Thanks for writing about your experience, especially in the face of the EA forum being an intimidating place.
I’m curious if the organizations asked any open ended questions that let you signal your alignment, or allowed/asked for a cover letter that would have given you that opportunity.
They did indeed ask such questions and I answered them indicating I had been engaged with EA for over four years and had made a career change as a result.
Given the much more positive response to my applications since I made significant progress on having the required signals, I am reasonably convinced that it is a case of requiring these signals to progress with most EA applications.
Thanks for writing about your experience, especially in the face of the EA forum being an intimidating place.
I’m curious if the organizations asked any open ended questions that let you signal your alignment, or allowed/asked for a cover letter that would have given you that opportunity.
They did indeed ask such questions and I answered them indicating I had been engaged with EA for over four years and had made a career change as a result.
Given the much more positive response to my applications since I made significant progress on having the required signals, I am reasonably convinced that it is a case of requiring these signals to progress with most EA applications.