u/GODISABOTTOM

Thank you for validating every reservation I had about Micro1.

"Disappointment" is not the word that applies here anymore.

Hoping all the UI changes and improvements requested by EXPs across the globe get implemented. The platform has a lot of potential, but the UX could definitely be smoother.

Quite amazing, I must say, that they followed the 30-day waiting window so diligently.

But to reiterate what someone else posted in this sub, it usually takes 1 week, 2 at most, to land a contract. Beyond that, just move on. I landed mine within 2 days of applying. Pure luck. I'm not better than anyone. My suggestion is to keep checking the DB and explore all the tabs.

Some feedback to eng. team at Micro1: I do wish the Micro1 dashboard had proper filters and a better UI. Also, why do I have to enter my name, LinkedIn URL, email, résumé, and phone number every single time? It makes absolutely no sense. Hopefully, someone from the mod team has a sensible answer.

But I am already on the platform; so sending me new invites to create account seems unlikely!

So here we go.

After roughly a month and a half on this platform, here's my experience. Of course, it will be a mix of both the good and the bad. Within less than three weeks of registering, I landed on a project that genuinely felt like it was made for me and the professional expertise I bring to the table. Initially, I kept thinking: these positions are competitive. Highly competitive. The kind of opportunities people spend months trying to break into. So kept asking myself…how did I land one? And that too after just three interviews?

In my previous post (the one I posted in the original sub), I was venting, I was frustrated, confused, and questioning things. Not sure if it had gotten any better!

And then came the dread. The project started changing. Not the tasks or the client's requirements, the stakeholder expectations or even the central guidelines. Not the quality standards. Not even the audits, although those evolved, too.

But that's not what bothered me.

I've spent over 3.5 years working in this industry, along with 6years+ domain experience. Changing requirements, evolving benchmarks, shifting quality expectations, stakeholder revisions, new workflows, tighter standards, last-minute pivots, those things are second nature to me. Adapting is literally part of my profession.

The change that hurt was something else entirely.

It was the changing pay structure. The changing contract. The changing operational policies. The feeling that the very foundations I had originally agreed to were no longer the same foundations I was standing on. And honestly? I don't even know who to blame. All I could do was sit there and wonder: why am I in this maze? My skin is stressed, lol. I am stressed (both internally and externally). To a level where it is no longer benefiting anyone.

In 3.5 years in this industry, I have never worked on a project where the compensation structure and contractual terms felt like they were shifting mid-production. Maybe others have. I haven't. I understand that companies have constraints. Well... truthfully, I don't fully understand them.

Because from where I'm standing, it feels counter-motivating. It feels erosive. The strange part is that I actually like my leads. They're good people. Helpful. Approachable. I mean, I have been in their shoes, have always been nothing but helpful to my team!!! I would never expect or take anything less... But the decision-making felt all over the place. Decisions appear and disappear overnight. New policies arrive with little warning. One day something is true, the next day it isn't. Everything feels a little too fluid, a little too fragile, a little too dependent on whims rather than structure.

Maybe that's the leadership side of me talking. Having spent years in supervisory and quality-focused roles, I can't help but analyse systems. Delegation. Team management. Operational consistency. Decision-making frameworks. Organisational communication. I dissect things. Probably more than I should. And lately I've found myself questioning a lot. Not because the work is difficult.

Ironically, the work itself is some of the most intellectually stimulating work I've done in a long time.

Mind you, the project involves evaluating advanced AI agents through complex benchmark scenarios, analysing multi-step reasoning workflows, building and validating evaluation frameworks, investigating execution failures, keeping up with SaaS workflows, assessing behavioural consistency, reviewing high-calibration outputs, and contributing to the improvement of next-generation AI systems. This is exactly the kind of work I enjoy.

The problem is that everything around the work has become exhausting. Physically. Mentally. Emotionally. And for the first time in quite a while, I find myself asking a question I never thought I'd be asking again: Am I actually cut out for this?

Which sounds ridiculous. Because I've already spent years doing this.

Yet here I am. Questioning myself anyway.

Edit: The OG sub MOD did not even approve my post, "remove" is a far cry. They put my post on hold, got 40 views, so probably everyone from the internal team was reading and bitching about... then rejected my post....hm...wonder why! Well, that confirms everything I claim in this post, doesn't it??

Part 1: https://www.reddit.com/r/mercor\_ai/s/ST94mlKxAY
Part 2: https://www.reddit.com/r/mercor\_ai/s/lNH8t1WXAx

I AM NOT EVEN KIDDING!

“Mercor, I wish I knew how to quit you”

Mercor has doubled down, now?!!

Today they came back for Round 2...still insisting! You guys! Based on WHAT experience? haha! They're still convinced I'm a strong fit for a Professional Photographer / Videographer role.

To make sure I wasn't losing my mind, I searched my entire profile for: "photography" "photographer" "videography", "videographer"....found none!!! lol

Meanwhile, they be like: "Based on your experience..." WHAT EXPERIENCE? 😭 Also, submit what exactly? The role asks for portfolios, examples of work, and evidence of experience. My portfolio currently consists of approximately zero photographs and videos.

