Dave Martin describes the details Inside Automattic’s Remote Hiring Process:
It’s hard enough when you have an office and can interview an applicant in-person. Automattic is 100% distributed. We hire people from all around the world. We can’t meet people in-person to interview them.
You may be wondering… how do you consistently hire great people at a distributed company?
This is the best write up I’ve seen on the process and flow of hiring at Automattic. The exact details vary from group to group, but the overall process is basically the same.
We are hiring, checkout https://automattic.com/work-with-us/ for more details.