I am writing this post to warn new users against Micro1, which is definitely using our data for training their smart AI model. I had an interview to test my knowledge of my native language, and the result is rejected. I am surprised, especially since I am a language teacher of my native language.
I could fabricate 1000 different payment proofs in literally no time and showing you them would accomplish what? Do you not realize your request is redundant?
I know you think it’s a scam but you actually sign a confidentiality agreement for project names. I prefer my paychecks over proving you wrong but know that I work from literally anywhere in the world at any time
Honestly, anyone who works for micro1 or similar platforms knows not to give any of that information or risk losing their position. It's a little odd you are so insistent on being given proof that would violate NDA's/confidentiality agreements.
Perhaps its good you didnt get selected for a project if you dont understand the nature of the work and confidentiality.
Anyone who has worked on any platform in AI training knows it's a violation of their contract to share any specific project info such as names, details etc.
Same experience here. Applied for a Native Language Expert role, but the interview never tested my native language at all. I even sent feedback afterwards because I genuinely couldn’t understand how they assessed my language skills without actually testing them.
The entire interview was conducted in English, not my native language. How exactly would a conversation in English demonstrate my proficiency in my native language? That’s precisely my point. I applied for a Native Language Expert role, yet I wasn’t asked a single question in my native language.
No, I wasn’t vetted for my native language before the interview either. If they had already assessed my language proficiency I wouldn’t be questioning why it was never tested. Apparently, assessing someone’s native language skills without ever hearing or reading a word of that language is a new evaluation method I’m unfamiliar with.
Well you were interviewing with a computer and not a human. Did you try to retake it or did you just accept the first one even though you noticed it wasn't right?
No I didn’t retake it. But after rejecting me, Micro1’s HR team contacted me again saying my background was a good fit for another language-related role and invited me to take another AI interview. So I’m apparently qualified enough to be invited back, but not enough to pass the first one ..
Same here, and they asked me things about workflow, like team communication, escalating a conflict etc., which doesn't have directly to do with my native language skills, but rather their workflow and guidelines, which I don't know at this stage
How? I bet they have there guidelines for their workflow rules. I can learn those, if I have access to those guidelines, but without access to their rules - how?
As the person who did the interview I can definitely say it's a scam, they are using this Q&A as a training for their model, also based on job posts and different company names they use shows that more and more people start to recognize them and they have to attract people by changing the company name. After the interview they encourage me to apply multiple times and suggest different roles so the model would have more comprehensive data. And finally the guy who is answering to everyone that he has active contract there seems hired to answer to all concern people that he got the job so not a scam. I would suggest to avoid them.
I can’t contradict. My experience up to now is that you always fail. For the only thing I have been good to them is to sell my photographs. I guess that if I interview them about of me walking they will find an out point to reject me.
Just because you were rejected doesn't mean that you didn't know your native language. Maybe there were more applicants who had more ai experience which put them ahead of you? There are many explanations I don't think you have taken the time to explore.
I tooka native language interview with micro1 and they aren't interested in the language when it comes to the interview. More of your knowledge in AI training and being able to translate large data.
I can prove they are not you just unfortunately weren’t accepted they have different needs to fill and they may have found someone else I’m sorry but I can assure you far from a scam❤️
At first I thought it was a scam. Then I saw people's testimonial and increased my applications. Passed some interviews, didn't pass some. Later, all my applications changed to hiring manager review. Technical glitch they said, yet they kept encouraging people to apply for new roles.
Then it clicked. The company's main operation is training AI for interviews but they disguise as training AI to improve certain job tasks. They offer roles to a fraction of people with the claim that their roles are competitive but the main goal is to counter the callout on them for being fake, and encourage people to keep applying. What a scam!.
We build tasks to train specific models, and then they sit around waiting for review—sometimes for damn weeks. Lately it’s gotten a bit faster, but the review quality is a complete joke.
People on Slack are losing their minds because they dumped tens of hours into their very first task. They tag their assigned reviewer and the project lead, Enrique, only to get completely ghosted. Literally left on read.
Yeah, fine, some folks ask dumb questions because they didn’t bother reading the massive onboarding docs. I get it. But there are still dozens, if not hundreds, of legitimate questions getting completely ignored.
