Sales Representatives (Technical & Scientific materials)

$45–85/hrrate as listed

micro1 is contracting experienced B2B sales professionals from the technical and scientific materials sector to produce and evaluate AI training data on prospecting, qualification, and objection handling. You'll write realistic sales artifacts and judge model outputs against how deals actually get worked in industrial and lab-supply markets.

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What the work involves

This is domain-expert data work dressed in the vocabulary of your day job. On a typical task you might be asked to write a cold outreach sequence to a materials engineer at a specialty coatings manufacturer, draft the discovery questions you'd use to establish budget and authority on a $200K polymer supply deal, or produce a written response to a procurement objection about lead times and certification. Other tasks are evaluative: two model-generated sales emails or call scripts are placed side by side and you decide which one a real buyer would answer, then explain the reasoning in enough detail that a non-salesperson could apply your standard.

The rubric-heavy parts matter most. Reviewers care whether the model invents technical specs, misuses terminology like tensile modulus or ASTM designations, over-promises on compliance, or pitches features to a stakeholder who cares about throughput and total cost. Your job is to catch that and articulate it — vague scores without written justification get sent back.

What the platform screens for

Verifiable sales history in technical or scientific materials — chemicals, polymers, composites, lab consumables, industrial coatings, semiconductors, metals. Named accounts, deal sizes, and cycle lengths come up in follow-ups.
Depth under probing. The AI interviewer will push past your first answer on a qualification framework or objection to see whether you actually ran the motion or read about it.
Writing quality. Much of the deliverable is prose, so clarity and concision are assessed directly from your interview responses and any sample task.
Evaluation temperament — willingness to be specific about why an output is wrong, not just that it is.

Logistics

Fully remote, contractor engagement, asynchronous task queues with per-batch deadlines rather than fixed shifts. Most contributors report 10–20 hours a week with volume that fluctuates by project phase; some weeks the queue is thin. Observed pay for this listing is $45–85/hr, typically set by demonstrated depth and how narrow your materials specialization is — not guaranteed, and rates can be revisited per project. No AI or machine learning background is expected.

What they look for

B2B lead prospecting and qualification
Communicating a technical value proposition to non-technical buyers
Objection handling
knowledge in technical and scientific materials

Before you apply

Would you pass this screen?

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Have you held a sales role for at least two years selling technical or scientific products, materials, or equipment to business customers?
B2B Technical Sales Experience · required
Can you demonstrate the ability to explain complex technical concepts to non-technical audiences, either through writing samples or examples from your work?
Technical Communication Ability · required
Are you familiar with at least one CRM platform (e.g., Salesforce, HubSpot) or B2B digital prospecting tool, and can you use it independently?
CRM or Prospecting Tool Proficiency · preferred

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Interview prep — 10 questions

Matched to what this platform's screening actually measures. Answer each out loud in 60–90 seconds: claim → concrete example → implication.

What it tests: Whether the candidate has genuine B2B technical sales experience and can articulate the translation layer between features and business outcomes that this role demands.
A strong answer: The answer names a concrete product, describes the buyer's actual concern or goal (not just 'they needed it'), and explains what technical detail was reframed and how—e.g., durability spec became 'lower replacement costs over three years.'
Where people lose it: Candidate describes the product features enthusiastically but never explains what the buyer actually cared about or how features mapped to their pain. This signals they pitch rather than sell.