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The people are the jobs. Its <a href=\"https:\/\/smith.ai\/careers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">careers page<\/a> offers two paths, Virtual Receptionist and Customer Engagement Representative, and on 18 October 2026 the second one carried the line that Smith.ai is not currently hiring for it. So in practice there is one door open, and it has a phone behind it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There is a second, much smaller list. The corporate roles sit on a separate <a href=\"https:\/\/smithai.applytojob.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">applicant board<\/a>, which on 18 October 2026 showed exactly two openings, Manager of Client Success and Senior Product Marketing Manager, both remote and full time, neither printing a salary. If you searched smith ai jobs hoping for engineering work, that list is the whole answer today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><thead><tr><th>Role<\/th><th>Status on 18 October 2026<\/th><th>Where it is posted<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>Virtual Receptionist<\/td><td>Open, US and Mexico candidates<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/smith.ai\/careers\/virtual-receptionist\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">smith.ai receptionist page<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Customer Engagement Representative<\/td><td>Not currently hiring, per the page<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/smith.ai\/careers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">smith.ai careers<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Manager of Client Success<\/td><td>Open, remote, full time, no pay printed<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/smithai.applytojob.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Smith.ai applicant board<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Senior Product Marketing Manager<\/td><td>Open, remote, full time, no pay printed<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/smithai.applytojob.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Smith.ai applicant board<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"is-a-smith-ai-job-an-ai-job\">Is a Smith.ai job an AI job?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not in the sense most people searching mean. Smith.ai&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/smith.ai\/receptionists\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">receptionist service page<\/a> says its 500+ North American agents handle 400,000+ calls per month, backed by AI quality systems. The AI is the product the company sells to businesses. The receptionist job is answering those businesses&#8217; calls: taking messages, booking appointments, collecting payments and transferring callers. Nobody is labelling data or rating chatbot answers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That is also why the job does not appear on our <a href=\"https:\/\/getaiwork.com\/board\/\">free, public work board<\/a>. We crawled every card on 18 October 2026 and found 1,677 unique live listings, the same total our <a href=\"https:\/\/getaiwork.com\/stats.json\">stats.json<\/a> carried that morning, and none of them came from Smith.ai. The board screens for AI training, AI data and AI adjacent roles, and a call answering job at a company that also sells an AI receptionist is a phone job. A perfectly respectable one, but a phone job.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If what you actually want is work training AI models with no prior experience, our guide to <a href=\"https:\/\/getaiwork.com\/articles\/ai-training-jobs-no-experience\/\">AI training jobs that take beginners<\/a> covers what is open, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/getaiwork.com\/?h=remotenoexp&#038;utm_source=articles&#038;utm_medium=organic&#038;utm_content=smith-ai-jobs\">getAIwork match quiz<\/a> points you at listings that fit your background.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"627\" src=\"https:\/\/getaiwork.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/2_hands-typing-for-smith-ai-jobs-typing-test.jpg\" alt=\"Two hands type on a white keyboard, the skill the smith ai jobs typing test measures.\" class=\"wp-image-1143\" srcset=\"https:\/\/getaiwork.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/2_hands-typing-for-smith-ai-jobs-typing-test.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/getaiwork.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/2_hands-typing-for-smith-ai-jobs-typing-test-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/getaiwork.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/2_hands-typing-for-smith-ai-jobs-typing-test-1024x535.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/getaiwork.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/2_hands-typing-for-smith-ai-jobs-typing-test-768x401.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-image__caption\">The careers page asks for 40 wpm; the application landing page asks for 34.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"what-does-the-smith-ai-receptionist-posting-require\">What does the Smith.ai receptionist posting require?