UPSTAR provides Skill Assessments by an expert as a core feature to add expert verified skills to a candidate’s profile. Skills assessed by an expert bring an immense value and trust to a candidate’s profile and open an ocean of opportunities from prospective employers.

Candidates can request for a Skill Assessment session by an Expert on UPSTAR. Each request is matched with an Expert on UPSTAR based on various parameters including the candidate’s profile, skills, and the details provided in the request. After matching with an expert, the candidate can schedule the session based on expert’s availability and confirm. The detailed flow of the request is presented here.

There are 2 key types of expert sessions that can be requested on UPSTAR – Assessment and Guidance.

An Assessment Session can be requested for any skill that you possess or looking to improve. An expert assessment will go a long way in building a credible profile on UPSTAR. Candidates with expert assessed skills stand a high chance of getting direct shortlist for jobs.

A Guidance Session is a 1:1 expert session, and can be requested on any topic of your liking as well as specific skills that you possess. A Guidance Session also includes an expert assessment on skills mentioned or relevant to the topic.

Expert matching is done using the detailed profile of the user and inputs provided in the request. It is recommended that users complete their profile in full including the skills that they possess.

Yes. A guidance session is usually a 1-on-1 session, however, it can be requested for a known group of people with common profile or interests.

No. Skill Assessments are focused 1-on-1 expert sessions to assess the skills of an individual and provide detailed assessment on their depth of expertise including Level and Proficiency within the Level.

Yes, you can request any expert session on behalf of someone else. However, you need to add them as participants and each participant need to accept your request.

Problem Statements are live problems created by experts where candidates can participate and compete with their peers to solve. Each problem statement has its own format and guidelines defined by the expert. All problem statement are moderated by experts and each participant is assessed live on the problem statement. Experts may choose to reward the participants based on the results and format of the problem statement they create.

UPSTAR presents candidates with exciting opportunities to get hired directly based on their profile and expert assessed skills. Problem Statement also present direct job opportunities based on the results of participation.

Instant hire is a unique feature on UPSTAR where candidates with expert assessed skills and expert recommended profiles get hired instantly by employers and recruiters on UPSTAR. UPSTAR enables instant hire feature automatically on profiles of candidates who have taken expert skill assessments and expert guidance sessions.

Yes. Skill assessments by an Expert on UPSTAR is mandatory for instant hire opportunity.

Coins are equivalent of credits on UPSTAR. Each Coin is equal to 1 INR. Users can utilize the coins to pay for sessions or entry fees for Problem Statements on UPSTAR.

Session Balance is used to pay for 1-on-1 expert sessions on UPSTAR.

Coins are more versatile than Session Balance on UPSTAR. Coin Balance can be used for everything from expert sessions to problem statements on UPSTAR. Session Balance can NOT be used for anything other than 1-on-1 expert sessions on UPSTAR.

Yes. Alternatively, you can use Session Balance for 1-on-1 expert sessions on UPSTAR.

You can get Coins and Session Balance by subscribing to any of the paid plans on UPSTAR.