Psychometrics Expert - Fully Remote | Upto $63/hr

mercor; India; À distance; INR 6 674 000 - 8 410 000; Temps partiel

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Remote work

Résumé du poste

Mercor is seeking an Applied Psychology Benchmark Specialist for a remote contract role. You will author origination psychology questions, rate difficulty, provide solutions, and supply academic references for model training.

Ideal candidates hold a PhD or PsyD (or doctoral candidate) with strong theory, research skills, and excellent written English. This remote position requires about 10+ hours per week with flexible scheduling.

Qualifications

• 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.

Responsabilités

• 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 as Medium, Hard, or Expert to guide AI model training.
• Provide one correct answer and nine plausible but subtly incorrect alternatives to 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 and university repositories.
• For verification tasks, flag issues with clarity, completeness, precision, or solvability and justify any edits made.

Connaissances

PhD/ PsyD/ Doctoral candidate

Research methods

Academic writing

English proficiency

Formation

PhD/Doctoral degree in Psychology

Master's degree in Psychology

Description du poste

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 as Medium, Hard, or Expert to guide AI model training.
• Provide one correct answer and nine plausible but subtly incorrect alternatives to 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 and 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.

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