I was accepted with Appen on January 17th. I waited for 2 weeks before I received a preliminary test to prove that I knew how to use the internet. After I took the test, another two weeks went by before they requested that I fill out a W2, I9, and other pages of personal information. I was supposed to start training on February 12th but they pushed it back to February 19. They didn’t tell me that my training was being pushed back until I emailed them. On February 20th (again a day late) Appen sent a guidebook consisting of 157 pages. I was supposed to read this book and take 4 practice tests over 4 days. Since they sent the training modules on Tuesday instead of Monday I had 3 days to finish. When I emailed them about their tardiness they replied that I had until Sunday that week to complete the modules and tests. All tests were open book. Then the next week (February 27) I was sent the real test. There are 3 parts to this test and they are all 2-hour timed tests. The first part is 31 questions with 4 True and False answers each. There are 124 True and False questions in all. I don't know how they grade this test and can't get any answers from them. If you miss 1 True or False in a question is the complete question marked wrong? Apparently, I didn’t pass it because I received an email stating that they would be in touch the next week. I emailed them to ask them what my grade was and 2 days later I was told they couldn't give me my grade. Apparently, it is also a secret how they grade the test. I took the 1st part of the test the following week and passed it. I took the 2nd part of the test a couple of days later and failed it. I have no second chances on the 2nd part of the test.