for remote-first companies
Hire globally. Verify locally.
Remote hiring introduces timezone bias, interviewer variance, and credential gaps. Lemma's standardized, async-friendly assessments remove all three.
How remote teams use Lemma
Post a skill assessment invite
Send candidates a Lemma invite link. No scheduling required on your end. Candidates receive it and start in their own time.
Candidates complete from anywhere
Sessions are flexibly scheduled across time zones. Candidates complete on their schedule — no synchronous availability required.
Review standardized SCI scores
Every candidate gets the same scoring model regardless of location. You compare verified skill evidence, not interview performance on a bad day.
Hire confidently across borders
You've already seen the proof. The first live conversation is about fit and culture — the skill question is already answered.
No timezone bias
Sessions are scheduled flexibly. Candidates from Lagos, Vilnius, or Manila get the same fair assessment as those in San Francisco.
Standardized scoring globally
SCI scores are computed the same way for every candidate, everywhere. No local market bias, no interviewer variance.
Async-friendly workflow
Candidates complete sessions when it works for them. You review results on your own schedule. No synchronous interviewing required.
Geography-agnostic proof
A candidate's verified SCI score doesn't depend on where they went to university or which market they're in. Skill proof is universal.
“We hire across 12 time zones. Lemma assessments removed the scheduling nightmare entirely. Candidates verify on their time, we review on ours.”
“Before Lemma we unknowingly biased toward candidates in similar time zones just because scheduling was easier. Now that bias is gone.”
“The SCI score is the great equalizer. A strong engineer in Warsaw and a strong engineer in Nairobi get the same score for the same skill level.”
Common questions
Sessions can be conducted in any language that both participants share. Skill assessment is based on demonstrated ability, not language proficiency — unless language itself is the skill being verified.
Many remote-first companies use Lemma as their sole pre-screen. You still do a final conversation, but that conversation is about team fit — the skill question is already settled.
SCI scores are standardized globally. A score of 75 in Python means the same thing regardless of where the candidate is. You compare apples to apples for the first time.
Yes. You can configure minimum tier or score thresholds per skill when sending assessment invites. Only candidates who meet the threshold are surfaced in your review queue.
The best engineers don't all live in the same city.
Lemma helps you find and verify them wherever they are.