Mercor
Local Political Expert (Iowa) — Elections Forecasting & Political Risk
About the work We are building expert-authored forecasting and research data used to evaluate and improve AI models on real political and financial analysis. Each task asks a practitioner to reason from a fixed evidence cutoff — no hindsight — and document the judgment a strong…
- Field
- Humanities & policy
- Where
- Canada, United States
- Commitment
- hourly
- Hours
- up to 20/week
- Openings
- 3
- Posted
- 4 days ago
How Mercor pays and hires
Weekly. Payouts for the prior work week are processed by Wednesday, mostly through Stripe (Wise where Stripe isn't offered). Stripe holds a first payout for 7 days, and banks can take 3 to 7 business days after a payout shows as paid.
You apply to a specific listing, upload a resume, then do a short AI interview. Some roles add a paid assessment or work trial.
Source: Mercor talent docs: payments
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