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Pay

Above typicalTops out at $200/hr. The typical top rate across 145 priced finance listings is $100/hr.

Getting in

Some screening~30 min: resume upload + 20-min AI interview. Resume showing real experience in your field.

Steady work

Work is patchyProjects can pause or end with little notice.

Payout record

Pays on timeSchedule: weekly, every Wednesday. Paid via Stripe (Wise in a few countries).

Freshness

Older postPosted 3mo ago. Still listed on Mercor on Nov 6, 2026.

Where you live

Named countries onlyOpen in United States.

The job description

Mercor is partnering with a biotech and pharma research team on expert human-evaluation work — creating and critiquing rubrics that analyze commercial drugs and drug-development programs. We're seeking a biotech investment analyst (specialist-fund background) for a paid pilot, with the potential to continue as the work scales.

Responsibilities

Create and critique rubrics that analyze commercial drugs and drug-development programs
Provide overall company and asset assessment — mechanism, clinical data, competitive position, and value drivers
Judge the quality of an investment-style thesis and flag weak, overconfident, or missing assumptions
Apply your assessment across the pilot's set of companies (~5–10)

Requirements

US-based biotech / healthcare investment analyst with a specialist-fund background
Familiarity with biotech/pharma development programs
Able to assess a drug asset and the company behind it end-to-end
5+ years evaluating biotech/pharma companies or assets

Engagement Details

Duration: Approximately 10–20 hours over a 1–2 week pilot
Remote — US-based

Why Participate

Help improve expert AI evaluation of drugs and drug-development programs
Recurring engagement for strong contributors

How do you apply to Mercor?

Apply on Mercor

The Apply button opens this post on Mercor's own site. You apply with them, not with Rubric. Budget about 30 min: resume upload + 20-min AI interview.

Get through screening

What Mercor asks for after you apply:

Take the recorded AI video interview (practice round available)
Complete any role-specific assessment and the ID check
Accept the offer and sign the contract

Start work and get paid

Pay schedule: weekly, every Wednesday. Paid via Stripe (Wise in a few countries). You're paid for the work they hand out, not a fixed salary.

Mercor also needs

Resume showing real experience in your field
Webcam with your full face visible for the AI interview
Government ID

Red flags

Red flagLong waits with no offer after passing the interview
Red flagProjects ending abruptly with little warning

What is Mercor like to work for?

Hiring marketplace that screens professionals with an AI video interview and places them on hourly contracts training and evaluating models for AI labs.

Advertised pay	$20–200/hr
Getting in	Some screening
Application takes	~30 min: resume upload + 20-min AI interview
How you get paid	Weekly, every Wednesday, via Stripe (Wise in a few countries)
Payout record	Pays on time
Countries	Hires in many countries and runs its pay week on India Standard Time; Mercor keeps a list of locations it cannot onboard, and some projects are US-only.

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