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Applying again after a rejection or a waitlist
When you can apply to Canonset again after a decline or a deactivation, how the waitlist for states on hold works, what a new application involves, and what changes your chances.
Most declined applicants can apply again six months after the decision; the email and your Work page give the date, and we email you that day. Two decisions are final: work that broke the original-work policy, and an identity that couldn't be verified. Waitlisted applicants don't apply again: the test opens by itself when their state opens.
When you can apply again
| Reason for the decision | Apply again |
|---|---|
| Screening test below the bar | After six months |
| Paid trial below the bar | After six months |
| Experience doesn't fit our current projects | After six months |
| Another reason our team wrote out | After six months |
| Identity couldn't be verified | Never: the decision is final |
| Work broke the original-work policy | Never: the decision is final |
The same holds after a deactivation: six months for quality under the bar, any time if you asked us to close your account, and never for the original-work policy or an identity that doesn't match the person doing the work. Our team can let you apply again sooner, or lift a final decision, and emails you if it does. A paid trial a reviewer approved is paid even if you were declined.
The waitlist
Residents of some US states join a waitlist when they apply; the sign-up page and the experts page name those states. Your profile and role applications are kept, the screening test opens automatically when your state opens, and we email you that day.
How to apply again
When the date comes, your Work page offers Apply again. It starts a new application from the screening test, with a new interview and a trial task you haven't sent before; if every trial task in your field has been sent, a strong test goes straight to our team. Your ID check carries over, and a role application closed with the earlier decision can be made again.
What changes your chances
- The screening test. Five multiple-choice questions in your main field and one written answer of at least 40 characters, about 15 minutes. 60% or more on the multiple choice unlocks the paid trial; below it, our team decides on the test alone, and a person reads the written answer.
- The interview. About 10 minutes with an AI interviewer, by voice or in writing, or a call with a person instead. It scores domain depth, problem solving, communication and honesty, never penalizes accents, grammar or non-native phrasing, and never decides: our team reads it.
- The trial task. One real task in your main field, the same for every applicant in that field, paid once a reviewer approves it. Coding and AI-agent applicants write a verified coding task whose hidden tests fail on the starting code and pass on the solution ($200, about 2 hours); other fields grade an AI answer with a known error ($50, 30 to 45 minutes). A rejected trial (AI-written, copied or empty work) isn't paid; a returned one comes back for a revision. Where paid trials wait for a client project in your field, your Work page says so.
- Your profile. Headline, years of experience, fields, skills, state, hours a week, LinkedIn and expected rate. Approval names the fields you may work in; a field added later waits for our team's approval.
A person on our team decides, usually within two business days, and emails you either way. Approval doesn't guarantee hours: projects open when labs need your field.
Questions: support@canonset.com.
Updated Nov 11, 2026.