Forum: Subtitling
Topic: Netflix Hermes test
Poster: Roberto Popolizio
Post title: you are lucky
[quote]MattOtt wrote:
The test was nothing more (and nothing less) than the typical proficiency test developed by Sfera, which has been used by a bunch of vendors before. Even Netflix used it when they were looking for new translators last year. It's not the first time they are reaching out to freelance translators directly and therefore I'm sure they won't "cut out the middle-man". As project management is a real hassle they will gladly leave it with the vendors.
Anyway, the whole testing thing seems be a bit ill-conceived as a lot of people i know were encountering technical problems (including myself), don't know where to look for the results and so on and so forth... [/quote]
You could take the test at least!
I have tried countless times to apply to this test and every H number they send me is not valid. Moreover, the tech support is nonexistent, just a series of useless pre-generated emails.
As a matter of fact, i'm impressed that so many people here on Proz were able to take this test. Everywhere else I see thousands of people stuck like me. This thing was supposed to take minutes, it ended up as a waste of hours.
Ridiculous.
Topic: Netflix Hermes test
Poster: Roberto Popolizio
Post title: you are lucky
[quote]MattOtt wrote:
The test was nothing more (and nothing less) than the typical proficiency test developed by Sfera, which has been used by a bunch of vendors before. Even Netflix used it when they were looking for new translators last year. It's not the first time they are reaching out to freelance translators directly and therefore I'm sure they won't "cut out the middle-man". As project management is a real hassle they will gladly leave it with the vendors.
Anyway, the whole testing thing seems be a bit ill-conceived as a lot of people i know were encountering technical problems (including myself), don't know where to look for the results and so on and so forth... [/quote]
You could take the test at least!
I have tried countless times to apply to this test and every H number they send me is not valid. Moreover, the tech support is nonexistent, just a series of useless pre-generated emails.
As a matter of fact, i'm impressed that so many people here on Proz were able to take this test. Everywhere else I see thousands of people stuck like me. This thing was supposed to take minutes, it ended up as a waste of hours.
Ridiculous.