Before you can begin investigating cases on Objection, you need to complete the onboarding questionnaire. This 22-question assessment builds your investigator profile, which the platform uses to match you with cases suited to your background and perspective.
Before you begin
When you first open the questionnaire, you will be asked to complete your personal profile if you haven't already. This includes your first name, last name, phone number, country of residence, and profile picture. Once your profile is filled out, the questionnaire begins.
If you have already completed the questionnaire, you will be redirected to your investigator dashboard automatically.
What the questionnaire covers
The questions are grouped into several categories:
Investigation style: How you naturally approach evaluating controversial claims and expert disagreements.
Bias awareness: How you handle information that conflicts with your existing beliefs, and how you guard against confirmation bias.
Political perspective: Your views on topics like government regulation and institutional trust. These questions determine where you fall on a left-center-right spectrum.
Domain expertise: The subject areas where you have the most knowledge, such as science and medicine, politics and policy, business and finance, technology, legal matters, or general news.
Source preferences: How you evaluate the credibility of sources, whether by authority, transparency, track record, or corroboration.
Risk tolerance: Whether you tend to be cautious, balanced, decisive, or context-dependent when making calls on ambiguous claims.
Professional background: Your field of work and years of experience in research, analysis, or investigative work.
Credentials: Your education level and any professional certifications or licenses relevant to investigation.
Evidence access: Your access to primary source databases, research tools, and experience with FOIA requests or public records.
Critical thinking: Scenario-based questions testing how you evaluate claims, statistics, emotional language, and unverified social media posts.
Uploading your CV
You must upload your CV or resume. Accepted formats are PDF, DOC, or DOCX, with a maximum file size of 5 MB.
Providing a professional profile link
Question 22 asks for a link to your professional online presence, such as a LinkedIn profile or personal website. This is used as an additional data point for verifying your background.
Saving your progress
Your answers are saved automatically as you go. If you leave the page or your session expires and you return later, the questionnaire will restore your previous answers and pick up where you left off. You will see a notification confirming that your progress has been restored.
What happens after completion
Completing the questionnaire does two things:
It creates your investigator profile, which the platform uses for automated case matching. Your political perspective, investigative style, risk tolerance, and areas of expertise all factor into which cases you are assigned.
Your account role has been upgraded to Investigator, granting you access to the Investigator dashboard and the ability to be assigned to cases.
From the summary screen, you can proceed directly to your dashboard to begin accepting case assignments.