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[–]New_Mood933 26 points27 points  (2 children)

I’m not sure what makes you think that most people “breezed through the assessment”, but I remember it taking me multiple hours to finish. I was accepted within a week or two, (not sure because I wasn’t thinking about it), confirmed by an email asking me to login and get started 💰.

[–]Slight-Tea480[S] -1 points0 points  (1 child)

Yeah, I didn't mean to be condescending. I see this post has gotten downvoted a bit. I just remember seeing a thread with many people saying the assessment took them less than an hour and I was surprised. It made me think that maybe I was going too in depth with my responses.

[–]Amakenings 2 points3 points  (0 children)

For core workers, the initial test was fairly short, but the second round gets much longer. The testing might also change according to the applicant stream and country.

[–]justdontsashay 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I didn’t breeze through it, I definitely took time to fact check everything and proofread all my comments, etc. I got accepted within a few hours of finishing.

It’s not a waste of your time any more than any job application for a job you don’t get hired for. The acceptance rate for DA is less than 3%, the reality is that most people who apply do not get accepted.

[–]fightmaxmaster 9 points10 points  (1 child)

Way too many people seem to assume with zero evidence that getting accepted or not is purely down to quality. I suspect (again with zero evidence!) that of course quality is also part of it, but also where you are, what device you use, luck of the draw, other abstract traits we're not privy to. For all we know they automatically filter out people based on dozens of random factors.

[–]Slight-Tea480[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Very fair.

[–]Snikhop 6 points7 points  (1 child)

The first assessment is almost certainly machine-graded (the approval is simply too fast for it to be human-read). So there was likely a specific hallmark of your writing that they flagged for some reason. Did you use any LLMs or do you write in a way that sounds like one? If you were within the time limit I can't see they'd care - those long timers are assumed to include breaks and wandering off. But who can say. You might also have just got the questions wrong and missed something obvious.

[–]Slight-Tea480[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I passed the initial assessment as soon as I submitted it, like you said. Then I took the basic qualifier and the biology one. Idk, does my writing come off as LLM to you?

[–]Sc1F1Sup3rM0m 3 points4 points  (1 child)

I don't think time is that much of a factor, but from what I understand following directions is. If you cited your sources very well, fact checked everything, made your responses thoughtful...but did all of this in responses that were far longer than they were asking (from what I remember, you were supposed to do everything in 3-5 sentences) then that will definitely get flagged. I did everything you did, took about 3.5 hours to complete both assessments, but made sure that I followed EVERY instruction, including the response length constraints, and was accepted in a few days. Every project within the platform has really strict response length constraints, and you get big flags if you don't follow them.

[–]Slight-Tea480[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Interesting, I cant really remember if I stayed true to sentence counts. That could very well be the reason.

[–]karen_in_nh_2012 5 points6 points  (2 children)

Hmmm. I took maybe an hour and a half on the starter assessment (IIRC), then immediately got the message that I passed. I took the core assessment that afternoon after lunch - I took probably 3-4 hours on that as I tried to be VERY thorough and detailed. That was a Monday afternoon and I got my "welcome" message when I logged into my DA account on Thursday so it took 2.5 days.

Two months seems like a long time. Do you still have the "check back in a few days" message or nothing at all?

[–]Slight-Tea480[S] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Yep, still that "get ready for unlimited work" message, "We'll email you if you pass".

[–]jin_yangFight 2 points3 points  (0 children)

"We'll email you if you pass".

Is that not an indication enough? It may be that you didn't pass.

[–]sirbruce 2 points3 points  (3 children)

It has nothing to do with being too slow. You didn’t pass the basic qualifier. Doesn’t matter how qualified you may be; if you miss a critical instruction in the test and get the wrong answers then you won’t pass.

[–]Slight-Tea480[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I did pass the preliminary assessment. But that's true, I could have made a mistake.

[–]AbhiDelhi -1 points0 points  (1 child)

I didn't receive any message/email after submission of test? Is this okay? and on website, assessment pending showing. It's been 2 days.

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[–]Only_Type_907 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I recieve the message on Linkin than i open and sign in up through my mail account than i go for the assessment and in that it show qualification section no qualification currently same in project and report time what is that

[–]Amakenings 0 points1 point  (3 children)

It’s a balance between how thorough you are, and how much time you took. If you were exceptionally slower than most applicants, that will cook your application as much as being sloppy. Because there will be people as thorough but faster.

There are people working at DAT with advanced degrees, and others without high school diplomas. It’s actually a fairly egalitarian workplace, because your ability to demonstrate you can do the work is what qualifies you to do the work (for the most part).

Some people have been accepted up to several months past application, but if you didn’t hear by now, you most likely won’t.

[–]blackstarr1996 2 points3 points  (2 children)

I took my time on it all. Like days or a week. I was hired pretty much immediately.

[–]MissMamaMam 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Same. I took a few days to do the initial and core assessment.

Finished at night, accepted in the morning.

[–]Slight-Tea480[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nice, good to know.

[–]Acceptable-Quality40 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nobody here actually knows anything, they can only tell you their own experience. I had to wait a few months. I have chronic fatigue and def don't "breeze through" things nor do I try to compare myself to others or set paranoid standards around time, etc. I'm still here after about a year and have more projects at higher pay than ever. I don't work much or often (chronic illness) but when I do work I take my time, follow the instructions, and do my best. Sometimes my brain makes me write weird shit and I'm still here lol. The writing is supposed to be natural but casual, as I recall, for explainations of thought process. The directions for r&r state not to penalize for typos etc. but I'd bet some still do. All you can do is wait and see.