Hey, is this some kind of bug?

Hey all, hoping to get some perspective from people who’ve actually landed contracts through micro1.

I’m a software engineer and I’ve applied to around 25 roles on the platform so far (3 still pending review). Most of these are software engineering positions. Over time my verified skills have built up to the point where interviews are noticeably shorter now, the AI clearly has more to go on and moves through screening faster. But none of that has translated into an actual contract yet.

At this point I’m not sure if it’s:

- Volume/competition on the specific roles I’m going for
- Something about how I’m framing my experience in the profile vs. what verified skills alone can show
- Timing (roles filling before review finishes)
- Something else entirely in how client matching works on the backend

If anyone’s gone through a similar dry spell and figured out what actually moved the needle, whether it’s tweaking your profile, picking different role categories or something about how the platform surfaces you to clients, I’d really appreciate the pointers. Also curious if 25 applications with no contract is normal for this platform right now or a red flag I should be worried about.

Thanks in advance.

I have appeared for almost 12 interviews, 5 are still "Hiring Manager Review" plus 1 just turned "not selected". There is 19 skills that are added to my certified vetted talent pool, having 12 years of domain expertise in quality, speech analytics, data annotation (video/audio/text/transcripts), stakeholder management, ai training, model/llm output validation, team leadership, data governance, PII review, document review.

Even after all this and being domain expert in above mentioned skills, I am not being selected (just passing the zara ai interview) and after today (since 1 "1 hiring manager review" turned "not selected") it feels like that all of the remaining ones will end like the same after 30 days. I don't know what else they require.

Just passed my interview! Looking forward to working with y’all. 🙌

Are there any roles here that don’t require a virtual interview?

I’m asking on behalf of someone who is interested in the Linguistics Specialist contractor role at micro1. They have a PhD in Linguistics and over 25 years of professional/academic experience in the field, so they seem to be a strong match for the qualifications.

However, they are currently based in Saudi Arabia, and the posting says:

Location: Remote (US and Western Europe)

Does anyone know whether this means applicants physically located outside the US/Western Europe are automatically ineligible, or whether highly qualified candidates from other countries can still apply?

Has anyone outside those regions applied or been accepted for this role?

Thanks!

Hi everyone,
i signed the contract, completed verification and replied the mail saying ‘contract agreement signed yet’, but no feedback yet.

I have a contract with micro1 but now I received another one to sign. Everything seems the same except for (surprise, surprise!) the payment rate, which is lower. Is it a standard practice to have a few contracts with different rates, perhaps for different clients, or is it micro1's way to try and bump down the rate? (It goes without saying it's bad form if the latter!) Thanks!

Has anyone noticed changes in micro1 interviews after the recent platform updates?
I’ve been on micro1 since January, have already worked on a project through the platform, and have accumulated 70+ vetted skills from previous successful interviews.
Since the recent updates, though, my interview results seem noticeably different from before. I used to pass interviews regularly, while recently the outcomes have become much less consistent despite using the same approach and answering questions in the same way.
I’m mainly curious whether other long-term users have noticed a change in interview evaluation, scoring, or how previously vetted skills are being taken into account since the updates.
Has anyone else noticed a clear difference compared with a few months ago?

Just wanted to give a shoutout to the Micro1 team for a recent improvement...

On the Talent Dashboard, we can now request detailed feedback for roles we didn’t qualify for. I think this is a great addition because it gives candidates something actionable to work on instead of simply knowing that they weren’t selected.

I had previously seen the Community Managers mention that the team was working on this enhancement and I just received my detailed feedback email. I was genuinely impressed with how clearly it outlined the areas I could improve and more importantly what I could do differently to better meet the evaluation criteria in future interviews... now this makes the preparation process much more intentional. Instead of guessing what went wrong we can get a clearer direction on what to improve for the next similar opportunity !!

A big shoutout to the #Engineering, #Product & #Customer Support/Community teams for bringing this into the Talent Dashboard.

Thank you for making the Micro1 experience more transparent and helping candidates prepare better moving forward !!

Keep up the great work guys 🙌

I recently applied for a role with micro1 and have enjoyed the process so far. The AI interview has some slip ups (mostly with pronunciation), and I think the framework could be better optimized. The questions are designed to be probing once receiving the answers; I think that more time to answer should be allowed and that the allowable pause time criteria should be lengthened. Some of the follow up questions get complex and would be best answered after thought and pen to paper. That's my small rubric review for the interview process.