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here is the part nobody else seems to have read. The requirements appear in two places, the <a href=\"https:\/\/smith.ai\/careers\/virtual-receptionist\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Smith.ai receptionist page<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ondemandassessment.com\/o\/JB-BVT0HM2YG\/landing?u=1171734\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">application landing page<\/a> run by Criteria Corp, the assessment company the Apply button sends you to. They mostly agree. They do not agree on typing speed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><thead><tr><th>Requirement<\/th><th>Smith.ai receptionist page, 18 October 2026<\/th><th>Application landing page, 18 October 2026<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>Typing speed<\/td><td>Minimum 40 wpm<\/td><td>Minimum 34 WPM<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Computer<\/td><td>Personal desktop or laptop with Google Chrome<\/td><td>Same, and Chromebooks are NOT compatible<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Memory and screen<\/td><td>Minimum 8GB RAM, 1024&#215;768 display<\/td><td>Same<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Headset<\/td><td>A headset with a microphone arm<\/td><td>A USB headset with a microphone arm<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Internet<\/td><td>Under 50 ms ping, over 10 Mbps down, over 3 Mbps up<\/td><td>Same, and the connection must be private<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Work authorisation<\/td><td>Authorised to work in the US if US based, and able to pass a background check<\/td><td>Same<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Setting<\/td><td>A quiet environment for answering calls<\/td><td>Same<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two practical readings. First, practise to 40 words a minute, because that is the higher of the two numbers and the one on the employer&#8217;s own page. Second, if your only computer is a Chromebook, the landing page rules it out before the assessment starts. The page names the two tests it wants your connection checked on, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.speedtest.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Speedtest<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/networktest.twilio.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twilio&#8217;s network test<\/a>, and both are free to run before you apply.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"who-can-apply-for-smith-ai-jobs-and-from-where\">Who can apply for Smith.ai jobs, and from where?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The receptionist page says it plainly: for US and Mexico candidates only. That rules out readers in India, and it rules out everyone else the recruiting threads have heard from. In an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/WFHJobs\/comments\/1slp9kj\/remote_receptionist_job_1516hr_w2_remote_us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 2026 r\/WFHJobs thread<\/a>, the poster, who writes as part of Smith.ai&#8217;s hiring team, told people asking from Kenya, the Philippines and Latin America that there was nothing for them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Inside the US it is narrower than the page suggests. A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/WFHJobs\/comments\/1tho5hn\/smithai_is_still_hiring_phone_receptionists\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">May 2026 post by the same account<\/a> lists the role as open across most states except California, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Washington, Hawaii, the Portland metro area and Chicago, and adds that Arizona, Maine, Rhode Island and Colorado are restricted for English only applicants while bilingual applicants stay eligible. Smith.ai&#8217;s own pages do not print any state list, so treat it as unverified: it comes from a Reddit account, not the employer&#8217;s site, and lists like this change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It matters because of what one applicant reported in September 2026: an Arizona applicant wrote that they had already done the initial assessment before learning the English only role was restricted in their state, and that the application never said so. If you live in one of those states, the cheapest move is to email the address on the posting, hiring@smith.ai, before you spend an hour on tests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"msq-tool msq-check\" data-id=\"smith-ai-eligibility\" data-verb=\" ticked\">\n<h3>Smith.ai receptionist eligibility check<\/h3>\n<p>Tick what is true for you. Each line restates the Smith.ai posting and application page as read on 18 October 2026; it predicts nothing about whether an application succeeds.<\/p>\n<label><input type=\"checkbox\">I live in the US or Mexico, and if in the US I am authorised to work there<\/label>\n<label><input type=\"checkbox\">My state is not on the excluded list in the May 2026 Reddit post, or I have asked hiring@smith.ai to confirm<\/label>\n<label><input type=\"checkbox\">I can pass a background check<\/label>\n<label><input type=\"checkbox\">I have a desktop or laptop, not a Chromebook, with Google Chrome, 8GB RAM and a 1024&#215;768 screen<\/label>\n<label><input type=\"checkbox\">I have a USB headset with a microphone arm<\/label>\n<label><input type=\"checkbox\">My private connection tests under 50 ms ping, over 10 Mbps down and over 3 Mbps up<\/label>\n<label><input type=\"checkbox\">I can type at 40 wpm, the higher of the two figures printed<\/label>\n<label><input type=\"checkbox\">I can work 25 to 40 hours a week, including one Monday shift<\/label>\n<label><input type=\"checkbox\">I have a quiet room for calls<\/label>\n<p class=\"msq-check-count\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"msq-note\">Requirements change. Check the Smith.ai careers page on the day you apply. Smith.ai says it never charges a fee to apply or work there.