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?
We do want people that are highly motivated and collaborative team members.
I haven’t found any particular traits that indicate a person won’t be a good remote worker. Occasionally, we talk to people that say they would…
We want candidates who are positive, really motivated, self-managed, able to work with minimal supervision, and show passion about WordPress and what they do. We…
How do you conduct interviews for remote jobs?
Every person who interviews with Goodway starts with a phone screen with our recruiter. Then we require Skype video interviews for all interviews with a…
We run 4 rounds of interviews for all of our candidates. Everything is coordinated through google Calendar and Google Hangouts. Some of the interviews are…
Through our own platform. Candidates schedule an interview and we send them a lesson plan and hours of videos to prepare. They go through a…
How do you convey your remote culture in the recruiting process?
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…
When speaking with a potential remote team member, we convey our company culture as a whole. It’s important to let team members know that we…
I clearly stipulate that our remote culture means that our employees must be self-starters and that our training tools are more limited. Our employees must…
What is your hiring process for remote workers?
We’re a small team that has only hired remote workers, but haven’t often had the chance to see their work product and work with them…
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…
We use the same process to hire remote workers and on-site workers. All candidates undergo a process including a phone screen with a recruiter, 1-4…
Do you use third party testing or evaluation services when hiring remote workers?
No.
Yes, we do background checks on all our employees because we are in the information security space. We don’t use third-party testing.
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 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…
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…