Does anyone work for 'any question answered'?

[AB]

http://www.aqa.63336.com/

So they charge some mug £1.20 to ask a question and pay another mug 30p to answer the question.

Excellent idea...

So if you take a couple of mins to google something and reply you could do maybe 20 questions in an hour as a reserved estimate which makes £6/hour.

BUT you can do it in bed, in front of the TV, not much concentration needed!

Thinking of giving it a go for a laugh, allegedly the selection criteria are pretty strong, so keen to find out if my grammar etc is up to scratch - should be after so many PH lessons!

[okgo]

I'm going to give it a go mate, are you?

[AB]

Yeah, i think so. May as well see if I'm good enough!!

[okgo]

Yep.

I've sent the email off, now they've replied saying the test will be coming in a couple of days.

Wonder how many you could actually get through in an hour...

[AB]

I've had the test/application form back already. Took the test, 12 'googleable' questions which they say should take no longer than two hours took me 25 mins.

You should get the test back by return, unless I got a bit lucky in that she was at her inbox when I sent off the email.

[okgo]

I've got it too.

Do you think it will be ok to wait till I get home to do it?

[AB]

It says 48 hours but it also says first come first served - it didn't take long to fill in to be honest.

Let me know when you get a response, I fully expect to be turned down!!

[okgo]

Fair enough chap, I'll be doing it when I get home in about an hour and a half.

[lord-of-creation]

Surely they don't get enough questions through for you to earn £6 an hour when you consider they must already have a few people working for them

What kind of muppet pays that when you can just google it

[AB]

lord-of-creation said:

Surely they don't get enough questions through for you to earn £6 an hour when you consider they must already have a few people working for them

What kind of muppet pays that when you can just google it

They seem to recruit regularly so it appears they do.

I agree re the muppet bit though, with the growing popularity of smart phones, surely AQA's days are numbered?

[lord-of-creation]

What's the reason for so many failing the test?

Are you required to structure your answer in a specific style?

[Nolar Dog]

A friend of ours works for them and tells me the future is looking bleak for the company so surprised to hear they are still recruiting.

[simonrockman]

The rival company - textperts - was absorbed by 118118.

[10JH]

Nolar Dog said:

A friend of ours works for them and tells me the future is looking bleak for the company so surprised to hear they are still recruiting.

I'm not surprised. With so many mobiles able to access the internet for free, there is little need for them.

[okgo]

I've filled it all in and sent it back, thought they were pretty good answers. Although its quite un-natural to write answers in the way they would like. But I think I did ok! We'll see!

[Zad]

Hmm. I am probably wrong, but... It does have the whiff of a pyramid scheme about it. The classic 1990s one was addressing envelopes, and the person up the chain sends back 90% of the envelopes with "I'm sorry you did this wrongly, try again".

[okgo]

In what possible way does this resemble a pyramid scheme?

[AB]

I'm sure a friend of mine said he did it for a while, spend a couple of hours a night answering some questions and was making £300 worth of beer each month. I sit in front of the TV with laptop on knee anyway so definitely worth a punt even if they go pop in a couple of months.

[okgo]

Agree with that, I have sat here all night doing bugger all

[simonrockman]

Zad said:

Hmm. I am probably wrong, but... It does have the whiff of a pyramid scheme about it. The classic 1990s one was addressing envelopes, and the person up the chain sends back 90% of the envelopes with "I'm sorry you did this wrongly, try again".

The people behind it are all pukka. I may have reservations about the long term financial prospects for something that tries to go up against 1181118 but Colly Myers - who founded the company is smart, honest and ex-Psion:

http://www.entrepreneurcountry.net/articles/entrep...

Simon