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"what-pay-and-hours-does-smith-ai-list\">What pay and hours does Smith.ai list?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As listed on the <a href=\"https:\/\/smith.ai\/careers\/virtual-receptionist\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Smith.ai receptionist page<\/a> on 18 October 2026, US based agents start at $15 an hour, bilingual English and Spanish agents at $16 an hour, and Mexico based agents at $11 an hour. In the April 2026 Reddit thread the hiring account confirmed the Mexico figure is in US dollars. Rates change and nothing about future pay is guaranteed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><thead><tr><th>Item<\/th><th>As listed by Smith.ai on 18 October 2026<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>US starting rate<\/td><td>$15 an hour<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>US bilingual starting rate<\/td><td>$16 an hour, fluent English and Spanish<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Mexico starting rate<\/td><td>$11 an hour<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Training<\/td><td>Paid, in both countries<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Healthcare<\/td><td>Available to US agents working 30 or more hours a week<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Referral bonus<\/td><td>$150 per employee referral<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Hours<\/td><td>25 to 40 a week, one Monday shift required<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Shift blocks<\/td><td>2 to 5 hours, set by business needs and your availability<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The schedule is the part to read twice. The page says the service runs 24\/7\/365 and offers flexible hours, but also requires a Monday shift and at least 25 hours, scheduled in blocks that follow client demand. The May 2026 Reddit post describes the set weekly schedule as falling within company hours of 5am to 4pm Pacific, Monday to Sunday, which is a narrower window than 24\/7 and is, again, the recruiter&#8217;s description rather than the page&#8217;s. Flexible, in other words, inside walls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The April 2026 thread also describes the US role as a W2 employee position, full time or part time. For a sense of how this compares with other remote work that takes beginners, our roundup of <a href=\"https:\/\/getaiwork.com\/articles\/ai-jobs-remote\/\">remote AI jobs<\/a> lists what each kind of listing asks for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"627\" src=\"https:\/\/getaiwork.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/3_man-taking-notes-on-smith-ai-jobs-applications.jpg\" alt=\"A man writes notes beside his laptop at a home desk, comparing smith ai jobs details.\" class=\"wp-image-1144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/getaiwork.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/3_man-taking-notes-on-smith-ai-jobs-applications.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/getaiwork.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/3_man-taking-notes-on-smith-ai-jobs-applications-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/getaiwork.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/3_man-taking-notes-on-smith-ai-jobs-applications-1024x535.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/getaiwork.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/3_man-taking-notes-on-smith-ai-jobs-applications-768x401.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-image__caption\">Applicants on r\/WFHJobs report the English and typing tests as the usual stumbling points.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"what-do-applicants-report-about-the-hiring-process\">What do applicants report about the hiring process?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We read two r\/WFHJobs threads posted by the same hiring account, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/WFHJobs\/comments\/1slp9kj\/remote_receptionist_job_1516hr_w2_remote_us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">one from April 2026<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/WFHJobs\/comments\/1tho5hn\/smithai_is_still_hiring_phone_receptionists\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">one from May 2026<\/a>, and their roughly 30 comments running to September 2026. These are what people report, not verified facts about the process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The pattern is consistent. The hiring account describes the process as assessment based, with everyone sitting the same tests whatever their background, and says in May 2026 that it sees many people fail the English test and the typing test. The same account said in May 2026 that Smith.ai has hired people with no call handling experience, answering a former cashier who asked. Feedback is thin: the April reply says Smith.ai does not typically give specific feedback on failed assessments, though it offers to look if you email in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not every account is upbeat. In the April thread a reply from the hiring account thanks a commenter for feedback that the role is fast paced and that difficult callers are part of the job, and says it is not the right fit for everyone. One July 2026 commenter wrote that they had been rejected before and now did not get past the first form at all. The Arizona applicant above was annoyed, reasonably, at doing tests for a role their state was closed to. The May post also says the English section was shortened and some criteria adjusted, so earlier rejections are not necessarily final.