Anyone taking the iSoftStone exam this weekend?!
I've just downloaded the guidelines, and am currently trying to summon the strength to start reading them..
What! Now I have double the queries again. This is really strange.
Just noticed the latest email instructing us to stop working on it. I really hope this doesn't mean having to do the whole thing again.
I haven't done the sets yet. So how different are the rating methods compared with Appens? It looks similar, except for the 'Perfects'.
Has anyone elses available hit apps gone back up to 229 today?
Seems you aren't supposed to take the practice set on Wednesdays, as that's the day that the queries in it get refreshed. Which explains why when we were sent the guidelines on Wednesday last week, we were told not to move onto the practice questions until 24 hours later. Suppose he just didn't know why that was..
Anyway, I've been moved on to the final exam stage.. Despite that the fact that due to the problems with the pops-up yesterday, I barely learned anything from doing the practice questions. So, as the exam pass mark is pretty high, I'm not exactly feeling very confident about my ability to pass.
Oh, would have been good of them to explain that in the guidelines.
Good luck with the final exam, I don't think I'll even make it that far.
I would ignore the category names TBH, i just found it misleading. Many of the things we had to take account of at appen don't apply here.
In other news, I've got the NDA for the crowdsourcing. Anyone else apply for that?
Does this look easier overall than Appen then?
No off-by?? Where the hell is this client where I am?!
Hmmm. The task seems logical so potentially easier than appen, but only IF the on the job audits are sensible. A certain fraction of what I'm seeing in the training set is not sensible/seems to just make stuff up. So I'm wary that this is the same old guessing game where raters get penalised for lazy, too-good-to-be-wrong auditing.
But i really hope I'm wrong!
The training data is over 6 months old... How are we supposed to correctly rate that :-/ It's also out of market and mostly 'questionable' ratings.
Last edited by Maktina; 25-07-2014 at 6:28 AM.
Had quite a few ratings which seemed contradictory in the training set.
Anyone completed the tests yet?
Think I failed.. Am confused though.
I completed it, but I rushed most of the queries as I began to rapidly get fed up with the way things were rated (and the fact that it was out of market and out-dated didn't help). Coming from an intensive background with Appen and their strict qualification tests, this just felt 'slapped together'. It's literally pot luck at this point. I guess we don't get a second chance as I don't see any mention of that?
Last edited by Maktina; 25-07-2014 at 1:39 PM.
And no, not sure about the second chance. Feel we should considering the amount of time we've invested, though. Plus, you usually do in tests for similar jobs (Appen WSE, LB IA etc).
Last edited by MallRat; 25-07-2014 at 2:24 PM.
Well, weirdly it appears that I DID pass. Seems I was right about failing to spot the "close enoughs" early on!
Good luck to everyone else. Don't really want to be doing this thing alone, for a start!
Does anyone know if you can do the internet search evaluator and transcription jobs at the same time with iSoftStone? I am kind of tempted to apply for both, but I don't want to ruin my chances of getting either!
Hi Bex, do you work for Appen too? I transcribe for Appen but I don't do WSE. I have never heard about a conflict with transcription and I don't recall signing a contract with Appen to say that I wouldn't work for anyone else. That wouldn't be something I would be inclined to sign as there is no way you could survive on such sporadic work!
I've just completed the training set, how long does it take to find out whether I passed or failed?
If you log back in to UHRS and click "My Report" you'll see how many you got right, so you can work it out yourself. Not too sure when you can expect to get an official email though considering it's now Friday.
Going by those stats missed the requirement by 0.1%..
Last edited by FerrisBueller; 25-07-2014 at 9:19 PM.
Oh, that's disappointing. Especially considering how long it takes to do.
I'd assume they'll give people another chance on both the training set and final tests though, having gone through 4 or 5 qualification processes for similar jobs before. At least you should be in a pretty good position to pass that, if so.