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?
Candidates must have experience working remotely or running their own business. They have to have already built the accountability and productivity skills required for remote…
They should be a good self-starter that doesn’t have to be micromanaged. It’s extremely hard to micromanage remotely and not something that we want to…
Although our focus is always on academic rigor, skills and experience, if a candidate has prior experience in home working and a stable career then…
How do you conduct interviews for remote jobs?
Interviews are conducted over UberConference. We ask a lot of detailed questions during the application process that allows us to narrow down the applicants pretty quickly…
We go through multiple rounds of video interviews, often with test projects incorporated into the hiring process. Because we work remotely and all of our…
We interview over the phone and in person, whenever possible. If not in person, then via Google Chat which allows video sharing. The approach is…
How do you convey your remote culture in the recruiting process?
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…
Part of this is visible in the 1-to-1 or group video interviews. We often provide an overview of our tools, processes, work schedules, etc. to…
We use social media and various digital properties to share remote stories featuring our employees on an ongoing basis. In particular, we love Instagram as…
What is your hiring process for remote workers?
We have a multi-stage process that includes screening, compatibility, skills, core values, and career history. The biggest difference from on-site workers is that we have…
We hire for tasks rather than people. For the tasks, it has been fairly clear. And for important tasks we have, we outline the requirement…
We use the same general process, though our candidate pool is much larger, and interviews include much discussion around compatibility with working remotely.
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…
For certain key positions we utilize robust credential and background checks.
Really we just use Google, LinkedIn, references, and a user’s Drupal.org profile. It’s a small community, relatively-speaking, in the technology that we specialize in, so…
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…
The onboarding process is an important one – especially for a remote company! We go through our values, some ground rules (although we only have…
We put a lot of love into our onboarding because it really sets the stage for what their experience will be like at Skillcrush. Aside…
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