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…
We’ve developed a hiring process that allows us to assess communication skills, attention to detail, and critical thinking. We want people who are comfortable working…
We look for people that are “capable, humble and kind“ (we stole that from another remote company, but I can’t remember which one). Being capable…
How do you conduct interviews for remote jobs?
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…
We conduct a series of graduated tests for all of our positions followed by up to two team fit interviews with various SitePen engineers and…
They are all done over video hangouts, so we can immediately see how comfortable they are with this. I do an initial one-on-one, then we…
How do you convey your remote culture in the recruiting process?
The people we hire all understand that Hubstaff is a completely remote company, so there is no question of whether they’ll have to come into…
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…
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…
What is your hiring process for remote workers?
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…
We use the same general process, though our candidate pool is much larger, and interviews include much discussion around compatibility with working remotely.
Our process is fairly rigorous — and “standard” — but, we do really want to ensure that new staff can thrive well in a remote…
Do you use third party testing or evaluation services when hiring remote workers?
No.
Yes, sometimes, but we don’t disclose this information openly.
I use my network to find the right people.
How do you conduct onboarding for remote workers?
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…
We put a lot of love into our onboarding because it really sets the stage for what their experience will be like at Skillcrush. Aside…
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…