as we prefer to do this on our own rather than use a third-party service…
We don’t use any existing tools. Just a fair amount of sleuthing and reference checking.
How do you conduct onboarding for remote workers?
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…
Call us old fashioned, but we get together in person. 🙂