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Toptal
Toptal screens freelance developers, designers and consultants, then matches the few who pass with clients.
- Work location
- Apply, pass a multi-stage screening, then get matched to remote client engagements
- Starting cost
- No fee to join and no commission; talent set their own rates and Toptal takes no cut
- Where it works
- Fully remote and open worldwide; most clients are in the US and Western Europe
01 / The work
What you actually do
Toptal is a curated freelance network for experienced developers, designers, marketers, finance specialists, product managers and project managers. Applying is free: you create a profile, then complete a multi-stage screening covering English, domain skills, a live expert interview and a one-to-three-week test project. Toptal publishes that roughly three percent of applicants are accepted and that members set their own hourly rates, choose up to fifty hours a week, are paid in USD, and owe no commission.
02 / Public perspective
People’s experience
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03 / The practical detailsRequirements, fees & payout
- Type of work
- Freelance software and technical projects, Freelance design, marketing and finance consulting, Product, project and sales engagements
- Application or approval
- Yes
- Existing audience needed
- Not confirmed
- Vehicle needed
- Not confirmed
- Known payout
- Check current payout terms
- About two to three years or more of professional experience in your field
- Screening step one: English language and communication interview
- Screening step two: in-depth skill assessments in your specialism
- Screening step three: a live interview with a domain expert
- Screening step four: a test project that takes one to three weeks
- A waiting period before retrying if you do not pass a stage
- You choose your own availability
- from zero up to fifty hours per week
- Talent are independent contractors; no visa sponsorship or employment benefits
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