Charlesworth Group asked me to apply to work with them as a freelance academic editor. I submitted an excellent reference from another editing outsourcing company I still work with today, another excellent reference from a private client, several examples of my editing work that were published in top journals acknowledging my contributions, and over 8 years of experience as a freelance academic editor. The interview also involved an editing test. I understand the reasoning for it, and the test was not difficult. However, it was time-consuming and I was not paid for my time to take the test, which some other editing outsourcers do. The pay Charlesworth offered for editing manuscripts was about a third of what I make on my own as a freelancer. Because I spend less than 10% of my time marketing and invoicing, I couldn't see paying another company two-thirds of what I make to support numerous administrative staff to do those things for me. As a person with extensive graduate education and experience, I didn't find the pay rate acceptable, so I declined their offer.