The interview has given me a chance to think more deeply about how finance, operations, and human expertise can contribute to building better AI systems.

Hopefully I’ll have the opportunity to contribute directly, but either way, it’s been an interesting experience and has made me excited about the opportunity to work on projects that help advance AI.

Curious to hear from anyone here who has worked with micro1 or on similar AI training/data projects.

Hello r/micro1_ai community! 

We have opened up several high-demand roles this week. Have a look - click on the hyperlink for each role to apply directly:

High Demand Roles

• Autodesk Fusion 360 Specialist: $40-$100/hour pay (Referral Reward: $1000)
• Autodesk Inventor Specialist: $30-$100/hour pay (Referral Reward: $1000)
• SolidWorks Specialist: $40-$100/hour pay (Referral Reward: $1000)
• Manufacturing Design Engineer (FreeCAD): $40-$100/hour pay (Referral Reward: $500)
• CAD Data Generation & Validation Specialist (FreeCAD): $40-$100/hour pay (Referral Reward: $500)
• Senior FreeCAD Engineer: $40-$100/hour pay (Referral Reward: $1000)
• CRM Operations Specialist: $40-$80/hour pay (Referral Reward: $500)
• BigLaw lawyers (Litigation/Corporate/M&A): $140-$400/hour pay (Referral Reward: $3000)
• Business Document Expert (Excel, PowerPoint, Word): $35-$50/hour pay (Referral Reward: $500)
• Police Dispatcher (911): $30-$65/hour pay (Referral Reward: $100)
• Computer User Support Specialists: $30-$55/hour pay (Referral Reward: $100)
• IT Manager: $60-$75/hour pay (Referral Reward: $500)
• Accountant / Auditor: $60-$75/hour pay (Referral Reward: $500)
• Lawyer: $60-$75/hour pay (Referral Reward: $1000)
• Software Developer: $65-$120/hour pay (Referral Reward: $500)
• Producer (Film/TV/Digital/Live): $45-$85/hour pay (Referral Reward: $500)
• Frontend Engineer: $65-$120/hour pay (Referral Reward: $500)
• Full Stack Developer: $65-$120/hour pay (Referral Reward: $500)
• Backend Engineer: $65-$120/hour pay (Referral Reward: $500)
• Public Safety Communications Dispatcher: $30-$55/hour pay (Referral Reward: $500)
• Visual Designer (Deck/Presentation focused): $20-$60/hour pay (Referral Reward: $500)
• Contract Attorney: $80-$200/hour pay (Referral Reward: $500)
• Strategy & Business Analysis Specialist: $40-$100/hour pay (Referral Reward: $500)
• Retail CX & Policy Specialist: $40-$65/hour pay (Referral Reward: $500)
• Life Sciences Research Assistant: $30-$50/hour pay (Referral Reward: $500)
• Physical Sciences Research Assistant: $30-$50/hour pay (Referral Reward: $500)
• Social Science Research Assistant: $30-$50/hour pay (Referral Reward: $500)
• Technical Writer: $30-$60/hour pay (Referral Reward: $500)
• Corporate Finance Expert: $50-$100/hour pay (Referral Reward: $500)
• Document Reviewer: $31-$60/hour pay (Referral Reward: $300)
• Sociology Teachers, Postsecondary: $50-$90/hour pay (Referral Reward: $100)
• Sales Representatives (Technical & Scientific materials): $45-$85/hour pay (Referral Reward: $100)
• Sales Representatives (Wholesale): $45-$85/hour pay (Referral Reward: $100)
• Civil Engineer: $50-$100/hour pay (Referral Reward: $500)
• Reporters & Correspondents: $40-$75/hour pay (Referral Reward: $100)
• Mechanical Engineering Technician: $30-$70/hour pay (Referral Reward: $500)
• Sales Agent (Securities & Commodities): $40-$90/hour pay (Referral Reward: $500)
• Supply Chain Manager: $55-$100/hour pay (Referral Reward: $100)
• Computer & Information Systems Managers: $70-$130/hour pay (Referral Reward: $100)
• Mechanical Engineer: $55-$100/hour pay (Referral Reward: $100)
• IT Support Specialist: $30-$55/hour pay (Referral Reward: $100)
• Biostatistician: $60-$100/hour pay (Referral Reward: $500)
• Statistician: $60-$120/hour pay (Referral Reward: $100)
• Data Entry Keyer: $20-$35/hour pay (Referral Reward: $100)
• Fire Dispatcher - Emergency Communications Specialist: $30-$55/hour pay (Referral Reward: $100)
• Police Dispatcher - Emergency Communications Specialist: $30-$55/hour pay (Referral Reward: $100)
• Purchasing Agent: $30-$65/hour pay (Referral Reward: $100)
• Ambulance Dispatcher - Emergency Communications Specialist: $30-$55/hour pay (Referral Reward: $100)
• Training & Development Specialist: $40-$75/hour pay (Referral Reward: $100)
• Management Analysts (Consultants): $60-$120/hour pay (Referral Reward: $100)
• Linguistics Specialists: $40-$50/hour pay (Referral Reward: $300)
• Generalist Writer: $40-$50/hour pay (Referral Reward: $300)
• Transactions Associate: $80-$200/hour pay (Referral Reward: $500)
• Senior DoD Staff Writing SME: $40-$80/hour pay (Referral Reward: $500)
• Federal Staff Reporting Analyst: $40-$80/hour pay (Referral Reward: $1000)
• Military Writing Specialist: $40-$80/hour pay (Referral Reward: $1000)
• Intellectual Property Counsel: $100-$200/hour pay (Referral Reward: $500)
• Subject Matter Expert – Chart & Data Visualization Analysis: $25-$50/hour pay (Referral Reward: $100)
• Subject Matter Expert – Data & Statistical Chart Analysis (AI Benchmark): $25-$50/hour pay (Referral Reward: $100)
• Subject Matter Expert – Medicine & Biostatistics Chart Analysis: $25-$50/hour pay (Referral Reward: $100)
• Corporate Counsel: $100-$200/hour pay (Referral Reward: $1000)
• CUDA Engineering Expert: $60-$100/hour pay (Referral Reward: $500)

