Psychology PhD - Assessment Specialist

Mercor · Mumbai, India

FULL TIME

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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 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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Type	FULL TIME
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