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Psychology PhD - Assessment Specialist
@ Mercor
Toronto, Ontario
Overview
Mercor is hiring an Applied Psychology Benchmark Specialist on a remote contract at $50–$63 per hour, for at least 10 hours a week. The role authors and verifies graduate-level psychology questions with answers, solutions and references for AI research labs.
Pay:
$50–$63 an hour
Responsibilities:
- Author original psychology questions testing deep conceptual understanding
- Write one correct answer and nine plausible distractors per question
- Rate question difficulty from Medium to Expert
- Write step-by-step Chain-of-Thought solutions in markdown
- Supply 1–5 academic references per question
Requirements summary:
- PhD, PsyD or doctoral candidate in Psychology or related field
- Master's considered for exceptional subdomain depth
- Strong graduate-level psychological theory and methodology
- Excellent written English
- Clinical licensure or publications a strong plus
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Job details
| Seniority | Mid level |
| Department | Research & science |
| Hours per week | 10 |
| Travel | air: none · ground: none |
| Work setting | Home |
| Position | Mostly sitting |
| Physical demands | physical low · computer high |
| Languages | English |
| Education | Doctorate (required), Professional degree (MD, JD…) (required), Master’s degree (preferred) |
| Fields of study | Psychology |
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Mercor
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We connect human expertise with leading AI labs and enterprises to train frontier models.
Full company description
Mercor is defining the future of work. We connect human expertise with leading AI labs and enterprises to train frontier models.
- LinkedIn followers
- 654,507
- People associated on LinkedIn
- 5,250
- Reported office locations
- San Francisco, California 94105, US
- Business categories
- Employment
- Software
- Recruiting
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- Machine Learning
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- Mercor
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- Reported total investment
- 483,600,000
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Mercor is defining the future of work. We connect human expertise with leading AI labs and enterprises to train frontier models.
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Industry | Software Development |
| Company size | 51-200 employees |
| Headquarters | San Francisco, California |
| Organization type | Privately Held |
| Year founded | 2023 |
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 1,626 |
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About the job
Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. Headquartered in San Francisco, our investors include Benchmark, General Catalyst, Peter Thiel, Adam D'Angelo, Larry Summers, and Jack Dorsey.
Position: Applied Psychology Benchmark Specialist
Type: Contract
Compensation: $50–$63/hour
Location: Remote
Commitment: 10+ hours/week
Role Responsibilities
- Author original psychology questions that test deep conceptual understanding, not surface-level recall.
- Ensure questions are unambiguous, self-contained, and precisely defined with all necessary information in the problem statement.
- Rate each question's difficulty: Medium (intro undergraduate), Hard (advanced undergraduate), or Expert (post-graduate and above).
- Provide 1 correct answer and 9 plausible but subtly incorrect alternatives that challenge expert-level solvers.
- Write step-by-step Chain-of-Thought solutions with clear, concise reasoning in markdown format.
- Supply 1–5 academic references per question from reputable sources like peer-reviewed journals or university repositories.
- For verification tasks: flag issues with clarity, completeness, precision, or solvability and justify any edits made.
Qualifications
Must-Have
- PhD, PsyD, or doctoral candidate in Psychology or a closely related field.
- Master's degree considered for candidates with exceptional depth in a specific subdomain.
- Strong command of graduate-level psychological theory, research methodology, and empirical literature.
- Excellent written English and ability to express complex ideas clearly and concisely.
Preferred
- Clinical licensure or research publications in psychology is a strong plus.
Application Process (Takes 20–30 mins to complete)
- Upload resume
- AI interview based on your resume
- Submit form
Resources & Support
- For details about the interview process and platform information, please check: https://talent.docs.mercor.com/welcome
- For any help or support, reach out to: [email protected]
PS: Our team reviews applications daily. Please complete your AI interview and application steps to be considered for this opportunity.
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