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…
Some of the questions in the culture interview are pretty goofy, so one big red flag we have seen before is just a general bad…
I look to see if a candidate’s freelanced or worked independently in the past. I also look for someone who’s been through a redundancy or…
How do you conduct interviews for remote jobs?
Interviews are conducted over UberConference. We ask a lot of detailed questions during the application process that allows us to narrow down the applicants pretty quickly…
We conduct interviews the way we conduct most of our work – largely online. There are cases in which we’ve hired team members that we…
After going through resumes and narrowing it down to a select few, I start by sending an email with a few questions asking the candidate…
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…
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…
I’ve hired 7 people to the company without meeting them in person. I guess that alone conveys something to them, but also we do practical…
What is your hiring process for remote workers?
We have been very fortunate as people normally come to us. Due to the fact that we work remotely, many individuals are intrigued by the…
Our hiring process generally starts with some small “interview project” we ask candidates to complete related to the position. We hardly ever do traditional interviews…
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…
Do you use third party testing or evaluation services when hiring remote workers?
No.
Yes, we conduct both reference checks and background checks.
For certain key positions we utilize robust credential and background checks.
How do you conduct onboarding for remote workers?
Our app has an onboarding feature that creates a personalized onboarding process for each new hire. It’s important to do regular weekly and monthly check-ins…
Everyone has Trello boards with information, tasks and suggestions to work through. Team members spend a bunch of time on line with their manager, have…
Once an employee makes it through our interview process, we include them on all of our critical tools: Gmail, Google Drive, Daily Standup meetings on…