# FAQ **URL:** https://stemaway.com/c/career-maps-support/faq/540.md [Latest](https://stemaway.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://stemaway.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://stemaway.com/tags.md) --- ## [〔Launch Offers〕Be Among the First](https://stemaway.com/t/launch-offers-be-among-the-first/16939)
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Be Among the First AIVIA is opening early access to Universal Search — search across people, labs, papers, repositories, datasets and job postings by the technical work they involve, not just the keywords they use. W… --- ## [〔Quick Start〕 For hiring and career tools](https://stemaway.com/t/quick-start-for-hiring-and-career-tools/16761)
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AIVIA Quick Start CAREER, HIRING, AND ACADEMIA TOOLS, IN ONE PLATFORM AIVIA indexes more than 1,000 AI labs, research artifacts, and job postings by the technical components they involve. Candidates map their work a… --- ## [About the FAQ category](https://stemaway.com/t/about-the-faq-category/16897)
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AIVIA FAQ Answers to common AIVIA questions: quick starts, launch deals, evaluations, candidate discovery, domains, and pricing. For Candidates How evaluations are structured and scored. What’s in your report. How … --- ## [How to Activate Your Lab on AIVIA](https://stemaway.com/t/how-to-activate-your-lab-on-aivia/17749)
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How to Activate Your Lab on AIVIA FOR PIs, LAB LEADS, STUDENTS, AND LAB MEMBERS Activating your lab unlocks its full AIVIA workspace — including Universal Search for lab members, industry insights, workspace manag… --- ## [AIVIA Universal Search: THE WHOLE MAP. SEARCHABLE](https://stemaway.com/t/aivia-universal-search-the-whole-map-searchable/17708)
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AIVIA Universal Search THE WHOLE MAP. SEARCHABLE. AIVIA indexes more than 1,000 AI labs, research artifacts, and job postings by the technical components they involve. Universal Search gives you one search box for eve… --- ## [AIVIA Partnerships for University Labs](https://stemaway.com/t/aivia-partnerships-for-university-labs/17257)
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AIVIA Partnerships for University Labs For faculty: what companies are actually evaluating. For researchers: a path to specialized roles. STEM-Away has run technical virtual internships for thousands of participant… --- ## [〔Candidate〕Can I use my evaluation for multiple jobs?](https://stemaway.com/t/candidate-can-i-use-my-evaluation-for-multiple-jobs/16984)
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Yes. Every evaluation you complete is yours. It stays in your portfolio and is visible to any employer searching AIVIA. You don’t retake it for each company — one evaluation per component, reusable everywhere. If an emp… --- ## [〔AIVIA Mentorship〕Context-First, Project-Centric Help](https://stemaway.com/t/aivia-mentorship-context-first-project-centric-help/16762)
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A Different Kind of Mentor Marketplace CONTEXT-FIRST MENTORING — NO INTROS, NO WASTED TIME Most mentorship platforms start with an awkward first hour. You explain your background. The mentor explains theirs. You t… --- ## [〔Hiring〕Automated First-Round Technical Prescreening](https://stemaway.com/t/hiring-automated-first-round-technical-prescreening/16958)
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:bust\_in\_silhouette: Technical Prescreening, Automated Identify Top Candidates. Before the First Interview. Engineers Get Time Back. HR Gets a Stronger Voice. Visit Landing Page for Complete Overview → E… --- ## [〔Hiring〕How Do I Screen & Upskill Interns?](https://stemaway.com/t/hiring-how-do-i-screen-upskill-interns/16957)
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:graduation\_cap: Internship Screening & Tracking Identify High-Potential Interns. Put Screening on Autopilot. One evaluation link screens your entire applicant pool. AIVIA surfaces exactly who to interview and wha… --- ## [〔Hiring〕How Do I Hire a Freelancer?](https://stemaway.com/t/hiring-how-do-i-hire-a-freelancer/16956)
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AI-Powered Freelance Evaluation Stop guessing. Start evaluating. Know who can deliver before you spend time or money. Visit Landing Page for Complete Overview → Everything you need to get started is right … --- ## [〔AIVIA〕Why Candidates Own Their Results](https://stemaway.com/t/aivia-why-candidates-own-their-results/16955)
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Why Candidates Own Their Results THE DESIGN DECISION THAT CHANGES EVERYTHING Most hiring platforms work the same way: a candidate takes an assessment, the hiring team gets the results, and the candidate gets nothi… --- ## [〔Hiring〕How Do I Coordinate Interviews with My Team?](https://stemaway.com/t/hiring-how-do-i-coordinate-interviews-with-my-team/16954)
