Game Testers

Here is an online college that trains game designers and developers and game testers.

Http://www.gameinstitute.com/PowerUp_Games_Video_Game_Testing.html

I have seen them involved with the industry.

I use the following to identify scams.
1) do they have a phone number? If you call, can you talk to someone or leave a message and get a reply?
2) Do they have support? Can you chat or email with someone and ask a simple question and get a response?
3) do they have an address I can mail a letter? If I do, does it come back undeliverable?

I also found this article

http://ezinearticles.com/?Top-3-Hints-to-Avoid-Game-Tester-Gimmicks&id=5586475

I do believe that getting a short job testing at home is possible with a lot of effort or knowing someone in the industry. I would put the odds the same as winning the lottery.

admin answers:

Try gametester.com they hooked me up with a sweet gig beta testing games. Good luck

admin answers:

Here is an online college

http://www.gameinstitute.com/PowerUp_Games_Video_Game_Testing.html

They offer a game testing course.

To increase your chances of getting a career game testing position…
Become familiar with what game testing is, terminology, etc and build out a good cover letter and resume.

Get some good experience and be able to talk about what you did in with the knowledge and terminology you have learned about Game Testing.

Become familiar with the basics of game testing so after you land a position, you can keep it.
(there are some companies that will hire 10 game testers knowing that after 2-3 days, they will know the best of the group and will lay off the rest. It is cheaper than doing a deep interview process)

Remember, there will be several hundred people applying to any game testing position and you have to get your resume to the top for a phone interview and past the face to face interview so you can get the position and show that you know what it is and that you know what you need to do to become a Game tester.

Have someone in the Game Industry review your resume and cover letter. Get someone who was a game tester or even better, someone who has hired game testers.

If you want help completing the above steps, please investigate our Training at http://www.powerupgames.com/

admin answers:

If there was an easy way to become a paid game tester, there would be 10,000,000 people lining up for the jobs. All you can do is watch the websites of game development companies that you are interested in and hope one of them will post an opening.