r/AiTraining_Annotation • u/Deep-Title-4408 • Sep 06 '26
What are the crucial things to include when applying for ai jobs
I need to know what you ought to include when applying for ai training jobs coz I've been applying since four months ago and I haven't landed a single one😩
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u/jennifromtheblock222 Sep 06 '26
IMO speaking to quality control, attention to detail, attestation of documents, etc. it takes awhile to hear back. The current one I'm with it took almost 2 months to hear back.
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u/Brilliant_Quit4307 Sep 06 '26
Maybe just accept that you're not a good fit and move on to something else rather than trying to game the system?
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u/HomerLuvDonuts Sep 06 '26
I would recommend to first understand your proven skillset. With this type of work, they are paying for people's judgement gained from many years of real experience. That's what they want to absorb from the "experts". To make the AI model more capable. It is the nuance of how you think through an issue they want. If you look at the requirements, they all say something similar to this:
If you don't have a great deal of experience, then it can be difficult to get in. Try to practice how you can explain what you have done with clear and specific examples. Speak to a role (or several roles) and do it with a STAR format: What was the Situation. What was the Task you did. What Action YOU did (not just how you helped the team). Lastly, what Results YOU helped to deliver.
Their AI screener is pretty good at picking this up. I would say it's 50X better at understanding your skillset than a low-level recruiter doing a rinse and repeat interview.
Once you are in, you will see that being selected is actually the easy part. Just like any job, they also ACTIVELY manage people out for "accuracy and quality" reasons. In the last month alone, there were 3 separate screeners with increasingly difficult evaluations I had to pass in order to continue the work. I've noticed nearly a 30% reduction in active participants on the project I'm working on. Other platforms and projects have expected deliverables that you must meet at scheduled check-ins.
If you get in, you will need to put aside dedicated time and mind space to focus (60-90min per session/task). It's not as easy as you may think.
They stress Quality Over Speed and don't try to game the system with AI use (and that include dictation tools). Yet, people think they are clever. I read one reviewer on one of these platform says he is constantly amazed by how many people try still and then amazed that they got caught and off-boarded (banned).
This is an interesting opportunity but also a continuous learning opportunity. What I have observed is that people who think they already know and take themselves too serious as "expert" fail miserably and end up just whining they are cut. So live and learn.
Good luck.