Test of AAM Target Audience

[kathryns6136032]

In using the following links to add ourselves into AAM segments being used as the Adobe Target test audience, my QA team is having to visit the test page first before the test works.  Why would this be?  I am able to skip step 2 below and still get into the activity, but they are not.  We are all testing in Chrome.

Links:

Adding an Audience	http://hrblock.demdex.net/firstevent?d_sid=XXXXXX
Checking	https://hrblock.demdex.net/firstevent?d_stuff=1&d_dst=1&d_rtbd=json&d_cts=1&d_cb-Adat.aam

Process:

1. Clear cookies
2. Visit the test page (location of the test)
3. Use URL to add add self to the segment, replacing XXXXXX with the associated qualifying trait: http://hrblock.demdex.net/firstevent?d_sid=XXXXXX
4. Visit URL to ensure the segment has been assigned: https://hrblock.demdex.net/firstevent?d_stuff=1&d_dst=1&d_rtbd=json&d_cts=1&d_cb-Adat.aam
5. Visit the test page (location of the test) to ensure that the test is working and anyone with the test audience (AAM segment) is placed in the activity (either test or control)

Does this have something to do with the browser, demdex cookie or something else?