Take-Home Task Ghosting
Alert #37
Generative AI Content & Evaluation Specialist
Company: Scale AI
40 Days of Silence
2 Interview Round(s)
Candidate Experience Narrative
Candidate passed initial automated verification and submitted 3 hours of rigorous RLHF safety evaluations and prompt engineering assessments. The recruiter confirmed receipt and promised assignment allocation within 48 hours, followed by complete radio silence for over 40 days.
📋 Uncompensated Assessment Details: Complex 3-hour prompt adversarial evaluation matrix and safety benchmark grading
⭐ Ghost Severity Rating: 4.0 / 5.0
Rating Analysis: Elevated score reflecting unpaid assessment exploitation (4.7), perpetual rolling postings on Indeed (5.0), and strong community consensus (4.6).
Rubric Breakdown: Silence: 4.0/5.0 | Rounds: 2.5/5.0 | Take-Home: 4.7/5.0 | Reposting: 5.0/5.0 | Consensus: 4.6/5.0
🔗 Community Discussion & Evidence: Reddit (490 upvotes, 165 comments) — https://www.reddit.com/r/remotework/comments/1ca7921/scale_ai_content_evaluator_unpaid_work_ghosting/
🔍 Indeed Footprint: Perpetually Reposted (6+ months). Active on Indeed for over 9 months; automatically refreshed every 3 weeks under varied contractor titles. Over 75 Indeed contractor reviews describe identical ghosting experiences post-assessment.
Recruiter Contact (Protected)
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Community Telemetry
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