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?
Is this person a team player? Is he/she excited about joining a team and accomplishing goals together rather than looking to be an individual super…
We rely heavily on written communication. So candidates that may have a great background or experience, but that are not precise in their communication, seem…
It is vital that our remote workers can complete their work to a high standard and on time. Our online testing and mock assignment are…
How do you conduct interviews for remote jobs?
Lots of calls. For engineers we do engineering tests. We look for people with a lot of initiative.
Formstack interviews are notoriously long, and candidates speak to a lot of different people in the company. We deliberately do this to make sure we…
Most often via Skype. Most of our team members then have a trial period to allow us both to make sure that it’s a good…
How do you convey your remote culture in the recruiting process?
We’re very open about it on our blog, and that’s where most of our new employees find us, so it’s pretty front and center.
It’s discussed thoroughly in the interviews and evaluated in an essay question: “In a remote/distributed work environment, what does Fun, Action, Communication, Transparency and Trust…
We work best as a team! We want to cultivate a fun, interactive work environment that still allows people the space they desire. We encourage…
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 look for experience working remote and/or very realistic expectations about what it means. If an applicant expects a completely flexible schedule or that they’ll…
Our interview process for most roles consists of a hiring exercise, one or several phone interviews, and in-person component. We always discuss team and organizational…
Do you use third party testing or evaluation services when hiring remote workers?
No.
We do have access to background checks and other third party methods of valuation, but we’ve actually stuck with a multi-part interview process that tends…
Not right now – but there are a lot of new services popping up to do this on scale for on demand and talent marketplaces.…
How do you conduct onboarding for remote workers?
We hire people full-time, but they start with three trial phases – 2 weeks, another couple weeks and one month, where we assess and communicate…
We use a Company Orientation Checklist, which we manage with process.st. Additionally, every new colleague has a job coach and an orientation leader. During their…
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…
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