GoKawiilJeopardy! opens rare clue-writer job, draws 1,300+ applicants for grueling test
Jeopardy! publicly advertised its clue-writing position for the first time in the show's 42-year history, attracting over 1,300 applicants in just eight days for a role paying up to $178,000 annually. Candidates faced the same 50-question test given to contestants, plus had to draft full rounds of categories and clues sourced only from verifiable references, with Wikipedia and AI tools explicitly forbidden.