The 8 Biggest Mistakes to Avoid When Applying For a Remote Job
Advice on landing remote roles from hiring experts at Doist, Buffer, InVision, Timely, and Toggl.
Dear tech companies, Employees don't need ping pong tables or beer fridges at work. 🙅♂️🙅♀️ Employees need flexibility to do their best work and enjoy life. For instance, working remotely. 🙋♂️🙋♀️ Please offer trust, not toys. 🙌
Out of the 13.730 job applications we received at @Doist since 30th Nov 2016, we only hired 18 people (0.13%) (An interesting stat by @Zjellstrom ). This is one of the great things about remote-first: the pool of job applicants is vast since it covers the whole world.
For even more advice on applying for a remote job, learn what distributed companies look for in new hires with our online handbook, Scaling Your Remote Team: The Remote Guide to Hiring. Find out where hiring managers post jobs, their favorite interview questions, and how they assess test projects.
The Remote Hiring Process
Mistake #1: Sacrificing quality for quantity
Mistake #2: Not doing enough research before applying
Mistake #3: Disregarding the cover letter requirement
Mistake #4: Writing a generic cover letter
Mistake #5: Overemphasizing your desire to work remotely
A few words of advice for applying to remote jobs 🙂:
Mistake #6: Letting interviews be one-sided
Mistake #7: Doing the bare minimum
Mistake #8: Handling rejection poorly
Andrew Gobran
People Operations, Doist
