While the initial interview was fairly straightforward, I was disappointed to learn that the second stage of the process is a week long training class that is required and unpaid. Because this course is considered part of the interview process, the company is able to get around having to pay prospective employees for their work and completing what they call the "VA Basics Classroom" is not even a guarantee that someone will be offered a position. It's been my experience that with companies like these, whose business practices are predatory at best and intentionally deceptive at worst, will use the information they glean from the "training class" for their own clients rather than hiring the work out.

The interview process consisted of an interview phase with VAUSA's matching team. Once I was hired on to VAUSA, I was then able to go through the matching progress. Once I was matched with a client based on my personality traits and my work experience compared to a potential client's personality and needs, I then interviewed with the client to see if they wanted to hire me. Once hired, I began a contract with my client and started getting paid. During the first 90 days, my client and I were walked through all the details to ensure we both knew what to do. I'm then able to open my availability to take on another client until I reach the workload I'm after.