Help GiveWell test a new research work trial
Update: We’re no longer looking for volunteers. Thanks to all who expressed interest!
Hi, I’m Alex Cohen, Principal Researcher at GiveWell. We’re exploring a potential change to a late-stage work trial in our research hiring process, and we’d like some help testing it!
Details:
The work trial is 5 hours (we don’t want you to spend more time than that), and we’ll give you an honorarium of $461.
We’d like to receive your work trial within two weeks of the time that we send it to you.
We’re most interested in volunteers who have a quantitatively oriented advanced degree or substantial experience using empirical tools to make decisions in the real world.
If you’re willing to help us out, you can express your interest here. We’ll email a small group of volunteers as soon as possible, ideally by the end of the week.
Thank you!
Note: Please do not offer to test out the work trial if you plan to apply to GiveWell’s research team in the near future. We’re happy to take volunteers that have previously applied to GiveWell.
Could you please elaborate on the reasons behind this?
We just don’t want to give an unfair advantage to applicants who have previously seen a version of the trial task that might be in use by the time they apply.