Upwork readiness test questions answers 2020
Question 1: How do you earn and maintain a good job success score?
- You have 3 distinct clients in a 24-month period
- You have good outcomes with your clients- protip: exceed their expectations for an awesome job success score
- All of the above
Question 2: Which of the following describes your responsiveness score?
- Your responsiveness score is based on how quickly you accept or decline client’s invitations to jobs
- Your responsiveness score appears on your profile for clients to see
- Your responsiveness score will not be impacted negatively if you mark yourself as unavailable
- All of the above
Question 3: Which questions do the most successful freelancers have in mind when selecting the right jobs for them?
- Do I have the needed skills for the job?
- Do I have time to complete the job in the client’s timeframe?
- Is the job description well thought out and descriptive of the role?
- All of the above
Question 4: What is the safest way to communicate with your clients?
- Upwork messages: it provides chat, voice and video capabilities. It also provides a record of your communication and helps to protect you in case of disputes
- Other forms of communication: Skype, Email, Google hangout
Question 5: When is it ok to be paid outside the Upwork platform?
- To satisfy the client
- Almost never. Getting paid off platform violates Upwork’s terms of service and exposes you to risk of not being paid. Generally, you should be paid through Upwork; to legally take work off the platform, you and the client must wait 24 months or pay an opt-out fee
Question 6: How does Upwork’s payment protection for fixed*price projects work (using escrow)?
- The client deposits(pre-funds) a mile stone payment into escrow before you begin working. Upon receiving and approving the work, the client releases the payment to you
- You proactively begin working before the client has created and funded a milestone
Question 7: What are tips for submitting a proposal? (select all that apply)
Note: There may be more than one right answer
- Write a personal and professional greeting
- Describe your relevant experience in key areas listed in the job post- demonstrate you have read it
- Outline how you would approach and complete the job
- Respond to any screening questions listed in the job post
- Copy and paste your proposal to submit as many proposals as possible in a short time
Question 8: As a freelancer, what do you need to qualify for Upwork’s payment protection for hourly jobs?
- An hourly contract
- Client with a verified billing method
- An account in good standing
- To log your hours with the Upwork desktop app
- To annotate your work Dairy with memos or activity labels that adequately describes the activity performed
- To stay within the Contract’s weekly limits
- All of the above
Question 9: What are the key elements to include in your profile?
Fun fact: 1/3 of jobs on Upwork are posted as ‘Invite-only’. Therefore, a good profile is critical in attracting invites from clients.
- A specific overview that includes your skills and type of work you can accomplish for clients
- A professional profile photo where you wear business casual attire, with a friendly expression, and a plain background
- An accurate title that reflects your job experience and the work that you are looking for
- Evidence of past success in targeted skills (e.g skill tests, certifications, portfolio, pieces, education, work experience)
- All of the above
Question 10: What items should a reputable client never ask you to do?
- Buy items on behalf of the client and get reimbursed later
- Work for free
- Provide personal information (e.g bank account, driver’s licence, passport)
- Click on a link that asks you to enter your login information
- Pay to submit a job proposal
- All of the above
- A professional-looking profile photo of yourself
- A title, overview, and employment history
- A list of your top skills
- A portfolio of work
- Start the work as soon as the client has sent you a message through Upwork
- Start the work only once the client has sent you an offer, you have accepted the offer on the platform, and your contract appears in the My Jobs > All Contracts tab
- Your Job Success Score measures your client’s satisfaction with your overall work history on Upwork
- Longer-term relationships are a plus and can help boost your score
- Jobs with higher earnings weigh more and will have a bigger impact on your score
- You commit to keeping client relationships on Upwork for at least 24 months, unless you or your client pays a conversion fee to take the relationship off the marketplace
- Soliciting or accepting payment from an Upwork client off the platform is a violation of Upwork’s Terms of Service
- You can only have ONE Upwork account. This one account gives you access to any account type you may need including: freelancer, client, agency
- You can share your account credentials with other users
- Write a personal and professional greeting
- Describe your relevant experience in key areas listed in the job post – demonstrate you’ve read it
- Outline how you would approach and complete the job
- Respond to any screening questions listed in the job post
- Copy and paste your proposal to submit as many proposals as possible in a short time
- Your responsiveness score is based on how quickly you respond to (accept/decline) clients’ invitations to jobs
- Your responsiveness score appears on your profile for clients to see
- The client deposits (pre-funds) a milestone payment into escrow before you begin working. upon receiving and approving the work, the client releases the payment to you
- You proactively begin working before the client has created and funded a milestone
- You must have an hourly contract
- You must have a client with a verified billing method
- You must log your hours with the Upwork Desktop App
- You must write out activities performed in the Work Diary with memos or activities labels
- You must exceed the contract’s weekly time limit set by the client
- Job Success score of 90%+
- $1,000 earnings in the past year
- 100% complete profile
- Up-to-date availability status
- Passed interview with an Upwork representative
- No recent account holds
- Share your bank information with your client
- Accept mailed checks from your client
- Contact Upwork’s customer support when a client offers to pay you directly via PayPal, Western Union, or another method outside of the Upwork payments system
- Accept a job where the client asks you to pay money to get a job
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