How to sign up as a tester

by Rosie Sherry on March 21, 2010 in News

If you are interested in participating as a tester in some projects to earn some money here is a guide.

(Note: you can also apply to be on the directory, but we are still defining the process for this.  The Directory is meant for testers we have trust in.  So part of it is earning our trust.)

The basic steps to participate on a paid project:

  • We announce projects through @testingclub, @thetestcrowd and send out full details via The Test Crowd private group.
  • When we announce a project there will be basic details of what is needed and what is on offer
  • If you are available and interested then you can fill in a short application form
  • We choose and inform testers
  • You get details on the testing project/mission
  • Website/application gets tested
  • We review your work and communicate with client how it went
  • You get paid by PayPal within 14 days

At the moment we are paying testers £10 per hour.  In the developed world this may be smirked at as not being enough. Which is a fair point.

Here is an attempt at explaining why every tester would want to take part :)

  • it’s a learning experience
  • it’s a break from the normal testing project
  • projects are normally brief
  • you get to do it from the comfort of your own home
  • it’s targetted at the small web company who don’t usually test anything and usually don’t want to (or can’t) pay much
  • it’s a chance to show small companies the benefits of testing
  • it’s our first service offering, participating will help us define better services
  • participating will position you in a better position to get listed in our directory or we hope there may be other better paid (and more formal) opportunities down the line
  • we get to know each other and gain trust.  Good things happen when there is trust involved
  • the rates of pay are subject to change, hopefully they can go up over time :)

Let us know what you think.

7 Responses to “How to sign up as a tester”

  1. Roman March 22, 2010 at 11:13 am #

    I want to join you.

  2. Andrew Green March 23, 2010 at 1:12 pm #

    Can you let me know how I can join or post my resume please?

  3. admin March 23, 2010 at 1:22 pm #

    We post all details of projects on The Crowd group on STC. The group is private and you need to join to see what is going on – http://www.softwaretestingclub.com/group/flashmobtesting/

  4. Nickolay March 25, 2010 at 6:29 pm #

    Count me in.

  5. Irene March 27, 2010 at 9:07 pm #

    I would like to join you/

  6. Rodolfo Credi-Dio March 29, 2010 at 2:31 pm #

    Brazilian Tester
    I work with functional tests and want to learn more about tests, this should be good for learning.

  7. Stig Søraa May 25, 2010 at 2:21 pm #

    Hello,

    I would like to sign-up. I have been working with SW testing since 1997 in various companies.

    Looking forward to hearing from you.

    Best regards,

    Stig Søraa
    Oslo – Norway

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