What the work involves

You build the problems, then you judge the answers. On the authoring side, that means writing consulting scenarios grounded in engagements you have actually run: a failing ERP implementation with a sponsor who has stopped attending steering committee, a vendor selection where the lowest bid has the weakest integration story, a change management plan for a client whose middle managers are quietly resisting. Each item needs a defensible answer key — not one opinion among many, but a reasoning path a senior practitioner would defend in a partner review.

On the evaluation side, you read model responses and mark them against that key, then write feedback explaining precisely where the reasoning left the rails. The recurring failure mode you will be catching is fluent consulting register with no substance underneath: frameworks named but not applied, stakeholder maps with no power dynamics, an architecture recommendation that ignores the client's existing licensing and skills base. Your written feedback matters as much as your score, because it is what teaches the model.

What the screen looks for

AfterQuery's screening is AI-led and pushes on specifics. Expect it to ask which engagements you personally owned, what your role was versus the partner's, and what went wrong — then follow up on the details of your answer rather than moving on. Vague seniority claims collapse quickly; concrete delivery decisions with named tradeoffs hold up. It also probes evaluation judgment: whether you can distinguish a wrong answer from a differently-scoped-but-valid one, and whether you can write a rubric another reviewer would apply the same way.

Logistics

  • Fully remote and asynchronous; no fixed hours or client calls.
  • Work arrives in batches, so weekly volume fluctuates — most contributors commit a stated number of hours and are held to it.
  • Rates of $60–100/hr have been observed for this role and vary with domain depth and task type; nothing is guaranteed.
  • Certifications (PMP, ITIL, cloud, Agile/Scrum) and an MBA or MS are treated as pluses, not gates. Equivalent professional experience substitutes for the degree.