Handshake AI
Handshake AI (the Fellowship / MOVE program) pays domain experts and generalists $40–$125/hr for remote, part-time work training and evaluating AI models — no prior AI experience required. After applying, fellows verify identity, are matched to a project, complete training, then contribute their expertise and get paid weekly. The Fellowship / MOVE program itself is open to U.S.-based applicants with valid work authorization (F-1 CPT/OPT eligible, STEM OPT excluded); Handshake AI also runs separate country-specific projects that open and close on their own schedule, so check the current list before assuming you're ineligible.
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Common questions about Handshake AI
How does Handshake AI screen candidates?
No live interview. After applying you're given a skill test, framed as training data for their AI — but it's graded on correctness, and getting it wrong means not being selected. Nobody proctors it and no human reviews it, just an automated pass/fail on your answers. We describe it as “Unproctored skill test”.
Can I work for Handshake AI from outside the United States?
We can't answer that from our own data, because we list no individual Handshake AI openings to read an eligibility rule from. Handshake AI sets its own rules and they can differ between its programmes — check them on Handshake AI's site before you join, rather than assuming this directory's silence means no restriction.
What does Handshake AI pay?
We do not publish a pay figure for Handshake AI, because it has no public per-job listings to read one from. Handshake AI is a programme you join rather than a posted opening you apply to, so there is nothing here we could quote without taking it second-hand.
Do I need a referral to get hired through Handshake AI?
No — Handshake AI assesses you exactly the same way whether you arrive from this site or go there directly. We link through our own referral link and earn a commission if you are hired, which is what funds the directory; it costs you nothing and gives you no advantage. We are not Handshake AI, not an employer and not an agency.
How many Handshake AI jobs are open right now?
We list Handshake AI as a programme rather than as individual openings, because it publishes no per-job feed to read. Members are matched to work after joining instead of applying to a posted listing, so there is no catalogue for us to mirror.
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