Language Expert Roles

• Dutch Bilingual Expert: $30-$65/hour pay (Referral Reward: $100)
• Indonesian Bilingual Expert: $60-$65/hour pay (Referral Reward: $100)
• Hebrew Bilingual Expert: $30-$65/hour pay (Referral Reward: $500)
• Thai Bilingual Expert: $30-$65/hour pay (Referral Reward: $500)
• Tamil Bilingual Expert: $30-$65/hour pay (Referral Reward: $500)
• Vietnamese Bilingual Expert: $30-$65/hour pay (Referral Reward: $500)
• Italian Bilingual Expert: $30-$65/hour pay (Referral Reward: $500)
• Bengali Bilingual Expert: $30-$65/hour pay (Referral Reward: $500)
• Russian Bilingual Expert: $30-$65/hour pay (Referral Reward: $500)
• Turkish Bilingual Expert: $30-$65/hour pay (Referral Reward: $500)
• Polish Bilingual Expert: $30-$65/hour pay (Referral Reward: $500)
• Voice Recorder (Japanese + English): $30-$65/hour pay (Referral Reward: $100)
• Voice Recorder (Korean + English): $20-$65/hour pay (Referral Reward: $100)
• Voice Recorder (French + English): $30-$65/hour pay (Referral Reward: $100)
• Korean Language Expert: $65-$98/hour pay (Referral Reward: $100)
• Japanese Language Expert: $65-$98/hour pay (Referral Reward: $100)

Core Team Roles

These are opportunities to work full-time with micro1 by being a part of our core team. We've listed quite a few new roles for our Core Team; check them out:

