Hiring Remotely
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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?
We rely heavily on written communication. So candidates that may have a great background or experience, but that are not precise in their communication, seem…
When we hire, we look for people who see remote work as an upgrade—an improvement to their lives. They’re driven individuals who have the self-awareness…
Someone who has worked remotely before is beneficial. Someone who is less experienced in general and has only worked in an office will be identified…
How do you conduct interviews for remote jobs?
We conduct all of our interviews virtually using a tool called Zoom. We go through at least three interviews with all candidates. Once we’ve gathered…
The hiring team (3-4 people) interview candidates 1:1 using Appear.in. Occasionally we invite people to our Boston office but mostly it’s video.
After an initial informal chat, we typically have people work 5-10 hours per week for a few weeks to make sure there is a good…
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…
It’s our brand, so we don’t have to work hard to infuse it into our recruiting.
We have three introductory documents for new hires that we share with them prior to starting together, explaining our goals, mission and vision, our working…
What is your hiring process for remote workers?
Our interview process for most roles consists of a hiring exercise, one or several phone interviews, and in-person component. We always discuss team and organizational…
Most of our team has approached us directly to ask if we’ve been hiring. That’s one of the advantages of being a relatively well-known remote…
We look for experience working remote and/or very realistic expectations about what it means. If an applicant expects a completely flexible schedule or that they’ll…
Do you use third party testing or evaluation services when hiring remote workers?
Not currently.
For finalist candidates we do reference calls with people who have worked with them before, and potentially with some shared links in our social graphs.
No, all of our screening/evaluation processes are proprietary.
How do you conduct onboarding for remote workers?
We have not had the need yet, but we have a plan to put in place an onboarding process for new people covering the technology…
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…
Our app has an onboarding feature that creates a personalized onboarding process for each new hire. It’s important to do regular weekly and monthly check-ins…
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