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Pay range
$25-250/hr
Reliability
Very Reliable
Onboarding
1-3 weeks (interview + assessment + trial)
Our rating
4.2 / 5
Founded
2023
HQ
San Francisco
Best for
Software engineers, domain experts (medicine, law, finance), data scientists and ML engineers who can pass AI interviews and technical assessments.
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About Mercor
Mercor matches vetted professionals to short-term AI training and evaluation work through an AI-led interview. Roles skew toward domain experts and engineers grading frontier-model outputs, with specialty premiums for finance, law and medicine.
Interview & screening process
- 1Create a profile and upload your resume
- 2Complete the AI video interview (20-30 min)
- 3Pass the specialty screening for your domain
- 4Get matched to a project and accept an offer
How to crack it
- Speak in specifics - cite real projects and numbers
- Treat the AI interviewer like a human panel and structure your answers
- Pick the specialty that matches your deepest experience
- Use a quiet space and a stable connection for the video round
Pros
- High ceiling on specialist pay
- Fast matching once verified
- Weekly payouts via Stripe
Cons
- Referral payout caps at 4x hourly rate
- Work trials are unpaid
- Attribution is link-only, not retroactive