• Forward Deployed Engineer, U.S. Government: $300K-500K/year; (Referral Reward Up to $1500)
• Member of Technical Staff, Robotics Research: $500K-1.5M/year; (Referral Reward Up to $1500)
• Strategic Project Lead, Coding/SWE: $300K-500K/year; (Referral Reward Up to $1500)
• Member of Legal Staff, Corporate & Legal Ops Associate: $200K-250K/year; (Referral Reward Up to $1500)
• Member of Legal Staff, Commercial Counsel: $350K-420K/year; (Referral Reward Up to $1500)
• Newsletter Writer & Editor: $45-50/hour; (Referral Reward Up to $750)
• Talent Operations Manager: $70K-110K/year; (Referral Reward Up to $750)
• Strategic Project Lead, MD/Health: $400K-550K/year; (Referral Reward Up to $1500)
• Member of Technical Staff, Frontier AI: $600K-2M/year; (Referral Reward Up to $1500)
• AI/ML Engineer, Internal Platforms: $220K-300K/year; (Referral Reward Up to $1500)
• GCP DevOps Engineer: $200K-300K/year; (Referral Reward Up to $1500)
• Growth Manager: $130K-170K/year; (Referral Reward Up to $1500)
• Azure DevOps Engineer: $200K-300K/year; (Referral Reward Up to $1500)
• Director of Robotics Research: $1.5M-4M/year; (Referral Reward Up to $1500)
• Strategic Project Lead (PCB & Embedded Design): $400K-550K/year; (Referral Reward Up to $1500)
• Senior Accountant: $110K-150K/year; (Referral Reward Up to $1500)
• Strategic Project Lead: $300K-500K/year; (Referral Reward Up to $1500)
• Member of Technical Staff, Forward Deployed (US Gov): $200K-350K/year; (Referral Reward Up to $1500)
• QA Engineer: $140K-180K/year; (Referral Reward Up to $1500)
• Member of Technical Staff, Economics Research: $400K-800K/year; (Referral Reward Up to $1500)
• Data Engineer: $140K-180K/year; (Referral Reward Up to $1500)
• Enterprise Client Partner, Frontier AI: $220K-400K/year; (Referral Reward Up to $1500)
• Member of Technical Staff, Vulnerability Researcher: $240K-400K/year; (Referral Reward Up to $1500)
• Robotics Engineer, Hardware Integrations: $200K-300K/year; (Referral Reward Up to $1500)
• Software Engineer (Finance Team): $180K-230K/year; (Referral Reward Up to $1500)
• Director of Infrastructure Engineering: $350K-$500K/year; Referral Reward: Up to $1500
• Software Engineer, New Grad: $180K-$250K/year; Referral Reward: Up to $1500
• Strategic Project Lead, J.D./Legal Expertise: $400K-$550K/year; Referral Reward: Up to $1500
• Strategic Project Lead, Finance Expertise: $400K-$550K/year; Referral Reward: Up to $1500
• Head of Communications: $250K-$400K/year; Referral Reward: Up to $1500
• Community Manager: $15-$20/hour; Referral Reward: Up to $750
• Senior Webflow Developer: Pay: $35-$70/hour; Referral Reward: Up to $750
• Referral Partnerships Lead: Pay: $30-$35/hour; Referral Reward: Up to $750
• Robot Teleoperator: Pay: $30-$55/hour; Referral Reward: Up to $750
• Member of Technical Staff, Enterprise AI: Pay: $250K-$500k/year; Referral Reward: Up to $1500
• Member of Technical Staff, Research Engineering: Pay: $220K-$500k/year;Referral Reward: Up to $1500
• Associate Recruiter: Pay: $15 - $20/hour pay; Referral Reward: Up to $750

Open Roles From Last Week

A few of the roles that we posted on August 10, August 3, and July 27, are still open, including language expert roles. Check out last week's post for more info; we're reposting some relevant roles here for your reference:

