Personal Consumer Research Expert
Mercor • Remote • Posted 0 days ago
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$57.5/task
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About this Role
What you'll do
Mercor is partnering with leading AI labs to advance frontier agent evaluations in consumer research. As a Personal Consumer Research Expert, you'll build long-horizon research tasks that mirror the work you already do, each paired with a deterministic rubric that grades agent performance against verifiable ground truth. Tasks need to have checkable answers; no open-ended essays, no subjective judgment calls.
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What you'll do
Product research
Service provider comparisons
Major purchase analysis
Who we're looking for
Compensation
What you'll do Mercor is partnering with leading AI labs to advance frontier agent evaluations in consumer research. As a Personal Consumer Research Expert, you'll build long-horizon research tasks that mirror the work you already do, each paired with a deterministic rubric that grades agent performance against verifiable ground truth. Tasks need to have checkable answers; no open-ended essays, no subjective judgment calls. Expect to build scenarios across: These scenarios will be challenging and take long sessions of focus. Who we're looking for Compensation $50–$65/hr depending on domain depth and prior experience. Strong contributors are promoted based on task quality and throughput. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to legally protected characteristics and provide reasonable accommodations upon request.
- Product research: shortlists that meet every stated spec and budget constraint, TCO calculations with ground-truth totals
- Service provider comparisons: insurance, internet, utilities scored against a defined rubric with documented winner
- Major purchase analysis: quote gathering against rules, negotiation angles against policy references
- 3+ years in product research, personal procurement, journalism/review writing, or adjacent roles
- Expertise in one or more of the following: product spec analysis, service provider comparison (insurance, internet, utilities), quote gathering and negotiation, TCO modeling
- Comfortable reading and producing research artifacts: comparison tables, shortlists, negotiation briefs, TCO spreadsheets
- Clear written communication; can articulate reasoning step by step and encode it into deterministic rubrics
- Located in the United States or Canada
Requirements
- Must be eligible to work in Remote
- Fluent proficiency in English (Written & Verbal)
- Reliable high-speed internet connection
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience
- Demonstrated expertise in Generalist
Compensation Analysis
Mercor is partnering with leading AI labs to advance frontier agent evaluations in consumer research. As a Personal Consumer Research Expert, you'll build long-horizon research tasks that mirror the work you already do, each paired with a deterministic rubric that grades agent performance against verifiable ground truth. Tasks need to have checkabl
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