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>Provided the documents, went through the visual verification with a webcam, answered the questions, and solved the programming task live, ... Excuse me, WTF?
by moralestapia 4y ago
>Provided the documents, went through the visual verification with a webcam, answered the questions, and solved the programming task live, ...
Excuse me, WTF? You have to code something in order to get verified? (!)
- geraldwhen 4y agoWhen I did it it was form questions like how to do an SQL join. The questions were not related at all to the work you were trying to do.
- lloydatkinson 4y agoFortunately my experience was just me talking about skills I'd listed I had experience with for maybe a minute or less. All on camera while I couldn't see them of course.
- unconed 4y agoI have already heard of one story close to me of a company that had to fire someone because they faked their interview coding assignment.
- nraynaud 4y agoI have had a CBP officer asking me very light questions around python.
- miohtama 4y agoFraud is likely a huge issue on Upwork - Set up fake profile - Set up a bot army to vote you up - Take clients money, never deliver or deliver some random crap duct taped together with ChatGPT README
- tgsovlerkhgsel 4y ago> - Take clients money This part is usually solved with escrow systems so the scammer wouldn't get anything until the client confirms they're happy, so why isn't that what Upwork is doing?
- goodpoint 4y agoIf clients keep paying it means they are happy with the work delivered. But if upwork really wants to implement coding tests they have to do it BEFORE assigning customers to the developer. Especially before $10K have been spent.
- ejanus 4y agoDo they do coding test? I have not heard that before.
- joenot443 4y agoThere are blackhat hacking forums with a better reputation and fraud protection system than Upwork. If all it takes is a “bot army” to make a profile seem legit, they’ve created this problem for themselves.