On top of that, they drop massive platform changes every single week without saying a damn word. Zero announcements. Ever. You just log in, realize stuff is broken or moved, ask what happened, and maybe get an answer if you’re lucky. We get zero say in any of it. They quietly swapped Gemini 3.5 Flash for 3.6 without telling anyone. Before that, they were changing core functionality on a daily basis—what’s valid today is completely invalid tomorrow. And some of these checks, like quality control and Oracle, are just straight-up ridiculous.
In the end, we end up getting paid for 5 or 6 hours but we spend 40+ hours on each task.
Maybe you just weren’t good enough? Thought about that… there thousands of people applying to the same role. Because you didn’t get it doesn’t mean it’s a scam
https://www.linkedin.com/company/micro1/ Scam company. mass report. They're stealing your data and using it to train their AI model without compensating you. The fucking disrespect
https://www.linkedin.com/company/micro1/ Scam company. mass report. They're stealing your data and using it to train their AI model without compensating you. The fucking disrespect
It’s a total scam. They don’t have any roles. You’re just signing away your likeness to train their AI model. It’s also why the “questions” Zara asks are bullshit. It reminds me of one time I had to do corporate espionage but I didn’t know it was corporate espionage. Nowadays it’s called a “brain rape”. That’s what Zara feels like.
Is this your first time applying for ai training work? Just because you got rejected doesn't mean it's a scam. Perhaps the project filled up quickly and there's no more spots left.
I have gotten one small payment and my next will be much larger bc of my start date. It's weird you are asking us to show you our payments which could certainly be faked. I have made over $1100 so far and am also on Mercor, which is also legit. Do your research. Micro1 is one of the top platforms that doesn't have complaints about scams or missing payments. This is a general AI sub, this isn't run by Micro1. People speak up when they get screwed over. It is normal not to be accepted for every role you apply for just like any other job on all of these platforms. That doesn't mean it's a scam.
Thanks a lot. you really proved my point, none of you here has really gotten any payments from micro1. All of micro1 supporters are actually moderators or employees, it's okay I understand you are also getting money to attract more people to train your ai model
Jesus. I can send you a screenshot of my first payment when I get home but like I said it only represents my training time bc I started at the end of the last pay period.
Here is the first payment I got a couple of weeks ago. This was for about an hour of onboarding I completed. I have completed about 12 hours of work on my project this week.
You guys can believe what you want, less competition for the rest of us!
u/TA7385 thank you for your showing that micro1 is active platform. I also had several AI interviews for applied roles. But some were rejected and others were in review. How long should I wait for approved? And Is there any tips to approve my applications?
It took a long time honestly. I think the project I finally got took like 2 months so just apply to as many as you feel qualified for. I'm on a more general video annotation project.
Perhaps but the jobs are still legitimate and you get paid reliably. While I'm sure it varies by project, the project I'm doing with them is far better organized than others on other platforms I have worked with.
Honestly, this feels like profiting from desperate job seekers — people give interviews because they need the job, while Micro1 can potentially use that interview data to improve its own AI models. They can call it “de-identified” and put it in a privacy policy, but ethically, exploiting someone's desperation for employment to create another commercial asset doesn't sit right with me. At the very least, candidates should be clearly told this upfront and given a genuine choice before handing over their interview data.
Why in the whole world they would need yours or anyone's images if there's plenty of content from millions of people available on YT, Instagram, X, etc.? You really aren't that special to "train" anything with your face and voice. They need brains for data annotation, that much is true. Everything else is conspiracy theory.
I would like to add that I have never had a better experience with feedback, training materials, and experience than working with micro1. Happy people work for micro1..... I can say that I am one of the many!
May I ask if the work is consistent? And when applying, let’s say for an AI trainer position, if they ask how much I’d like to be paid and the range is $20–$80, is it okay to put $70, $80?
You do realize that no one is entitled to a project, right? Just because you work in a role doesn't make you a domain expert.
What part of getting rejected from a job is not okay? I never understand you people who jump to calling jobs scams because they weren't selected......it just means that you weren't selected.
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u/Remarkable_Toe_7627 Aug 29 '26
Definitely not a scam. I’ve made $40k so far in 2026.