Expert Interviewer
MercorLegit · not rated yetPosted on 25 Aug 2026
Pay: $50–60/hr
- Who can apply
- Open only to people in United States
- Hours
- 10 hrs/week · Part-time
- Where
- Remote, work from home
- Job type
- Expert (SME) review
- Openings
- 2 openings
At a glance: A part-time, remote expert (SME) review job with Mercor. It pays $50–60/hr for 10 hours a week. Only people in United States can apply.
Ongoing · listed since 25 Aug 2026
Mercor keeps this listing open to recruit all year. It is still open, but it isn’t a new opening.
What happens after you click Apply
- You leave AI Trainer HQ and go to Mercor’s own site.
- Upload your résumé on work.mercor.com
- Confirm your work authorization
- Sit the AI interview, which takes about 20 minutes
- Complete any written assessment attached to the listing
- On receiving an offer, sign it, configure payouts and verify your identity
How this pay compares
This job pays more than 28% of the 205 other software engineering jobs on the board that state pay; 70% pay more.
- This job
- $55/hrMiddle of $50–60/hr
- Median on Mercor
- $80/hrFrom 295 other paid jobs
- Median in software engineering
- $65/hrFrom 205 other paid jobs
Requirements
- Qualifications
- Prior recruiting, interviewing, or technical-vetting experience; comfort assessing senior engineers
- Strong communication and structured judgment; able to run a warm, professional conversation and stay on time
- Weekday business-hours availability
- Able to commit reliably to about 10 hours per week, fully remote
- Languages
- English
- Equipment
- Computer with a reliable internet connection
About this job
Support a high-priority technical-expert panel for a frontier AI lab as an Expert Interviewer.
Overview
We're seeking an experienced interviewer to help vet shortlisted engineers across GPU kernel development, security & vulnerability research, and ML-compiler / accelerator domains for an AI model training-and-evaluation engagement. You'll run short, structured interviews and give our team a clear, evidence-based read on each expert's fit.
What You'll Do
• Run ~20-minute structured interviews with shortlisted experts, assessing technical depth, communication, and AI-evaluation fit against a provided rubric.
• Confirm each expert's availability, work authorization, and exclusivity, and surface any red flags.
• Tier each candidate (advance / hold / pass) and write a concise summary for the program team.
• Coordinate scheduling within weekday business hours.
What We're Looking For
• Prior recruiting, interviewing, or technical-vetting experience; comfort assessing senior engineers.
• Strong communication and structured judgment; able to run a warm, professional conversation and stay on time.
• Weekday business-hours availability.
• Able to commit reliably to about 10 hours per week, fully remote.
Equal Employment Opportunity: We are proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, political views or activity, or any other legally protected characteristic.
Listing history
- First seen on our board
- (9 days ago)
- Posted by Mercor
- Last checked
- Source
- Mercor
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