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Psychology PhD Assessment Specialist

Mercor

Job Location:

Berlin - Germany

Monthly Salary: Not provided by the employer

Posted: 15 August 2026 (5 hours ago)

Application Deadline: 12 November 2026

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

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 DAngelo 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 questions difficulty: Medium (intro undergraduate) Hard (advanced undergraduate) or Expert (post-graduate and above).
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 15 academic references per question from reputable sources like peer-reviewed journals or 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.
Masters 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