I applied to Outlier after seeing an advert from them offering to pay $40 per hour to train AI math models.

I uploaded my CV, which includes a masters in mathematics from an elite university and experience tutoring it at the undergraduate level, and got "after carefully reviewing your CV, we are offering you the generalist role" in response, at $15 per hour.

I don't mean to come off arrogant, but this seems to me like a mistake. I meet the requirements for their preferred candidate and over-subscription doesn't seem like a particularly big risk for them, considering you get to choose your own hours.

I was wondering if anyone else has had an experience like this and if you can provide some insight? Do they like to see how you perform as a generalist before offering you a bigger role, or are they never gonna offer me the maths role? I can do the generalist role if it's a gateway to the bigger one, but honestly I'm not interested in it as is with the $15p/h pay rate.