This is what you'll be up against when interviewing for good remote companies. I work for a remote first company, not just a remote friendly company, so the competition really is stiff.
With the wage I went in for, it was a no brainer. Was hired days later, and it's been the best job I've had so far.
As a remote worker, you really do have to be a self-manager, you're trusted by your team – in the same way you trust your team – to get shit done.
Another thing I did was ace the interview. I went into it with the confidence to present myself as I knew myself, as I knew they didn't. I switched the interview around and interviewed them, and in the end, we were all laughing.
What I would say is "show, don't tell".
In 8 hours that's very impressive. Thank you for your feedback. I wasn't aware that remote companies gave coding assignments, but it makes sense.
Yes, and you back that up with evidence of a project completed, references backing up their positive experience, etc.
> - You need to demonstrate, without a doubt, that you can/have worked autonomously, that you can/have been self managing in the past
Do you simply state your experience of having worked autonomously, or having self-managed? If yes, how would you still stand out, because it's like every other candidate also states the same thing "Oh yeah, I require minimum supervision, always get my sh*t done on time by self-managing".
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> that you provide a better bang-for-the-buck than anyone else who has applied
This is even more vague and fuzzy. How do you demonstrate that you "provide a better bang-for-the-buck than anyone else who has applied" during a phone interview? References?