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 do want people that are highly motivated and collaborative team members.
We lean towards candidates who emphasize their fit for the responsibilities of the position, rather than how working remotely would benefit them.
We look for someone who is self-motivated, has a superior work ethic, is technically savvy, and has the ability to work without distractions in their…
How do you conduct interviews for remote jobs?
We conduct them largely via text chat. It’s a good introduction for the person interviewing about how we communicate (very heavily text-based) and this also…
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…
We have a series of interviews that often includes paying candidates to complete a real-life project that gives us a sense of their thought process…
How do you convey your remote culture in the recruiting process?
From the first call we explain to candidates that the organization is remote and the important role our values play in our culture.
We are very transparent in the hiring process about expectations and the organic culture we have. Our company core values are explained in the job…
We simply said on the job description that the position is remote and we have no set work hours. This nicely self-selects people who thrive in…
What is your hiring process for remote workers?
Our process is fairly rigorous — and “standard” — but, we do really want to ensure that new staff can thrive well in a remote…
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…
Our approach to hiring remote workers has to be different from hiring on-site workers because not everyone is cut out to be a remote worker.…
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…
Depending on the position, we will utilize a background check service to conduct a background check on that specific person.
We consider this one of our differentiators to our competitors, as we prefer to do this on our own rather than use a third-party service…
How do you conduct onboarding for remote workers?
We’ve done both in-person and remote onboarding. Which one we use with each new employee is based on location and availability.
Onboarding is done through a series of online collaboration tools. We have a new hire orientation on the first day, just as we would if…
We have built an intranet or what we call “our Digital Vault” with onboarding videos, guides, and a knowledge base. It’s also a place where…