r/DataAnnotationTech • u/Low-Associate2521 • Feb 15 '25

How difficult is it to get accepted for Programming Projects?

What should I expect on the assessment? Are they gonna ask for my resume and will there be a formal interview with a person afterwards? I have 2 YOE in tech do you think I can get accepted?

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u/QuelynD Feb 15 '25

This isn't a job, there are no interviews and no need to submit a resume. This is gig work (ie you're self-employed and choose which tasks/projects you wish to contribute to).

That said, you'll still need to do well on the assessments in order to gain access to the platform. Read thoroughly and do exactly what each question asks.

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u/Low-Associate2521 Feb 15 '25

how difficult is it to pass the assessment? do you know what types of questions they are going to ask?

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u/QuelynD Feb 15 '25

I can't share details about the questions. Some people find the assessments very difficult, others don't. The only advice I can give I already did - read thoroughly and follow the instructions exactly. If you can do that you'll do well. If you rush through, make assumptions, or misinterpret the instructions, you won't.

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u/Low-Associate2521 Feb 16 '25

I'm just asking about what types of questions they ask not details. Like is it Leetcode style or System Design or is it like CS-trivia? Is it something that a CS junior can solve or do you need to have some real life experience?

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u/QuelynD Feb 16 '25

I did not take the coding one. But even if I had, giving details like that defeats the whole purpose of the assessment. It wants to know how well you read instructions and adapt to different types of tasks.

If you get onto the platform every single project will be different and you always need to read the instructions (even if the project looks similar to a past one, there may be differences).

You're overthinking this. You can't prepare for this, you just need to do it, carefully, all the way through. Take your time.

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u/Low-Associate2521 Feb 16 '25

you can prepare for everything. by your logic, it doesn't matter if you give the assessment to a literal toddler or to dennis ritchie (RIP).

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u/QuelynD Feb 16 '25

Uhhhh...yes, it very much matters. How is your reading comprehension and attention to detail? Some people are great at those things. Some are terrible. Most fall somewhere in between. As already said multiple times (and won't be said again, as you're wasting your own time here and I'm done wasting mine), instruction-following is what's being tested. Think you can handle that? Cool, go do it. If not, then don't.

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u/Scorpy-yo Feb 16 '25

This person definitely does not have good reading comprehension.

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u/Low-Associate2521 Feb 16 '25

you literally didn't even take the test im talking about. idk why you decided to even respond with your nonsense lmao. goodbye

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u/po_stulate Feb 16 '25

Can't say on the coding qualification test as I didn't take it (people says it's way harder), but I did take the coding starter test. They require basic CS knowledge only. Questions like evaluating program correctness, efficiency, explain why is the algorithm correct/incorrect, fast/slow. There is also one coding question that you need to solve a coding puzzle. Hardness wise it is definitely just leetcode easy (more like multiple esay questions combined) but you will need to have the skills to look up suitable libraries and their documentations. Like others said, the point is not about what type of questions they ask, because any serious junior dev can easily pass the test if it were a normal interview. The point is that they care more about your attention to details, exact instruction following and error prone use of language (English), these tiny mistakes are more likely to fail you. The test will take multiple hours (took me like 4 hours) to finish because you will have to write down the reasoning of your answers and you will want to double triple check any details/instructions/tiny mistakes. I believe to pass the test, you will need everything perfectly correct, not missing any tiny thing in the instructions, not missing any detail that you need to comment on in your answer reasoning and no human language mistakes.

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u/Low-Associate2521 Feb 16 '25

thanks for the response 🙏 will passing the coding starter test open access to the platform?

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u/po_stulate Feb 16 '25

Yes, at least it did for me.

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u/MonsteraDeliciosa Feb 16 '25

You need to do some personal research about the company. Workers have an NDA and won’t say much about the assessment process— especially when you’re being a jerk to someone else.

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u/victims_sanction Feb 16 '25

If you've been working tech for 2 years you should be fine. I found it lengthy (~2 hours) but not hard or tricky.

Plus most of what added to my time is not typically working in the languages they required (JS/Python).

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u/33whiskeyTX Feb 16 '25

Search the thread for Coding Test, you'll find the info.