Hiring Remotely

Autonomy and self-discipline are absolute requirements for remote workers. We look also for people who are proactive in their approach to...

Written communication is a big deal in a remote company – after all, this is how we communicate with each other for...

Written communication is an absolute must. This isn’t just about grammar, it’s about succinctly communicating your ideas and the...

Via our teaching platform On WeChat (video interview) ...

Google Hangouts for the win! We use screen sharing apps as well for code tests and working...

We use appear.in to conduct our remote interviews. We typically set up a room we use for the entire day...

Stories. Toptalers spend so much time traveling together and doing amazing things both work-related and otherwise. It’s great to be...

We encouraged interviewees to ask multiple members of our team how they enjoyed the remote workplace, or how to overcome potential challenges in a...

We are very candid about the potential for isolation in a remote work environment and we stress the importance of taking...

We only hire remote workers and use a similar process for all positions. We advertise job offers on StackOverflow Careers, Github Jobs and a...

The process to become a full-time [A]gent has multiple stages and takes a long time. Our process weeds out people...

Previous remote workers are good. We look for people with a lot of initiative, who contribute to other open source projects....

We check references and run a background check.

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We’ve gradually improved the way we onboard new employees–it used to be quite weak. We have a very thorough...

It varies by position, but all new team members go through an onboarding process 1-on-1 with their manager, who helps lead...

We’ve done both in-person and remote onboarding. Which one we use with each new employee is based on location and...