Remote Psychology Assessment Specialist (PhD)

Mercor; New York (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote

Job summary

Mercor seeks expert psychologists to author and review high-quality academic assessment content for an AI research initiative. You will write and verify rigorous multiple-choice questions, evaluate solution quality, and help establish gold-standard benchmarks for advancing AI capabilities.

You will perform Question Authoring or Question Verification tasks, rate difficulty, and provide references to peer-reviewed sources as needed. Remote, flexible schedule offered.

Qualifications

• PhD or doctoral candidate in Psychology or closely related field.
• Excellent written English and ability to express complex ideas clearly and concisely.
• Experience authoring and reviewing academic assessment content is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Author original psychology questions that test deep conceptual understanding, not surface-level recall.
• Rate each question's difficulty: Medium, Hard, or Expert.
• Provide 1 correct answer and 9 plausible but subtly incorrect alternatives; document any issues for verification.

Skills

Graduate-level psychology theory

Excellent written English

High domain expertise in psychology

Education

PhD / PsyD / doctoral candidate in Psychology

Master's degree considered with exceptional depth

Clinical licensure or research publications in psychology

Job description

Mercor seeks expert psychologists to author and review high-quality academic assessment content for an AI research initiative. You will write and verify rigorous multiple-choice questions, evaluate solution quality, and help establish gold-standard benchmarks for advancing AI capabilities.

You will perform Question Authoring or Question Verification tasks, rate difficulty, and provide references to peer-reviewed sources as needed. Remote, flexible schedule offered.