Timeline for I was asked to pay to write technical written test for internship
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| Jan 19, 2020 at 6:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackWorkplace/status/1218775244191813632 | ||
| Jan 19, 2020 at 3:05 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Jan 15, 2020 at 14:58 | comment | added | shabunc | Don't do it, withdraw and never talk to them ever. It's not normal. | |
| Jan 15, 2020 at 9:53 | answer | added | Jeremy | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jan 14, 2020 at 23:26 | comment | added | Solomon Ucko | FWIW, to me, "writing the test" sounds like you're the one making the questions. I'd probably use "taking the test" instead. | |
| Jan 14, 2020 at 21:19 | answer | added | Eugene | timeline score: 0 | |
| Jan 14, 2020 at 3:46 | comment | added | Therac | " and they're expecting me to learn them in less than a week " - They most certainly don't. They're expecting only people confident with such questions to apply. | |
| Jan 13, 2020 at 9:46 | answer | added | Peter | timeline score: 89 | |
| Jan 13, 2020 at 7:56 | comment | added | Perry | You "just realized that they're making me pay over $200" How did you come to that conclusion? Did they specifically inquire you about paying the money? I'm asking because I also wrote one these tests once for a similar position where they sent me a booking confirmation, in which the price of the test was written down. I was worried that I'd have to pay the amount but in the end it was only the company paying for using the third party location to carry out the test. | |
| Jan 12, 2020 at 22:55 | comment | added | jcaron | I'm confused. This is a UK company and you quote a cost in $. Where are you based? Where is the job? Where do you sit the exam? Is this a company-specific exam, or is it something that would be re-usable somewhere else? | |
| Jan 12, 2020 at 19:38 | comment | added | questionerofdy | Is this a standardized test that would apply to other companies in the industry? I'm not in the field but my understanding is some fields such as actuarial candidates strongly benefit from taking standardized tests like the P exam which costs $225. I would be extremely hesitant either way. | |
| Jan 12, 2020 at 18:28 | comment | added | Harper - Reinstate Monica | Did you send email to the address you found on glassdoor, or did you search for that info on the official company website? I think skepticism is in order, the company could be real but the Glassdoor presence could be fake. | |
| Jan 12, 2020 at 17:34 | comment | added | Bernhard Barker | I'm voting to close this question because you are the only one who can judge how likely you are to pass the test based on the practice questions, how badly you want the job and how much $200 is worth to you. You're also the only one who can research the company and look out for signs of a scam (as in the person not being who they claim to be). Although whether this practice is common (or at least not unheard of) or something you should worry about would've been an answerable question. | |
| Jan 12, 2020 at 17:28 | answer | added | davnicwil | timeline score: 118 | |
| Jan 12, 2020 at 17:08 | comment | added | Ted | I applied through Glassdoor, and just emailed their HR team to confirm at the moment. | |
| Jan 12, 2020 at 16:16 | comment | added | WoJ | Are you sure you are talking to the real company? and not to someone who is pretending to be it? This idea to have candidates for in internship (or whatever candidates for that matter) to pay for a test is incredible. | |
| S Jan 12, 2020 at 15:46 | history | suggested | psmears | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Improve wording and grammar
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| Jan 12, 2020 at 15:43 | review | Suggested edits | |||
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| Jan 12, 2020 at 15:13 | history | became hot network question | |||
| Jan 12, 2020 at 14:37 | answer | added | Patricia Shanahan | timeline score: 14 | |
| Jan 12, 2020 at 12:10 | answer | added | Joe Strazzere | timeline score: 29 | |
| Jan 12, 2020 at 9:39 | comment | added | Aida Paul | "I just realized that they're making me to pay over $200 - just to sit and write an exam." Who do you pay this money to? | |
| Jan 12, 2020 at 9:19 | answer | added | NoneDB | timeline score: 14 | |
| Jan 12, 2020 at 8:50 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Jan 12, 2020 at 7:05 | review | First posts | |||
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| Jan 12, 2020 at 7:05 | history | asked | Ted | CC BY-SA 4.0 |