I can't lie, I'm definitely having a chuckle this weekend. 😂

Here's Part 1: https://www.reddit.com/r/mercor_ai/s/Fb72sOP862

EDIT: 3rd time follow-up: https://www.reddit.com/u/GODISABOTTOM/s/32kfzJqDjD

I CAN'T!

Having completed 6 interviews, with 44 skills vetted and an ongoing contract, I'd be interested to learn more about how skills are assessed and ultimately vetted for a profile. Any one with concrete knowledge and expertise, please sound off.

Mercor! Please stop effing with me! I have never held a camera in my life, ever! What is this! Why are you rejecting me for projects that require a rookie college graduate and then pushing me to apply for jobs that have nothing to do with me?

I wish I could directly interact with Ali. I know he's in this sub. And to the CM/mod team, please don't give me a robotic response. I know you closely monitor this sub, and I know you guys try your best to be considerate, and I appreciate that 🙏🏻

I've been on Micro1 for a few months now since getting certified. I've given 4-5 (couldn't recall, 'cause they were all lengthy, unreasonably so, given my domain) interviews so far. Nothing crazy, I'm not some STEM PhD or ultra-niche technical expert, but I'm fairly specialised in my own domain. Between those interviews and profile reviews, I've ended up with 30+ verified skills and certifications on the platform.

What I don't understand is what's actually happening behind the scenes.

Every interview I've given has ultimately gone nowhere. Yet I keep getting emails saying I showed strong potential, my profile is under review, clients are considering me for open roles, and that I'll be notified when there's an update. Then nothing happens.

At the same time, I'm getting direct project invites that have absolutely nothing to do with my experience, in languages I don't speak. So naturally, I'm starting to question how the expert matching process actually works.

The bigger issue for me is the time investment. Every interview in my domain is around 88 to 90 minutes. That's just the interview. I usually spend another 30 to 40 minutes beforehand preparing because I take things seriously (yup, my fault). I've been doing AI training, evaluation, quality review, content evaluation and related work for years now, and I don't walk into interviews unprepared.

So when I spend nearly two hours per interview and then get multiple rounds of "strong potential", "under review", "client approval pending", I'm not really sure what I'm supposed to take from that. While "did not qualify", "not selected", still fair, imo.

Maybe this is just how they operate. What I do know is that I'm reaching a point where I don't think I'm willing to give any more 88-90 minute interviews. That's not me rage quitting. I just consider my time extremely valuable. Time is money. I'm sure there are people willing to invest that time and keep pushing forward, and I genuinely wish them the best.

But after all that, multiple interviews, certification, verified skills, repeated review emails, and constant reminders about "incomplete" interviews that I deliberately chose not to continue (yup, literal spamming, like 15 notifications at once, sporadically), I'm starting to feel like my time is being wasted.

And yes, I knowingly signed up for this. Nobody forced me. But some of these emails feel borderline gaslight-y at this point. Especially when they keep telling me how promising things look while nothing actually materialises.

Maybe there's a perfectly reasonable explanation. What do I know!

But honestly? Sometimes it feels like my knowledge, my voice, my interview recordings, and my expertise are contributing more value to the system than the system is providing back to me.

If that's actually the trade I'm making, I kind of wish I had realised it earlier.

Mercor is reaching out to me through "hackajob", but barely any movements on their actual platform.

Aren't they supposed to be aware that I already have a fully set up Mercor profile and worked on projects? Every single piece of information in my resume is consistent across the board anyway!

The system should have recognised that!

Like reaching out to me through a third-party job site while my actual Mercor account has barely had any movement for months.

Like... guys, you already know where I live. Why are we communicating through intermediaries? 😂

Hey everyone!

I wanted to ask about the referral process here.

So far, I am yet to refer anyone, mainly because we all know the potential consequences of a bad referral. If the person you refer behaves poorly or causes issues, it can reflect badly on the person who referred them. I consider myself pretty average, and whatever little credibility I’ve built over the years, I didn’t want to risk losing it.

That said, I’ve recently come across a few credible job listings, and some people have even reached out to me directly. A few of them seem to be very close matches for those roles.

So I wanted to understand the difference between project referral links and platform referral links.

If I do decide to refer someone, which one should I be sharing with them?

Applied for this position, got through the process, then received an email saying the initial slots are filled and my application is being kept in a "paused state" in case more openings come up.

Is this recruiter code for "you're in the backup pool," or is it basically a soft rejection (just with unusual diction)?

I'd prefer a straight no over being left wondering whether I was close, a decent fit, or already out of the running.

Curious what this actually means!! Guess I'd never know.

In my experience, rejections usually come from the generic "no-reply@mercor.com" address. This time the email came directly from one of the project leads themselves, so Idk what to make of that either.

Edit: I applied for this position within 3 hours of it being posted, so... here we are.