What the work actually looks like

You write prompts in Norwegian that probe how a frontier model handles sensitive subject matter — self-harm, extremism, weapons and drugs, medical and legal advice, fraud, and other dual-use territory — then evaluate what comes back. A second strand of the work is classification: reading prompts and full conversations and assigning them to categories in a taxonomy the lab supplies, with a written rationale attached to each call. The rationale is not an afterthought. Reviewers read it to decide whether you applied the policy or merely arrived at a plausible-sounding verdict, and disagreements between annotators are resolved by whose reasoning tracks the guideline text.

The Norwegian dimension is the point of hiring you rather than a translator. Models often fail differently in Norwegian than in English: refusals leak through as awkward Bokmål, harmful requests slip past filters when phrased in dialect, slang, or Nynorsk, and culturally specific framings — Norwegian drug policy, Sámi issues, local political flashpoints, NAV and helsevesen references — get handled with imported American assumptions. Flagging that gap precisely, in English a policy team can act on, is most of the value you add.

What the screen is looking for

Mercor's screening is AI-led and largely conversational. Expect it to test Norwegian fluency at a register above conversational — idiom, dialect awareness, the Bokmål/Nynorsk distinction — alongside written English clear enough for annotation notes read by non-Norwegian speakers. It also probes judgment: whether you can discuss sensitive and dual-use topics analytically without either flinching from them or treating the exercise as a game. Candidates who can cite concrete prior work grading, moderating, or red-teaming content tend to move faster, but the listing genuinely does not require AI/ML experience.

Logistics

  • Fully remote and asynchronous; being based in Norway is a stated preference, not a gate.
  • Roughly 7 hours per week, part-time, with an immediate start.
  • A bachelor's degree completed or in progress is required.
  • Observed pay band is $58–62/hr; rates on Mercor vary by project and are not guaranteed.
  • Work is scheduled in batches, so throughput matters more than fixed hours — but tasks often carry turnaround windows measured in days.