Tricks of the Qualification Survey

Does this sound familiar? You receive plenty of survey invitations, but when you go to take them, you end up being told that you don't qualify! The following tips will help increase your chances of qualifying. Please note that we in no way are encouraging you to lie on your qualification surveys. The following are proven techniques to qualify for more surveys. If you don't feel as if using them is an honest representation of who you are, then please disregard.

1. Almost every survey you take will begin with something like this, "Do you work in any of the following industries: Marketing, Research and Development, etc…" If you ever answer yes to this question, you will be immediately disqualified from the survey. Most often there is a "none of the above" option. This should be your choice by default.



2. Pay attention to what the survey is looking for. If in the invitation it says, "Looking for female doctors to take a survey about hospital procedures," then when they ask you if you're male or female, a "male" response will certainly get you disqualified from the survey. Consequently when they ask you what field you're in and you click "computers" the qualification survey will end with a depressing, "We're sorry you do not qualify to get paid for this survey."



3. Take your time! There are two reasons for this. First, some panels will disqualify you immediately if you rush through the survey too fast. This tells them that you did not take the necessary time needed to give accurate information. Second, if there is a question you are not sure about, do some quick internet research. You can leave the survey window open and come back to it. If the qualification survey asks you "What kind of office printer do you use?" You need to make sure that you are giving an actual brand of office printer that is believable.



4. Be an interesting person. This technique takes some practice, but saying that your salary is higher than average is more likely to qualify you for a survey than if you say your salary is average. The reason for this is because each survey is looking for a good mixture of demographics. If your salary is average, there is a higher chance that they have already filled their quota for average salary respondents.



5. Don't sweat it. You will get rejected from plenty of surveys. However, for every rejection you get, you'll get another invitation to try again. Teach yourself some new tricks and don't be afraid to take chances. Remember to tell the survey what they want to hear!