Frequently Asked Questions

Create a free account, complete your profile with your skills and experience, and choose the Talent role. Once your profile is set up, you can begin the verification process to get your skills officially assessed and start receiving job matches.

Verification is currently free for a limited time (normally a one-time €99). It covers the full 5-step process including AI-powered skill assessments, document review, and an admin interview, and is valid for 365 days.

Once verified, you receive a SkillStamp badge with verified skill scores and a professional portfolio. Our matching system then automatically connects you with relevant jobs daily. Only jobs with a 70% or higher match score are shown to you, ensuring you see the most relevant opportunities.

Yes, you can retake assessments after a waiting period. Each retake gives you a fresh set of questions to demonstrate your skills. Your scores will be updated based on your best performance.

Yes. SkillStamp is fully GDPR-compliant with all data stored in the EU (Frankfurt). Employers never see protected characteristics such as age, gender, or ethnicity. Matching is purely merit-based. You can request to download or delete your data at any time.

After creating an employer account and setting up your company profile, choose a subscription plan or the success-fee option from your billing page, then navigate to your dashboard and click 'Post a Job'. Fill in the job details, required skills, and preferences.

SkillStamp uses a two-stage matching system. Stage 1 runs automatically every day and matches all active jobs to verified talents based on skills, experience, location, and education, and it is included free with every job posting. Stage 2 is an AI refinement that takes the top 50 candidates from Stage 1 and evaluates career trajectory, project impact, and cultural fit, returning the top 10 with detailed reasoning. Stage 2 is included in the employer plans (the flat €1,500/month plan or the 20% success-fee model), not billed separately.

The match score (0-100%) indicates how well a talent fits a job. It's calculated from skills match (70% weight), experience alignment (15%), location compatibility (10%), and education background (5%). Only talents with a 70% or higher match score are shown as candidates.

Every talent on SkillStamp goes through a rigorous 5-step verification: AI-powered hard skills tests, soft skills assessments, document review by admins, a career video, and a final admin interview. You can see detailed verified skill scores and assessment results on each candidate's profile.

SkillStamp keeps pricing simple and risk-based. Talents pay a one-time fee to get verified, currently free for a limited time (normally €99). Employers pay only when they successfully hire (20% of the candidate's annual salary) or choose a flat €1,500/month plan for unlimited hiring. There are no per-service or hidden fees.

Talent verification is a one-time €99 payment, and it's currently free for a limited time while we onboard our first cohort. You can also split it into 3 monthly installments (€40/month, €120 total). Verification is valid for 365 days and covers the complete 5-step process including AI skill assessments, document review, and admin interview.

Posting jobs has no separate fee. It's included whether you're on the flat €1,500/month plan or the 20% success-fee model, and every posting comes with free daily background matching against all verified talents on the platform. Matches are updated automatically every day.

AI Candidate Matching takes the top candidates from the daily matching and uses AI to evaluate career trajectory, project impact, and cultural fit, returning a shortlist with detailed reasoning for each recommendation. It's included in the employer plans (the flat €1,500/month plan or the 20% success-fee model), not billed as a separate service.

Yes, SkillStamp offers discount codes that can provide percentage or fixed-amount reductions. Discount codes may have usage limits and validity windows. Check our promotions or contact our team for current offers.

The verification process consists of: (1) Hard Skills Test, an AI-powered technical assessment with multiple-choice and free-text questions, (2) Soft Skills Test, a scenario-based evaluation of communication, teamwork, and problem-solving, (3) Document Review, admin verification of your certificates and credentials, (4) Career Video, a 2-3 minute video about your career journey, and (5) Admin Interview, a final 15-30 minute video interview for skill validation.

Each skill assessment takes approximately 15-20 minutes and consists of 30 questions. Questions are presented one at a time and include a mix of multiple-choice, free-text, and coding challenges depending on the skill being assessed. The entire verification process typically takes 1-2 weeks including document review and interview scheduling.

Assessments include three question types: multiple-choice for quick objective evaluation, free-text questions that test depth of understanding through scenario-based prompts, and coding challenges for hands-on programming skills. The mix of question types varies based on the skill being assessed.

Your skill score (0-100) is based on a weighted average of your performance across all questions, factoring in question difficulty. Scores map to proficiency levels: 0-20 (Intern), 20-40 (Junior), 40-60 (Mid-Level), 60-80 (Senior), and 80-100 (Lead/Principal). Questions are adapted to your experience level with a buffer zone to detect exceptional performers.

SkillStamp uses multiple layers of integrity measures: time limits per question, AI-powered detection of generated answers, browser monitoring for suspicious activity such as tab-switching, and randomized question selection from a large question bank to prevent duplication between candidates. The final admin interview serves as an additional human verification step.