Remote Psychology Assessment Specialist (PhD)

Mercor; New York (NY); On-site; USD 83,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote

Flexible schedule

Job summary

Mercor is seeking expert psychologists to author and review high-quality academic assessment content for an AI research initiative. You will write and verify rigorous questions across core psychology domains, evaluate solution quality, and help establish gold-standard benchmarks for advancing AI capabilities.

Roles are fully remote with ~10+ hours weekly, offering flexible, asynchronous collaboration. Ideal candidates hold a PhD or are doctoral candidates, with strong command of graduate-level

Qualifications

• PhD/doctoral candidate in psychology or closely related field.
• Master's degree considered for exceptional depth in a subdomain.
• Strong command of graduate-level psychological theory, research methodology, and empirical literature.
• Clinical licensure or research publications in psychology is a strong plus.

Responsibilities

• Author original psychology questions that test deep conceptual understanding, not surface-level recall.
• Ensure questions are unambiguous, self-contained, and precisely defined — all necessary information must be in the problem statement.
• Rate each question's difficulty: Medium, Hard, or Expert
• 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
• For verification tasks: flag issues with clarity, completeness, precision, or solvability and justify any edits made

Skills

Graduate-level psychology theory

Research methodology

Empirical literature

Academic writing

Education

PhD, PsyD, or doctoral candidate in Psychology

Master's degree considered for exceptional depth in a subdomain

Job description

Mercor is seeking expert psychologists to author and review high-quality academic assessment content for an AI research initiative. You will write and verify rigorous questions across core psychology domains, evaluate solution quality, and help establish gold-standard benchmarks for advancing AI capabilities.

Roles are fully remote with ~10+ hours weekly, offering flexible, asynchronous collaboration. Ideal candidates hold a PhD or are doctoral candidates, with strong command of graduate-level