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Where the accounts and the official page line up: English, typing and equipment decide most outcomes. Where they diverge: the page never mentions excluded states or a 5am to 4pm Pacific window. Before you start the tests, the getAIwork <a href=\"https:\/\/getaiwork.com\/?h=jobsnoexp&#038;utm_source=articles&#038;utm_medium=organic&#038;utm_content=smith-ai-jobs\">match quiz<\/a> is a quick way to see what else suits someone without call centre experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"how-do-you-tell-a-real-smith-ai-job-offer-from-a-fake-one\">How do you tell a real Smith.ai job offer from a fake one?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Smith.ai&#8217;s posting is unusually direct about this, and the wording is worth knowing. It says Smith.ai does not charge an application fee, never asks you to pay to work there, never asks for banking or financial information during the application, and never coordinates employment via social media. Scams are to be reported to hiring@smith.ai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So a message on Telegram from someone hiring for Smith.ai, asking for a starter kit fee, is fake by the company&#8217;s own rules, however friendly the emoji. The real route is the Apply button on the <a href=\"https:\/\/smith.ai\/careers\/virtual-receptionist\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">receptionist page<\/a>, which leads to the Criteria Corp assessment. The Reddit hiring posts above link to that same careers page, and that page is the one to use whoever sends you the offer. If you are weighing a different offer that looks too smooth, our check of <a href=\"https:\/\/getaiwork.com\/articles\/is-jobpeak-legit\/\">whether JobPeak is legit<\/a> walks through the same tests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The eligibility check below restates the posting&#8217;s requirements; it does not predict whether an application will succeed. If Smith.ai is not open to you, the <a href=\"https:\/\/getaiwork.com\/board\/\">getAIwork board<\/a> is free and public with no signup, and our guide to <a href=\"https:\/\/getaiwork.com\/articles\/ai-jobs-no-experience\/\">AI jobs with no experience<\/a> covers the platforms that hire outside the US.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"frequently-asked-questions\">Frequently asked questions<\/h2>\n\n\n<div id=\"rank-math-faq\" class=\"rank-math-block\">\n<div class=\"rank-math-list \">\n<div id=\"faq-q-1\" class=\"rank-math-list-item\">\n<h3 class=\"rank-math-question \">Does Smith.ai hire people in India?<\/h3>\n<div class=\"rank-math-answer \">\n\n<p>Not for the receptionist role. On 18 October 2026 Smith.ai&#8217;s receptionist page said the role is for US and Mexico candidates only.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"faq-q-2\" class=\"rank-math-list-item\">\n<h3 class=\"rank-math-question \">Can I use a Chromebook for the Smith.ai receptionist job?<\/h3>\n<div class=\"rank-math-answer \">\n\n<p>No. The application landing page linked from Smith.ai&#8217;s careers page said on 18 October 2026 that Chromebooks are not compatible.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"faq-q-3\" class=\"rank-math-list-item\">\n<h3 class=\"rank-math-question \">Is the Smith.ai receptionist job a W2 job?<\/h3>\n<div class=\"rank-math-answer \">\n\n<p>In the US it is described as a W2 employee position, full time or part time, by the Smith.ai hiring account posting on r\/WFHJobs in April 2026. The careers page lists full time and part time job types.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"faq-q-4\" class=\"rank-math-list-item\">\n<h3 class=\"rank-math-question \">How long is the Smith.ai assessment?<\/h3>\n<div class=\"rank-math-answer \">\n\n<p>Smith.ai does not publish a length. Its hiring account said in May 2026 that the English section had been shortened, and that the English and typing tests are where many applicants fail.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"faq-q-5\" class=\"rank-math-list-item\">\n<h3 class=\"rank-math-question \">Does Smith.ai pay for training?<\/h3>\n<div class=\"rank-math-answer \">\n\n<p>Yes. The receptionist page listed paid training for both US and Mexico based agents on 18 October 2026.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"faq-q-6\" class=\"rank-math-list-item\">\n<h3 class=\"rank-math-question \">Is the getAIwork board free?<\/h3>\n<div class=\"rank-math-answer \">\n\n<p>Yes. The board at getaiwork.com\/board\/ is free and public, with no signup. It carried 1,677 live listings on 18 October 2026.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"msq-end\" id=\"ms-quiz-end\">\n<p><strong>Finished the page?<\/strong> The same five questions from the top, to see what stuck.<\/p>\n<button type=\"button\" class=\"msq-btn msq-start-test\">Test Your Understanding of This Article<\/button>\n<div class=\"msq-mount\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Platform statuses and listed pay change without notice. Pay figures are quoted only as listed by the poster on the date shown and are never a promise of earnings. 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