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?
There are indeed, and we even wrote a blog post about our three favorite traits to look for. Put briefly, we look for people who…
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…
We do want people that are highly motivated and collaborative team members.
How do you conduct interviews for remote jobs?
We conduct interviews for our remote jobs via phone, video, and in-person sessions. The variety of interview formats reveals our virtual culture to our candidates…
We are conducting the first one now by mix of email and video chat. If we happen to live close to some of the applicants,…
Video conference is essential. I’ve even begun asking for videos as part of the application process so I can get a sense of the applicant’s…
How do you convey your remote culture in the recruiting process?
Our remote culture is highly visible in our job descriptions. A lot of people who send in their applications – for whatever position – are…
We respect each applicant and provide whatever information they need to make them feel comfortable. It’s all transparent.
From the first call we explain to candidates that the organization is remote and the important role our values play in our culture.
What is your hiring process for remote workers?
Most of our team has approached us directly to ask if we’ve been hiring. That’s one of the advantages of being a relatively well-known remote…
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…
Almost every role we’ve hired for can be remote so we only have one approach for everyone. If the candidate happens to be near someone…
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…
Every tech candidate has to complete a questionnaire including a code challenge. For (some) other positions we ask for completion of a case study. However,…
Yes. We use Wonderlic and DISC personality assessments for all candidates who interview, plus all employees go through a background check as a final step,…
How do you conduct onboarding for remote workers?
We’ve been making leaps and bounds here recently and I’d like to share the background to show how things can improve over the years. For…
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 have a paperless system. When a candidate is hired and has passed the testing, we invite them to a training class and once accepted…
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