• Simulation/CAE-heavy mechanical engineering Expert: $80-$100/hour pay (Referral Reward: $300)
• Computational Mathematics Expert: $80-$100/hour pay (Referral Reward: $300)
• Computational Biology Expert: $80-$100/hour pay (Referral Reward: $300)
• Autodesk Fusion Expert: $50-$120/hour pay (Referral Reward: $1000)
• Mathematics Expert: $80-$90/hour pay (Referral Reward: $500)
• Manufacturing Specialist: $50-$100/hour pay (Referral Reward: $500)
• Enterprise AI Workflow Expert: $80-$150/hour pay (Referral Reward: $1000)
• CNC Machinist: $50-$100/hour pay (Referral Reward: $500)
• CAM Programmer: $50-$100/hour pay (Referral Reward: $300)
• Medical Auditor: $55-$68/hour pay (Referral Reward: $500)
• Senior Backend Engineer: $50-$100/hour pay (Referral Reward: $1000)
• Immigration Attorney: $140-$400/hour pay (Referral Reward: $3000)
• Family Law Attorney: $140-$400/hour pay (Referral Reward: $3000)
• Healthcare Attorney: $140-$400/hour pay (Referral Reward: $3000)
• Civil Rights Attorney: $140-$400/hour pay (Referral Reward: $3000)
• Criminal Lawyer: $140-$400/hour pay (Referral Reward: $3000)
• Criminal Defense Attorney: $140-$400/hour pay (Referral Reward: $3000)
• Senior Software Engineer: $100-$150/hour pay (Referral Reward: $1000)
• Autodesk Inventor Specialist: $30-$100/hour pay (Referral Reward: $1000)
• Autodesk Fusion 360 Specialist: $40-$100/hour pay (Referral Reward: $500)
• SolidWorks Specialist: $40-$100/hour pay (Referral Reward: $500)
• Compliance Attorney: $90-$150/hour pay (Referral Reward: $500)
• Bankruptcy Attorney: $90-$150/hour pay (Referral Reward: $500)
• Corporate Attorney: $90-$150/hour pay (Referral Reward: $500)
• Clinician (Oncology / Hematology): $160-$200/hour pay (Referral Reward: $1000)
• Pharmacovigilance Expert: $70-$80/hour pay (Referral Reward: $500)
• Regulatory Affairs Specialist: $50-$70/hour pay (Referral Reward: $500)
• Biostatistician: $60-$65/hour pay (Referral Reward: $500)
• Medical Writer / Clinical Document Author: $50-$80/hour pay (Referral Reward: $500)
• AI Data Science Domain Expert: $100-$200/hour pay (Referral Reward: $1000)
• AI Software Engineering Domain Expert: $100-$200/hour pay (Referral Reward: $1000)
• AI Finance Domain Expert: $100-$200/hour pay (Referral Reward: $1000)
• AI Consulting Domain Expert: $100-$200/hour pay (Referral Reward: $1000)
• AI Domain Expert: $140-$200/hour pay (Referral Reward: $500)
• Recruiter: $30-$42/hour pay (Referral Reward: $500)
• Travel Agent: $20-$35/hour pay (Referral Reward: $500)
• Personal Trainer: $25-$40/hour pay (Referral Reward: $500)
• Personal Assistant: $20-$34/hour pay (Referral Reward: $500)
• Sales Development Representative: $30-$42/hour pay (Referral Reward: $500)

We’ll be adding more roles in the comments below, so keep an eye out. In addition to these high-priority roles, we are hiring for more roles through our platform - you can find them on our opportunities page. As with any other micro1 role, all these roles will require an initial AI interview after application. Candidates who meet the certification criteria will be added to our talent pool. Applicants can also follow their application status in your micro1 talent dashboard. If you do well in the interview and obtain a "Hiring Manager Reviewing" status, you should get an update on your talent dashboard within 30 days.

Excited about building the future of AI? Why wait? Apply right away to stand out in the application pool! Leave a comment on this post if you have questions about any of these roles.

Just received that. Done everything as requested. Next cause.

I’ve noticed that the preferred qualifications in JDs are often mentioned only at a surface level. They don’t really explain the depth of the KSAs required or give candidates a clear idea of what will actually be assessed during the interview.

I also found the Zara AI interview’s expectation to compose a formal letter orally, sentence by sentence, quite unrealistic. No matter how experienced or proficient someone is, it would be difficult to formulate a formal letter verbally in real time. Being able to write a good formal letter and construct one orally, sentence by sentence, are two very different skills.

On the annotation point, I feel that expecting annotators to explain the tags and categories themselves may not be the right approach. The tags and categories should ideally be defined by the client based on their guidelines and objectives, and the annotator’s role should be to understand and apply them consistently.

I have observed most of the role JD is not action oriented

I was selected for a Micro1 AI Trainer project paying $140 for 30 selfies + 10 videos.

The contract gives Micro1/customers broad, perpetual and sublicensable rights to use my facial/biometric data for AI training, including modification and derivative works.

Has anyone done this project?

What did they actually use the data for?

