Every job and every company is different so there is no standard answer to any of your questions. Communication among remote teams can range from email, phone,

Every job and every company is different so there is no standard answer to any of your questions. Communication among remote teams can range from email, phone, Skype, IM, etc... Your tasks, deadlines, and frequency will completely depend on the job you are hired for. As for interviewing, I would be very surprised to find a company that would hire entirely off of email interviews (unless you are a freelancing jobs off of something like elance). At minimum, I would say a phone interview is going to happen for a "real job". If it is a bigger company they may fly you in for face-to-face interviews.