I just applied for mystery shopper and found

I just applied for mystery shopper and found a exam to go with the application. I have said most companies want a collage educated person with a English degree. There test consisted of word math problems, spelling and grammar. I am not this person they are looking for so when you apply at a-closer-look.com be prepared.

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I can tell. Thanks for the heads up!

@bmttinman wrote:

I just applied for mystery shopper and found a exam to go with the application. I have said most companies want a collage educated person with a English degree. There test consisted of word math problems, spelling and grammar. I am not this person they are looking for so when you apply at a-closer-look.com be prepared.

Kim

Got to be a joke, lol.

I took that test yesterday, too. The grammar and spelling questions were very basic. Yes, it has several math word problems, but none of them require anything more than late-elementary school math. The real trick of most of them is to filter out the irrelevant information.

Hard work builds character and homework is good for your soul.

And do you have a collage education also. A degree in English or creative writing?

MFJ does have a college education. He is an educator, I think you teach at a college, don't you MFJ?

I teach AP calculus in a high school. I have not taken an English class since high school. Yes, I have a college education. However, I would expect any of my high school kids to be able to pass it.

The MSC (like all MSC's) is looking for folks who can write coherent and grammatically correct sentences. Their test intentionally weeds out many folks who do not have that ability.

Hard work builds character and homework is good for your soul.

I think ACL does that (screening test) to prevent people who, just for kicks and grins, say, can't spell "college" or other simple everyday words.

@bmttinman wrote:

And do you have a collage education also. A degree in English or creative writing?

"I told myself to quit you; but I don't listen to drunks." -Chris Stapleton

Some MSCs don't mind correcting the spelling and have very small comment sections on most reports. Some others have projects which do not require narratives at all. So there are still many options for all of us, whatever our skills may or may not be.

Eta: we just have to find the right ones that work for us.

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/20/2018 08:09PM by sestrahelena.

I admit that misspelled words and grammar were probably the least concerning issues when I was an editor, as long as the information was there and I could understand what they meant. It's when shoppers didn't provide all the required information or it was so garbled I couldn't understand it that I got frustrated...and even worse, if I had to email the shopper and they didn't respond for several days or only responded with some of the requested information...that could mean a week or more after the shop was submitted before the report could be finalized. Not good.

@HonnyBrown wrote:

I think ACL does that (screening test) to prevent people who, just for kicks and grins, say, can't spell "college" or other simple everyday words.

@bmttinman wrote:

And do you have a collage education also. A degree in English or creative writing?

I use spell check on everything. I can not spell and I have never been good at it. The math question asked I have not done in 45 years ( train A left at 3:00 am Train b left at 3:30 am. the average 50 MPH. At what time would the be after traveling 387 miles .) I have a high school education and I have been a Mechanical contractor. Yes this is out of my wheel house now and I mystery shop to make ends meet. I have a few companies I shop for and I do not shop the whens that take and English major to do. You can make fun of myself and my spelling but at least I did not vote for the president in office.

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/20/2018 08:58PM by bmttinman.

You wrote the question incorrectly.
You were given two vehicles, traveling in opposite directions at different speeds. You were asked how far apart they would be after two or three hours. You needed to add the two speeds together to find out how quickly they were separating. You then had to multiply that answer by the amount of time they had been traveling. This is a pretty standard 6th grade math question.

ACL's test does not require that you have a degree in English - or even a college education. However, it does require a certain level of fluency in written English. If you are not able to pass their test, you are not likely a fit for their shops. You and their editors would likely become extremely frustrated as your writing would not be up to what they demand and they would need to pester your for clarifications and corrections - or simply reject your reports.

There are plenty of shops available that do not require a lot of writing. Those might simply be where you find your comfort zone.

Regarding presidential elections: First, you do not have any idea who on this board voted for whom - or even who did or did not vote. Second, we try to avoid political discussions as they can get..... passionate.

Hard work builds character and homework is good for your soul.

ACL has a test??

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/20/2018 10:10PM by Mum.

@MFJohnston wrote:

You were given two vehicles, traveling in opposite directions at different speeds. You were asked how far apart they would be after two or three hours. You needed to add the two speeds together to find out how quickly they were separating. You then had to multiply that answer by the amount of time they had been traveling.

They crashed. Where were the survivors buried? Heehee.

I'm used to things being jumbled. I understand some folks are shopping 10-20 shops in a day and they may miss a word, or misspell a word, etc. Heck, I've even reread something I wrote and raised my brow trying to figure out if I was sleep deprived or having a caffeine-mal seizure.

*Grand mal seizures aren't a joke, though.

I do hope they were kidding with this post. It made my head a little numb.

MegglesKat

@bmttinman wrote:

You can make fun of myself and my spelling but at least I did not vote for the president in office.

Wait. What?
The fact that your writing is at a junior high school level is offset by the fact that you didn’t vote for Trump? That is some strange logic you have there.

If a misspelled word is spelled correctly but used out of context, spell check will not help you.

Why are you bringing politics into this equation? That has nothing to do with this topic.

@bmttinman wrote:

I use spell check on everything. I can not spell and I have never been good at it. The math question asked I have not done in 45 years ( train A left at 3:00 am Train b left at 3:30 am. the average 50 MPH. At what time would the be after traveling 387 miles .) I have a high school education and I have been a Mechanical contractor. Yes this is out of my wheel house now and I mystery shop to make ends meet. I have a few companies I shop for and I do not shop the whens that take and English major to do. You can make fun of myself and my spelling but at least I did not vote for the president in office.

"I told myself to quit you; but I don't listen to drunks." -Chris Stapleton

I understand that @bmttinman's spelling wasn't perfect. Does it need to be for this forum? The point was perfect. The fact that many people that are doing this kind of work are the embodiment of perfection in higher education, yet do this kind of thing is a little hilarious, isn't it? I thought that his post was both thoughtful, of humorous warning and humble. Leave it to the people who claim to be educated to make fun of those who are not as. They always come through with that task.

@spicy1 wrote:

The fact that many people that are doing this kind of work are the embodiment of perfection in higher education, yet do this kind of thing is a little hilarious, isn't it?

Why is that hilarious? I'm often amazed at the apparent high IQ and level of education represented here. It may be that the freedom and flexibility of MSing attracts such individuals (or maybe it's just this forum.) While there *are* MS jobs that simply require a pulse, there are others that require both education and intelligence.

"Let me offer you my definition of social justice: I keep what I earn and you keep what you earn. Do you disagree? Well then tell me how much of what I earn belongs to you - and why?” ~Walter Williams

As exaggerated as there are MS jobs that simply require a pulse, the inverse is a true.

A lot of companies have tests.

@bmttinman wrote:

I just applied for mystery shopper and found a exam to go with the application. I have said most companies want a collage educated person with a English degree. There test consisted of word math problems, spelling and grammar. I am not this person they are looking for so when you apply at a-closer-look.com be prepared.

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/25/2018 03:29AM by prince.

I'm going to guess that a fully paid resort in Bora Bora requires someone at least three standard deviations above the norm. The pulse comment is referring to a MSC owner(?) who publicly stated that.

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