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?
The fact that we’re fully distributed means we highly value strong communicators, both verbally and in written form, so that’s one of the first things…
There is a difference between the remote worker who is looking to drink Mai Tais in Ko Samui while working four hours/week on the beach…
We look for people that are “capable, humble and kind“ (we stole that from another remote company, but I can’t remember which one). Being capable…
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 have a 3-step interview process, which consists of a pre-recorded video interview, a video interview with our hiring manager and one with our CEO.…
Our interview process takes place primarily on Skype. The candidate speaks to HR first, who fully vets them as qualified, desirable potential team members before…
How do you convey your remote culture in the recruiting process?
We’re transparent with candidates about what it takes to succeed at TaxJar. We also have a Life @ TaxJar blog that we use to give candidates…
People love this when looking for a job. It really excites people that they can do a job that they love while working from home.…
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?
We don’t do phone screens. We immediately want to do a Zoom video call and set the precedent of how we operate as a company.
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…
Do you use third party testing or evaluation services when hiring remote workers?
We don’t use these, nope.
For certain key positions we utilize robust credential and background checks.
We don’t. We rely on a rigorous interview process, personal recommendations, and gut feel to vet our potential hires. When we get bigger, this will…
How do you conduct onboarding for remote workers?
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…
As we are looking for people who are self-starters, the onboarding is not a defined process but a reaction to the needs of the person.…
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…
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