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?
People who are very focused and don’t need to be in a “group” environment to be motivated and work hard are ideal for remote work.…
My personal opinion is that the things you should look for when hiring for a remote position are essentially the same things you should be…
After skills and qualifications, we look for previous remote work experience in our candidates. It’s good to see that someone has been able to succeed…
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.
We use Skype and collaborative text editors like Hackpad or PiratePad to work with interviewees. Process-wise, we have a few screening questions and often also…
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…
How do you convey your remote culture in the recruiting process?
Interestingly enough, the culture comes across best while asking the candidate questions. The very type of questions we ask, which often get the candidates speaking…
We allow candidates to apply no matter where they are located. For some functions there is a time zone restriction. Our handbooks are online so applicants…
First of all, we use our product – an online workplace – to screen and interview recruits. This instantly conveys the importance of remote-ness in…
What is your hiring process for remote workers?
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…
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The process to become a full-time [A]gent has multiple stages and takes a long time. Our process weeds out people who are looking to quickly…
The process for hiring remote workers if fairly formal. We follow a four-step screening process with multiple team members, filtering out and interviewing candidates at…
Do you use third party testing or evaluation services when hiring remote workers?
No.
We’ve just started using Weirdly which lets us have fun quiz style applications for roles. It’s cool.
Yes.
How do you conduct onboarding for remote workers?
After the interview, we give everyone a small project that takes two or three weeks to complete. We don’t necessarily care if they succeed, but…
We’ve done both in-person and remote onboarding. Which one we use with each new employee is based on location and availability.
They get all tools, instruction how we work, get to know our team and projects and they already are invited in our social slack channels…