MercorDomain experts
Clinical Mental Health Expert: AI Conversation Evaluation
$100/hr
About this role, in Mercor's words
Mercor is seeking Clinical Mental Health Experts to support an AI research initiative focused on evaluating the realism and quality of simulated clinical conversations. This is a short-term, fully remote evaluation task designed for mental health professionals who can apply their clinical experience and professional judgment to assess realistic conversational scenarios. The task will take up to 30 minutes to complete.
What you'll do
- Review pairs of simulated conversations involving clinical mental health scenarios.
- Evaluate the conversations based on their realism and authenticity .
- Determine which conversation more closely reflects a realistic clinical interaction.
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- Apply your clinical experience and professional judgment when making evaluations.
- Complete the evaluation independently through an online interface.
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Mercor is seeking Clinical Mental Health Experts to support an AI research initiative focused on evaluating the realism and quality of simulated clinical conversations. This is a short-term, fully remote evaluation task designed for mental health professionals who can apply their clinical experience and professional judgment to assess realistic conversational scenarios. The task will take up to 30 minutes to complete.
What You’ll Do
• Review pairs of simulated conversations involving clinical mental health scenarios.
• Evaluate the conversations based on their realism and authenticity .
• Determine which conversation more closely reflects a realistic clinical interaction.
• Apply your clinical experience and professional judgment when making evaluations.
• Complete the evaluation independently through an online interface.
Ideal Background
We welcome professionals with a relevant degree and clinical mental health expertise . Suitable backgrounds may include:
• Clinical Psychology
• Counselling Psychology
• Mental Health Counselling
• Clinical Social Work
• Psychiatry
• Psychotherapy
• Behavioural Health
• Marriage and Family Therapy
• Other closely related clinical mental health disciplines
Candidates should have:
• A relevant degree or professional qualification in a mental health-related field.
• Practical experience working in a clinical mental health or behavioural health setting.
• Familiarity with real-world conversations between mental health professionals and patients or clients.
• Strong professional judgment and the ability to identify whether clinical interactions feel realistic and authentic.
• Strong attention to detail and the ability to make independent qualitative assessments.
Why Join
• Apply your clinical expertise to the evaluation of advanced AI systems.
• Contribute to research aimed at improving the realism and quality of AI-generated interactions.
• Be considered for future AI evaluation and research opportunities requiring clinical mental health expertise.
Working with MercorPay, getting started and work, from Mercor's own pages
What the platform publishes in general. These are not extra terms confirmed for this particular role.
- Getting paid
- Hourly work is paid every Wednesday for the previous week, through Stripe Connect or Wise, whichever Mercor assigns to your region. Stripe holds the first payout for 7 days. talent.docs.mercor.com/how-to/payments, talent.docs.mercor.com/policies/contracts
- Before your first paid task
- An AI interview of about 20 minutes, reused for other roles that need it, then any assessments the role asks for. Before logging hours: ID verification through Persona, a tax form, the contract documents, the Insightful time tracker, and a background check the onboarding guide says usually takes one to two weeks. talent.docs.mercor.com/support/ai-interview, talent.docs.mercor.com/how-to/apply, talent.docs.mercor.com/policies/contracts, talent.docs.mercor.com/how-to/id-verification, talent.docs.mercor.com/working/project-onboarding
- How much work
- Hearing back after the AI interview usually takes 2 to 4 weeks. When a project ends you are not moved to a new one automatically. talent.docs.mercor.com/support/ai-interview, talent.docs.mercor.com/support/project
- Contract
- Independent contractor with Mercor.io Corporation of San Francisco, which deducts no taxes. talent.docs.mercor.com/policies/taxes-work-authorization, talent.docs.mercor.com/support/legal
Read on the pages linked above on 23 Sep 2026. Platforms change these terms, so check the linked page before you rely on one.
Alex's experience on MercorA personal account, not a promise about your project
Alexruns this site and has worked on Mercor himself. Written 31 Aug 2026.
- Every interview I took used an AI interviewer. They always checked my microphone and camera and asked me to share my screen, and some included a timed exercise of around 25 minutes.
- Many later applications needed no new interview from me. With the required assessments complete and no other outstanding steps, applying could be close to one click.
- The application I checked did not ask for a rate. My offer matched my minimum in Work Preferences. That does not establish that Mercor always caps higher offers at your preference.
- Onboarding and setup came to about 4 hours, with more security and tool setup. Of the three platforms I worked on, it was the most complicated for me. That is an estimate from my projects, not a platform average.
- Mercor required the Insightful tracker on my project. I observed app and website usage monitoring, and I am unsure which screenshot settings applied, so check the configuration.
- I was paid for hours logged, once every 14 days, and I have not experienced late or incorrect payments. That was my arrangement. Mercor's current documentation describes weekly payout cycles, so check your own offer.
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Pay across the field: Domain experts
Across 699 roles in this field with a stated hourly rate in US dollars, on 18 platforms, the middle half pays $65 to $130 an hour at the top of the range, and the median is $100. This role's top rate, $100, is in the middle half. Of the 260 distinct rates we count, 125 are lower and 110 are higher.
| Platform | Roles | Top of range, per hour |
|---|---|---|
| Alignerr | 149 | $24 to $200 · median $80 |
| micro1 | 136 | $28 to $400 · median $110 |
| AfterQuery | 88 | $45 to $175 · median $100 |
| Handshake AI | 79 | $30 to $300 · median $85 |
| Mercor (this platform) | 77 | $55 to $450 · median $120 |
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- First seen here on 30 Sep 2026, and still on Mercor's list when we last read it on 13 Oct 2026.
- The listed pay has not changed since then.
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