Posted a job on upwork looking for a Chinese →English interpreter.
Zhuoyue K. (CST / UTC+8) agreed to a meeting to discuss the project and assess her English skills, 2021-11-22T08:00:00Z → 2021-11-22T08:15:00Z at https://meet.jit.si/BoundDialoguesSupplementSuddenly
Truleen Y. (CST / UTC+8) agreed to a meeting to discuss the project and assess her English skills, 2021-11-23T08:00:00Z → 2021-11-23T08:15:00Z at https://meet.jit.si/BoundDialoguesSupplementSuddenly
Xin T. (PST / UTC-8) agreed to a meeting to discuss the project and assess her English skills, 2021-11-22T15:00:00Z → 2021-11-22T15:15:00Z at https://meet.jit.si/BoundDialoguesSuddenly
There were about six spontaneous proposal but they did not have the required skills. I selected a dozen people with previous interpreter English / Chinese experience: three declined, three answered and the other did not reply at all.
I selected this interpreter after interviewing all three. It was a close call.