Paid interviews
Respondent
Companies and researchers pay for an interview if you match a brief — a job, a hobby, a piece of software you use. Invitations are irregular. The pay for a matched hour is better than surveys.
Checked 22 September 2026. Figures are ranges, not offers.
- Where
- Mostly remote interviews. Many projects are limited to the United States. Other countries appear, but less often.
- Hours
- You apply, then you wait. A call is usually under an hour. This is not something you can schedule every Tuesday.
- Pay
- Matched interviews are often $50–200 for about an hour. Most applications get no reply.
- To start
- Free to create a profile. You are paid after the interview is confirmed. Never pay to be “featured” to researchers.
Why it is listed
The pay is stated up front, the time is bounded, and there is no membership.
What you can realistically expect
A specialised job title gets more invites than a blank profile. You might do one call a month. Plan for that, not for a pipeline.
Who pays you
The research project pays through Respondent. You should not be asked to buy a product in order to be paid, beyond something you already use.
How to start
- Sign up on respondent.io.
- Describe your real work and tools. Invented expertise gets you removed and wastes the researcher’s hour.
- Apply only where you match. Spray-applying does not help.
- Show up. A no-show can close the account.
Read this before you start
- Nobody from Respondent needs your bank login.
- A study that asks you to recruit your friends for a cut is a different scheme. Skip it.
- Do not pay for a “professional participant” profile rewrite.
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