Pasos de selección
- Waitlist
- Identity verification
- Short practice task
Source: prolific.com
You join a waitlist and are emailed an invite when you can start; after that you choose from the studies you are eligible for on your dashboard.
Assessment content
After you are invited off the waitlist and verify your email, phone and ID, you take a practice study that contains checks.
Source: participant-help.prolific.com
Preparing for the assessment
- Follow the practice study's instructions and give it your full attention. (participant-help.prolific.com)
- AI tools: AI tools such as ChatGPT aren't allowed in your submissions unless a researcher specifically asks you to use one in the study description or consent form. (participant-help.prolific.com)
Resultados y repeticiones
- Waitlist invitations depend on researcher demand and the demographics and expertise Prolific needs; some people are invited within hours and others wait months or longer, and it is not first come, first served. (participant-help.prolific.com)
Screening in open postings
- 55% of Prolific's open roles (129) mention a skills test
- 27% of Prolific's open roles (63) mention a paid assessment
From the postings' own text; a posting that doesn't mention a step may still use it.
Checks before paid work
- ID check: Photo of a physical government ID plus a short selfie video, through Onfido
Quién puede postularse
Over 18 and living in one of 52 listed countries (including the UK, US, Canada, most of the EU, Australia, India and South Africa). Eligibility is based on where you live, not nationality; people elsewhere can join a waitlist but access isn't guaranteed.
Prolific engages people as: independent contractor; Prolific acts as an agent between researchers and participants.
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Facts from Prolific's own pages, checked 20 October 2026. Platforms change their process; their pages are the final word. See also how to spot a fake offer.