Do Some Google Research & Get Paid with the User Experience Survey

30. Oct 2006 | 3 Comments

If you take a keen interest in Google & it’s products you can now get Paid to help do Google Research. If selected you can earn $75 for every hour you spend with a Google Researcher. That could be on the phone, in person or even filling in Online Forms.

You’d be helping us to improve Google products, both existing ones and those that are still in development. For example, we might ask you to try out a prototype and give us feedback on it, or we might interview you to help us plan a new product.

There are a few different types of field work that you can apply for, this will also be dependant on where you live. Most studies seem to be Carried out at the Mountain View Office however they can also be carried out at some of the other offices also.

Usability study at a Google office: Typically, you will use a Google product or prototype, and give feedback on it. You could either meet 1-on-1 with a Google researcher, or work as part of a group. Most studies are done at our HQ in Mountain View, California, but we have offices all over the world, so please feel free to sign up for this type of study even if you don’t live in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Remote usability study: A Google researcher will call you while you sit at your computer, and ask you to try out a Google product or prototype via your internet connection, and give feedback on it. You can be anywhere in the world, but need to have a high-speed internet connection.
Field study: Google researchers will come to visit you, and interview you about how you use computers or the Web. We won’t just show up at your door – we will always check with you, and make an appointment. Again, most of our researchers are based at our HQ in Mountain View, California, but we have offices all over the world, so please feel free to sign up for this type of study even if you don’t live in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Online survey: you answer questions on the web or in an email, from your own computer.

So, if you think this sounds like something you’d be interested in doing you can sign up using the link below.