oDesk Community - oDesk Readiness Test - Comments

Submit A Help Ticket

pkalimuthu — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 21:27:34 -0700

Hi Shoaib,

Try submitting a help ticket mentioning the exact issue.

Thanks.

Pothi.

Appearance of oDesk ready

smarfatiya — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 20:48:55 -0700

In fact I have passed oDesk ready test but whenever I login text demanding oDesk test appear first and every time I have to click another button and avoid it!

The rest of the oDesk Skill

jpittenger — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 08:07:49 -0700

The rest of the oDesk Skill tests require a waiting period. The oDesk Readiness Test can be retaken immediately, and as many times as necessary.

Jacqui Pittenger :: Forum Moderator
Need help? Visit the Help Center - http://www.odesk.com/help :: Are you oDesk Ready? Take the ORT today!

I do not believe

doreenmartel — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 05:32:29 -0700

wsabry wrote:

Hi all,

I have a provider that I was asked by my client to invite to our team
but he has failed the readiness test and as I understood from him that
it requires a retake after one month . If what he is saying is true , I can't find it logic that this
specific test needs whole one month waiting period just to retake . May
be you fellows at odesk has a point there but can we please know it .

I don't work for oDesk but my understanding is there is no timeframe on the readiness test as there are on others. If a person should fail it they can take it again immediately. Doreen

Readiness test failure

wsabry — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 04:07:51 -0700

Hi all,

hi

harison — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:44:00 -0700

i have been impressed by this article and hence learned a lot form theses site when comimg to odesk the test you are conducting is essentially seems to be good and carry on

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page stuck on the last question?

katrines — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 08:00:50 -0700

On the subject of the Readiness test...

I was able to finish all the questions within the time limit with no problem. At the last question, I ticked my answer and when I clicked on next... the page just stays there. It shows that it's loading --- I can see the bar at the bottom and a busy icon with my cursor --- but that's it. I left it like that for several minutes, then checked my profile to see if it may be updated and it's just my browser that's stuck. My profile shows that I'm now oDesk ready, which means I passed the test.

Just an FYI for anyone who might experience a similar problem. Don't close the page, but check your profile first. If it shows you've passed, then you can probably close the test window. Cheers!

One point of Clarification ...

yang — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 14:30:59 -0700

Please note that the feedback that you receive at the end of the test is a numbered list of questions you got wrong on the test. However, the numbers themselves are NOT correlated to the question number, as they appear on the test. Therefore, chances are, if you had gotten 10 questions incorrect on the test, they will be listed at the end of the test but it does NOT mean you necessarily got questions 1 through 10 wrong on the test.

Hope this helps. In order to completely remove any confusion, we've already asked our test hosting vendor to no longer number the feedback.

Yang

oDesk

For anyone

doreenmartel — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 08:22:05 -0700

Who insists that the first 10 questions do not have a 'right' answer in them I would recommend you look at my profile. I not only got the mysterious first 10 questions right but managed to get all of them right.

Doreen

Please read our testing

jpittenger — Wed, 28 May 2008 08:13:07 -0700

Please read our testing policy - even though this is an open book est, sharing answers is strictly prohibited.

I assure you that the test does work and hundreds of providers have succeeded in passing it already. http://www.odesk.com/tests/647

If you are having difficulty, please go through the test and open each linked article. Take the time to read through them before you retake the test. All the answers are in the linked articles.

Jacqui Pittenger :: Forum Moderator
Are you oDesk Ready? Take the ORT today!
Need help? Visit the Help Center - http://www.odesk.com/help

Freakin' awesome, man.

awashington — Tue, 27 May 2008 19:14:13 -0700

Been waiting for this as a buyer.

It's not really surprising when you look at the stats, though, and notice that half the providers failed the test. There were 2 questions I had a hard time understanding, but still, easily passable.

Arron Washington

you might

doreenmartel — Tue, 27 May 2008 18:08:14 -0700

cpisano wrote:

Hi I have taken that test 50 times and there is no answers for 1-10 Ihave written down the answers and have tried every answer and there is no answers for 1-10. Can anyone give me the answers from 1-10 as they simply do not work for me.

Want to try number 51. I can assure you they do work. I was in the 'test'group and they were fine - and while you do have to do some 'homework' before completing the test successfully, you can't just randomly select numbers to get to 'ready' status.

Hello

cpisano — Tue, 27 May 2008 18:02:08 -0700

Small world

jobuckley — Fri, 23 May 2008 07:11:05 -0700

Hi Jacqui,

Thanks for that, wow... I can't believe you know my home town, the world certainly is nowhere near as big as it used to be! How long were you here for?

The icons won't be activated

jpittenger — Fri, 23 May 2008 06:42:00 -0700

The icons won't be activated until the test is required (June 4th). You've billed hours in the past 90 days, so you will receive the badge automatically. I recommend you take the test anyway though - everyone can benefit from it.

Update: Everyone can now check their oDesk Readiness just above the profile completedness bar in your provider profile editor (My oDesk -> Profile & Settings -> My Provider Profile)

PS - I used to live in Cobh, Co. Cork, so reading your profile just took me a nice trip down memory lane...

Jacqui Pittenger :: Forum Moderator

Are you oDesk Ready? Take the ORT today!
Need help? Visit the Help Center - http://www.odesk.com/help

oDesk Readiness Test

yang — Wed, 21 May 2008 16:49:39 -0700

As part of our on-going initiative to improve user quality on oDesk, we are introducing the oDesk Readiness Test for providers. The “test” is actually more of a tutorial and it is designed to educate providers new to oDesk on our policies and best practices. Topics include “Getting Hired” and “Working on Assignments”. By passing the oDesk Readiness Test, new providers will be able to hit the ground running and ensure that their first assignment will be a successful one.

Providers who have billed hours on oDesk recently are by definition ready to work and will be granted the “oDesk Ready” designation without having to pass the oDesk Readiness Test. In two weeks, only providers who are oDesk Ready will be able to apply to jobs. Therefore, we highly recommend all providers who are not yet oDesk Ready to take the oDesk Readiness Test before June 4th.

You can check if you're oDesk Ready by going to My oDesk -> Profile & Settings -> My Provider Profile - it's just above the profile completeness bar in My Account Summary.

As always, we welcome your feedback. If you have any questions or suggestions regarding the oDesk Readiness Test, please post here!

Yang
oDesk

PS - There's nothing preventing experienced oDesk providers from taking the ORT. We encourage everyone, no matter how many hours you've billed, to take it. You might learn something!