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Testing for jobs!!!!!!!!!! - newmt

Posted: Aug 25, 2010

Hello everyone! I finished my schooling about two months ago. I started looking for jobs when I first started and a year later I'm still having the same problem. The testing for the big MTSO are so hard. I don't know why I'm having such a hard time passing these tests. Well actually I do. The dictation is so hard to understand. They either barely speak english or they speak so fast that you can't understand what is coming out of their mouth. Does anyone have any tips or advice? Was it this hard when you first started out? Every new MT that writes on here or even experienced MT also never complain about how hard the testing is so I was just wondering if it was just me. Thanks.

newmt: - enigma

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In my experience the tests are way easier than the actual work.

I agree with enigma. nm - mtmt

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Testing for jobs - 1morenewbie

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I just finished my training, as well. And yes, I think some of the tests are hard-- some much more than others. But look at it this way. Every test you take, you learn something. And you get that much more practice. I hope your schooling included transcribing lots and lots of reports. The only way you learn to deal with foreign speakers and mushmouths is to practice, practice, practice. I think experienced MTs would agree. This is not an easy job and the people who do it deserve a lot more pay and respect than many of them get. I'm sure most of them once found hard what comes easily to them now. So keep on studying, keep on practicing, and keep on taking tests.

Testing for jobs - MargoMT

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Look at it as practice....every MT job will ask you to test. It does not matter how many years of experience you have, they want you to test. The thing that I do not like is no one tells you what you did wrong. You pretty much have to figure it out for yourself. The mumblers and ESL transcription does not make it any better. Good Luck to you and don't give up!

tests - oldmt

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The tests ARE hard. I have been looking for almost 2 years. I sometimes pass their tests, but never here back or take the test and not hired. I, too, am running into the same problem. It is mostly the ESLs that are going a mile a minute. But what helps somewhat are a lot of reference books and slowing down the voice so that you have to listen to it hundred times and then you might get it.

So, make sure you do have a lot reference materials, though, for the first part of the test at least.

Welcome to the real world of MT - Another old MT

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The tests are a real example of what you will be dealing with on a daily basis when you get a job. It does get easier with experience. Keep taking the tests for the experience of listening to ESL, mush-mouths, speed dictators, etc., and it will get easier over time to understand them.

It does take a special ear to do MT and some people just are not cut out for it, but DON'T GIVE UP trying because you won't know if you are one of them until you land that first job and get some experience under your belt. You may be surprised how fast you can pick up the ESL when doing them on a daily basis, especially if you type for the same dictators daily. I also had a hard time starting out, but now even surprise myself sometimes at what I can do.

Best of luck to you.

Testing - earlymusicus

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I'm a new grad of a local two-year college's MT program. What are these tests like? Does the company send you an audio file and you listen to it and then e-mail your report back? Or do you do it online immediately? I haven't tested with any MTSO yet - I've been trying to get an onsite position at one of the local hospitals instead.

Online testing from company's website - Another old MT

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for at-home positions, testing on site for in-house positions. Smaller companies may send you a voice file to do and send back. It all depends on where you apply. Check out some of the bigger company websites for tests you can take online to gain some experience in the process of testing. I would apply to as many as you can regardless of what experience they require.

Good luck to you in your job search.

Testing for jobs - newgrad

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That is great they let you test. Everytime I note that I am newly graduated, I am not even allowed to test. I never get past the application. I get the notification from MTtesting to sign in, and then when I do, it always says there is nothing further you can do at this site.
Am I doing something wrong? Have any of you run across this?

Read message - newmt

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No, your not doing anything wrong. It just depends on who you test for. Some companies will let newbies join as long as they pass the test.

Testing for jobs - newgrad

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I am tempted to fill in 1 year of experience just so I could test. Of course, that would mean they would not hire me. At least I could get some experience testing.

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