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 rely heavily on written communication. So candidates that may have a great background or experience, but that are not precise in their communication, seem…
All teachers must be from the U.S. or Canada, have a bachelor’s degree, and have one year of teaching experience. Aside from that, we like to…
We consider our remote candidates no different from in-office candidates. Most of our business team is in office, and most product is remote, but that…
How do you conduct interviews for remote jobs?
Our candidates usually have a first-round interview with the hiring manager, a second round with team members who’d be working closely with him/her, and a…
At WooThemes, the hiring process included two interviews, initial and panel. The initial interview involved a Skype voice chat with the standard interview questions. The…
We use video conferencing for all of our interviews (Zoom), except for the final. [There’s an] initial screening interview to gauge culture fit and adequate…
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…
We always aim at painting the picture as realistic as possible. Usually, every candidate has to speak to one remote working colleague during the process.
Our remote culture is highly visible in our job descriptions. A lot of people who send in their applications – for whatever position – are…
What is your hiring process for remote workers?
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…
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…
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…
Do you use third party testing or evaluation services when hiring remote workers?
We do 100% of the testing and evaluation process of hiring in-house. That said, we do use Workable to manage our application processes from start…
We only use a service for personality and aptitude tests, which allows us to have one more indicator before we make a decision. We’re continually…
We don’t. We use intuition, which may sound a bit “fly by the seat of our pants” like, but we’ve been very lucky so far…
How do you conduct onboarding for remote workers?
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…
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…
We’ve gradually improved the way we onboard new employees–it used to be quite weak. We have a very thorough process documentation; an onboarding ‘track’ in…
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