You’re not paid for the test, you’re paid for the report.

As a professional pen tester myself, you have to test at least some of the pens to make sure the ink isn’t all dried up or run out. It’s not hard.

1. No one’s hiring you unless you have an OSCP or similar certification.
2. A real pen test will set off all kinds of alarms.
3. You don’t get paid until you deliver a 100+ page report detailing what you did and your findings.