English Language Interview Analysis
Speaker 1:
I want to start off by saying that I know I have an accent and please don't assume it's Russian. More and more people are complaining about the GoTranscript test, about our rules, about the low acceptance rate and to be honest, I have pretty much had it with all this whining. First of all, the tests have we've had so far were easy. All you had to do is listen carefully, read our guidelines, and do some research. These things are in job description. Our clients don't always have good quality files. Some may have background noise. Some might be in a difficult accent. Some might contain terms you've never heard of. But we have to provide 98%, 99% accuracy for all of our clients.
Speaker 2: I've made it too easy right? Piece of cake. I'm using my phone record and keeping it close to my mouth and speaking clearly. No worries. Like all good thing, it won't last. So I'm thinking now, how can I make transcribers miserable? "Well, have them do some research," says the little devil on my shoulder. I spent my last GT payment on books. Want to know what I have on my shelves? Well, lots of Dostoyevsky books; Tolstoy as well, though I find him kind of boring. What is your views on contemporary literature? Are you in to French, or American, or maybe Japanese? Who would you rescue from a burning house? Haruki Murakami, Chuck Palahniuk or Amélie Nothomb? If these three books were in a fight, who do you think would win? Palahniuk's "Haunted", Nothomb's Hygiène de l'assassin or maybe Murakami's Kafka on the Shore. I'll let you ponder. Who knows? Maybe some of you will even read one of those books. I sincerely recommend them all. They're brilliant. You know what's funny in life? That once you think you've got it all figured out God puts you in your place by …show more content…
We have over 500 editors. We hire all the time. We don't turn anyone down when they are asking for a chance. But what they do with that chance is up to
I want to start off by saying that I know I have an accent and please don't assume it's Russian. More and more people are complaining about the GoTranscript test, about our rules, about the low acceptance rate and to be honest, I have pretty much had it with all this whining. First of all, the tests have we've had so far were easy. All you had to do is listen carefully, read our guidelines, and do some research. These things are in job description. Our clients don't always have good quality files. Some may have background noise. Some might be in a difficult accent. Some might contain terms you've never heard of. But we have to provide 98%, 99% accuracy for all of our clients.
Speaker 2: I've made it too easy right? Piece of cake. I'm using my phone record and keeping it close to my mouth and speaking clearly. No worries. Like all good thing, it won't last. So I'm thinking now, how can I make transcribers miserable? "Well, have them do some research," says the little devil on my shoulder. I spent my last GT payment on books. Want to know what I have on my shelves? Well, lots of Dostoyevsky books; Tolstoy as well, though I find him kind of boring. What is your views on contemporary literature? Are you in to French, or American, or maybe Japanese? Who would you rescue from a burning house? Haruki Murakami, Chuck Palahniuk or Amélie Nothomb? If these three books were in a fight, who do you think would win? Palahniuk's "Haunted", Nothomb's Hygiène de l'assassin or maybe Murakami's Kafka on the Shore. I'll let you ponder. Who knows? Maybe some of you will even read one of those books. I sincerely recommend them all. They're brilliant. You know what's funny in life? That once you think you've got it all figured out God puts you in your place by …show more content…
We have over 500 editors. We hire all the time. We don't turn anyone down when they are asking for a chance. But what they do with that chance is up to