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?
If they’ve worked remotely before If they’ve done independent consulting Demonstrated responsibility Great team member
We want candidates who are positive, really motivated, self-managed, able to work with minimal supervision, and show passion about WordPress and what they do. We…
They have to be able to work independently. They have to be disciplined enough to be effective and to work without having a manager watching…
How do you conduct interviews for remote jobs?
Our entire talent acquisition process is handled remotely. Interviews are all conducted via telephone or video, and then employees are prepared for their role in…
We run 4 rounds of interviews for all of our candidates. Everything is coordinated through google Calendar and Google Hangouts. Some of the interviews are…
We use hangouts (or any kind of video screenshare tool). It’s critical to be able to see a person instead of just talking to them…
How do you convey your remote culture in the recruiting process?
First of all, we use our product – an online workplace – to screen and interview recruits. This instantly conveys the importance of remote-ness in…
The interview process mimics our day to day life and is all done remotely via phone, Google Hangout or Skype. As we speak to candidates,…
The best way to do that is to allow the candidate to speak with existing remote employees and to ask them questions. Plus, with the…
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 hiring process is thorough, long and uses a variety of approaches. We start with a phone screen. If we are still interested in the…
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?
No.
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…
We have historically used StrengthsFinder and the Predictive Index to help during an assessment. More importantly, every person hired is required to complete a small…
How do you conduct onboarding for remote workers?
Very deliberately. A big component is daily one-on-ones with a different team member to talk about the job, but more importantly, about the culture and…
We have a master Trello board we copy for each hire that lays out in detail the access needed/given, the benefits enrollment process (zenefits.com), notes…
We invite every new remotee to come to Cologne for the first week and up to a month for the onboarding. During that time we’ll…