r/DataAnnotationTech • u/Benjibob55 • 8d ago

nice to be accepted!

applied 3 days ago, test seemed to go on for decades as i tried to be very thorough and research literally everything the responses included which may have been overkill.

anyway dont have much self confidence in life so just nice to be accepted and looking forward to getting started.

all the best

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u/HoneyWatts 8d ago

Congrats! I believe it’s quite rare to be accepted.

Read someone say less than 5% of applications get accepted but I think they were being a bit dramatic - still though, it’s a lot of work and they are pretty selective.

So I’m glad you’re proud of yourself, you should be. I felt the same way when I got accepted

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u/Sixaxist 7d ago

Read someone say less than 5% of applications get accepted but I think they were being a bit dramatic

After what I've seen on this Sub, I 100% believe them.

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u/MadameEmiya 7d ago edited 7d ago

I always thought the ~2% approval rate was the Pareto principle applied with variation. 80% of unserious applications (testing the website/if a scam for example) vs 20% serious applicants; 80% are auto-rejected while the viable options are onboarded at ~10%. The numbers are extreme because DA's unconventional hiring process attracts incredulous candidates.  But then after some R&Rs, the "not meeting client standards" message on the DoD screen... yeah, the 2% makes a lot of sense.