AI-training work you qualify for, help passing the screening, and what to skip.
Monday, October 19, 2026
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Today in one line: Today: a tax tutoring role at xAI, an English Voice Coach role at micro1, a Mac-based STEM research project at Mercor, and a 90-second interview drill, out of 13 new listings tracked and 1,765 open in our dashboard.
Today's opportunities
AI Tutor - Tax · xAI
New · first seen Oct 19
Who can apply: Countries not stated
Required background: Tax expertise covering individual, partnership, or corporate taxation, plus the ability to reason through how statutory authority applies to complex scenarios. No degree or credential stated.
Pay: Advertised at $45–75/hr · Commitment: Not stated
Type: General application · Screening: Not stated
Strong fit for: Tax professionals who can walk through complex individual, partnership or corporate scenarios and cite statutory authority.
Skip if: You have no hands-on tax expertise or are not comfortable working from statutory authority.
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English Voice Coach · micro1
New · first seen Oct 19
Who can apply: Countries not stated
Required background: English (listed language). Tagged generalist. No degree, experience or skills stated, and the listing has no description of the work.
Pay: Advertised at $40–65/hr · Commitment: Full-time (per the listing's tags); hours not stated
Type: General application · Screening: Not stated
Strong fit for: English speakers looking for a full-time generalist role.
Skip if: You cannot commit to full-time work, or you want details of the work before applying, since the listing gives none.
We may earn a referral fee if you're hired. It never costs you anything.
STEM Researchers - MSc/PhD (Must own MacBook) · Mercor
New · first seen Oct 18
Who can apply: Countries not stated
Required background: Hold or be pursuing an MSc or PhD in a STEM field, with research experience. Must own a MacBook, as the work runs on your own Mac.
Pay: Advertised at $50–60/hr · Commitment: Not stated (tagged hourly and remote)
Type: Specific project · Screening: Not stated
Strong fit for: STEM master's or PhD researchers with their own Mac who know real research workflows.
Skip if: You do not own a Mac, or you neither hold nor are pursuing an MSc or PhD.
We may earn a referral fee if you're hired. It never costs you anything.
The Numbers: 13 new listings tracked since the last issue across Mercor, micro1, Welo Data and xAI; 1,765 open in our dashboard today.
Five-minute practice
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Interview · Answer one AI-interviewer-style screening question aloud in 90 seconds, then score yourself against the rubric.
Question: Pick a question from your own field that an AI model might answer confidently but wrongly. Walk me through how you would check its answer and explain the error to the model. Answer aloud in 90 seconds, then rate yourself.
The answer and why:
A strong answer names one concrete question from your field, not a general topic. It states where models tend to go wrong (an outdated rule, a skipped step, a misread condition) and how you would verify the correct answer against an authoritative source, such as a statute, a textbook result, or a reproducible calculation. It then shows how you would write the correction: what is wrong, why, and what the right reasoning looks like, in plain language. It ends within the time, with no filler. Weak answers stay abstract, claim expertise without showing it, or say what is wrong without saying how they checked.
Rubric:
Used one specific, real example from my field rather than a general description
Explained how I would verify the correct answer and named the kind of source
Described the model's error and the correct reasoning step by step
Spoke clearly, stayed on the question and finished within 90 seconds
Independent practice, not a real platform question.
Your next move
Before applying, check the fixed requirements, since none of today's listings state a screening step. For the Mercor STEM project, confirm two things: you own a Mac and you hold or are pursuing an MSc or PhD. If either is missing, skip it. For the xAI tax role, write two sentences naming which area you know best (individual, partnership or corporate taxation) and one statutory question you could reason through. For the micro1 role, decide whether you can work full-time, because that is one of the few things the listing states. Then record yourself doing today's drill once, using an example from your field.
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