Chapter13: HowtoFindandGetHiredforaRemoteJob 158 wanttotravelwhiletheywork.Youcanbrowsenumerousjobcategoriessuch as development, education, or management. You can also sign up to receive job alerts delivered to your inbox daily or weekly. Onenice feature of Working Nomads is the use of tags, so you can search or browseforajobbasedonspecificskillsets. Tip: Many other job boards or websites also allow you to filter jobs by location. So, for example, on MediaBistro, you can narrow down the search to “Working from home.” HowtoApplyandInterviewforaRemoteWorkJob All companiesapproachremoteinterviewsdifferently.Forinstance,atGitHub, Chapple explains that they “usually start screening with things like written questions or exercises to get a feel for a candidate’s communication skills and the depth of their abilities in the area we’re looking to hire for.” Others, such as Automattic, conduct interviews via text chat, and at Zapier we use a combinationofwritten, phone, and video interviews. Keepinmindthatemployersusethesevideointerviews to get a feel for your personality and interest in the job. If you’re positive, curious, and articulate in thevideochataswellasotherpartsoftheapplicationprocess,hiringmanagers will be more confident about you. Prepareforthevideointerview If you’re going to interview via video chat, here are a few key considerations: Try out the video app before the interview. Whatever app your interviewer chooses to use, install it (if required), log on in advance, and check it out. Familiarizingyourselfwiththetoolisespeciallyimportantifyouhaven’tusedit before. Nothing is more nerve-racking than starting an interview late because you didn’t know how to use the tool or you’re having problems with your computer’saudioorvideo.(Still, it happens.)