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?
Although not deal breakers, we do look for certain questions we look to answer affirmatively. Is there alignment with our values? Has she/he worked remotely…
Some of the questions in the culture interview are pretty goofy, so one big red flag we have seen before is just a general bad…
One thing we’ve found is that the more entrepreneurial-spirited candidates tended to have a harder time focusing on the tasks at hand when working remotely.…
How do you conduct interviews for remote jobs?
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…
We have one of the most rigorous assessment/interview processes, for both Crossover team members and the contractors we hire as part of these remote teams.…
We communicate with the applicants through Skype. We like the personability of Skype calls to have a virtual meeting with the applicants.
How do you convey your remote culture in the recruiting process?
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 dedicate one interview with team members to look just for culture fit.
We have written about our culture and point applicants to those articles. Often times the candidate brings it up in an interview, such as, “I…
What is your hiring process for remote workers?
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…
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.…
We only hire remote workers, so there is no different approach. Of course, we conduct interviews online using different tools. For student positions, there is…
Do you use third party testing or evaluation services when hiring remote workers?
No.
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…
No, we do not.
How do you conduct onboarding for remote workers?
Everyone has Trello boards with information, tasks and suggestions to work through. Team members spend a bunch of time on line with their manager, have…
Valuable face-to-face time is a great way to kick-start a successful transition into a remote company so we try to fly folks to Boston (where…
We have an internal training course that is led by a key staff member. They learn all about our business, customers, and product. The training…
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