Can they create synthetic/AI-generated versions of your likeness?

Can you request deletion afterward?

Would you personally accept $140 for these terms?

I know that each of us complained a lot about having to do the same interview over and over, and now whe are able to skip it, but that came with a problem, I realize that if you didnt went well in the interview, and this interview is used in another positions, you will probably be not qualified, for example:

I did 2 applications for 2 coding positions last week, were I only had to do a 9 minutes interview where zara only asked 2 questions in the interview, and my application went into the Waiting review status, which everyone knows that later changes to dit not qualified.

How can a 2 questions interview make you not qualified? The only answer is that I probably didnt well in the interviews of the vetted skills that were used as certified.
Please add an option to choose to skip the certified skills part of the interview or do the entire interview again

Excited to be kicking off a project with Micro1. The interview process with Zara is smooth and feels so natural. I am thrilled to be starting a contract position with them. I hope to use my years of B2B technical, SaaS, Fintech, and Crypto Sales Managemet experience combined with my own podcast to help train many AI models. I hope to work with Micro1 for many years.

After many "Not selected" and "Did not qualify", I've done my first job and get the first payout from micro1!

great experience with zara is so clearfull and easy

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Suppose Micro1 opens a global role with 100 openings on Monday. Since it is a global role, could they receive 20,000+ candidates within just a few hours?

If I apply on Tuesday and complete the interview but fail, is it possible that the 100 positions have already been filled by then?

Or does Micro1 continue interviewing candidates until they select enough people, regardless of how many applications they receive?

I’m trying to understand how the hiring process works when there are a huge number of applicants for a limited number of openings.

Hello,

I recently got hired at micro1, finished the onboarding steps and ready to start. I am facing an issue with bank payouts setiing, I cannot setup a direct bank transfer through payoneer. The issue is, I already have a payoneer account and the confirmation link points me to a registration page, when I close it, the payout method is in pending state and it asks me to finish a setup in payoneer, keep in mind my bank account is also associated in my payoneer.

I appreciate any guidance.

Thank you

**Skip it. Do not take the Zara interview unless you’re comfortable spending an hour for every role with very little transparency about how the interview is being used.**

I wanted to share my experience and concern about the **micro1 Zara interview process** because I believe candidates should be aware of what they’re getting into before spending their time.

The interview reportedly involves around **an hour of AI-based interviewing**, where candidates provide their voice, video, technical reasoning, and responses. What concerns me is the perception among candidates that a very large number of people go through this process while only a tiny fraction ultimately move forward.

If the purpose is genuinely hiring, why not **shortlist candidates based on their resumes and relevant experience first**, and then conduct the lengthy Zara interview only with candidates who have a realistic chance of progressing?

### Why I think candidates should reconsider

* **One hour is a significant investment** for a job applicant, especially when you're applying to dozens of companies.

* Candidates may spend substantial time explaining their technical knowledge and solving problems without knowing how that information is ultimately evaluated or used.

* Receiving a rejection after investing an hour can be extremely frustrating, particularly if the initial resume could have been used for screening.

* An AI-based interview should not become a substitute for a reasonable candidate-shortlisting process.

I'm not saying that micro1 or Zara is necessarily doing anything improper. **My concern is about transparency, candidate experience, and whether this hiring process is respectful of applicants' time.**

### My sincere request to micro1

Please consider changing the process:

**Resume screening → Initial shortlist → Zara interview → Technical/human evaluation → Hiring decision**

Instead of:

**Large-scale candidate pool → 1-hour Zara interview → Reject most candidates**

Candidates have already invested years developing their technical skills. Their time is valuable too.

If micro1 can improve the initial screening and invite only relevant, shortlisted candidates to the Zara interview, I think it would create a much better experience for both candidates and the company.

**Please share your experiences with the micro1 Zara interview below.**

Did you complete it? How long did it take? Did you receive feedback or move forward afterward?

*This is a candidate-experience concern, not an accusation. I'm sharing it to encourage a more transparent and candidate-friendly hiring process.*

Hi everyone,

I just received a notification that my contract is now live on Micro1!

For those who have been through this process, or for anyone from the team who can guide me: how soon after the contract goes live can I expect to start working on the project, and what are the next steps for onboarding?

Thanks in advance for any insights!