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How Do I Coordinate Interviews with My Team? SPLIT QUESTIONS ACROSS INTERVIEWERS — NO OVERLAP, NO WASTED TIME When multiple people on your team are interviewing the same candidate, AIVIA can split the auto-generat… --- ## [〔AIVIA〕How much does AIVIA cost?](https://stemaway.com/t/aivia-how-much-does-aivia-cost/16953)
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How Does Pricing Work? Simple pricing for hiring teams. Free for candidates. HIRING Search, Prescreen & Interview $49 / 6 months Search, prescreen, and interview. Build a talent pipeline you can hire from anyti… --- ## [〔Hiring〕How Do I Build a Talent Pipeline?](https://stemaway.com/t/hiring-how-do-i-build-a-talent-pipeline/16952)
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How Do I Build a Talent Pipeline? BE READY BEFORE THE ROLE OPENS A talent pipeline is for when you want pre-evaluated candidates ready before a role opens. No scrambling. No cold start. When headcount opens, your … --- ## [〔Hiring〕How Do I Run a Cohort?](https://stemaway.com/t/hiring-how-do-i-run-a-cohort/16951)
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How Do I Run a Cohort? EVALUATE, TRACK, AND DEVELOP YOUR TEAM Cohorts are for teams you’ve already built — interns you’ve hired, engineers you want to upskill, or any defined group you want to develop together. … --- ## [〔Hiring〕What's in an AIVIA Evaluation Report?](https://stemaway.com/t/hiring-whats-in-an-aivia-evaluation-report/16950)
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What’s in an AIVIA Evaluation Report? MORE THAN A FIRST-ROUND INTERVIEW — DELIVERED BEFORE YOU’VE MET THE CANDIDATE More than you’d get from a full first-round interview — delivered before you’ve spent a single mi… --- ## [〔Hiring〕How Do I Search Pre-Evaluated Candidates?](https://stemaway.com/t/hiring-how-do-i-search-pre-evaluated-candidates/16949)
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How Do I Search Pre-Evaluated Candidates? SOURCE FROM EVIDENCE, NOT RESUMES Stop sourcing from resumes. Start sourcing from evidence. Every candidate on AIVIA with an On Resume evaluation has been scored on rubri… --- ## [〔Hiring〕How Do I Create a Custom Evaluation?](https://stemaway.com/t/hiring-how-do-i-create-a-custom-evaluation/16948)
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How Do I Create a Custom Evaluation? TWO PATHS — FORK OR BUILD FROM SCRATCH Fork from the Open Library AIVIA maintains a library of scenario posts — case studies across domains and components. Browse the library,… --- ## [〔AIVIA〕Badge Aggregation: How Badges Are Computed](https://stemaway.com/t/aivia-badge-aggregation-how-badges-are-computed/16947)
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Badge Aggregation HOW INDIVIDUAL GRADES BECOME COMPONENT AND SUBDOMAIN BADGES Badges are the visual representation of aggregated grades across AIVIA’s taxonomy. They appear at three levels: component, subdomain, a… --- ## [〔AIVIA〕Evaluation Rubric & Scoring](https://stemaway.com/t/aivia-evaluation-rubric-scoring/16946)
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Rubric & Scoring HOW EVALUATIONS ARE SCORED, FROM INDIVIDUAL ANSWERS TO FINAL GRADE 01 Rubric Dimensions Every evaluation scores answers on two types of rubric dimensions: Technical dimensions (3 visible + … --- ## [〔Candidate〕What's the AI Career Assistant?](https://stemaway.com/t/candidate-whats-the-ai-career-assistant/16945)
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What’s the AI Career Assistant? CAREER GUIDANCE GROUNDED IN YOUR ACTUAL RESULTS The AI Career Assistant is a chatbot on your AIVIA dashboard that gives career guidance based on your actual evaluation results. It’s… --- ## [〔AIVIA〕Is it Really Free for Candidates?](https://stemaway.com/t/aivia-is-it-really-free-for-candidates/16944)
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Is AIVIA Really Free for Candidates? YES. HERE’S WHAT THAT MEANS AND WHY. What’s Free Taking evaluations Receiving scored feedback and full reports Building your portfolio with badges and resume tags Using the 1… --- ## [〔Candidate〕How Do I Build My Portfolio?](https://stemaway.com/t/candidate-how-do-i-build-my-portfolio/16943)
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How Do I Build My Portfolio? REPORTS, BADGES, TAGS, AND YOUR 1-CLICK RESUME Your AIVIA portfolio builds itself as you take evaluations. Every completed evaluation adds to your verified skill profile. It stays in y… --- ## [〔Candidate〕What Do Employers See?](https://stemaway.com/t/candidate-what-do-employers-see/16942)
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What Do Employers See? VISIBILITY, DISCOVERY, AND CONTROL Employers on AIVIA see the full evaluation report for any evaluation you’ve toggled “On resume.” Nothing more, nothing less. What’s Visible When On R… --- ## [〔Candidate〕What's in My Evaluation Report?](https://stemaway.com/t/candidate-whats-in-my-evaluation-report/16941)
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What’s in My Evaluation Report? WHAT YOU GET, WHO SEES IT, AND WHAT TO DO WITH IT Your AIVIA report explains your performance, not just scores it. Report Sections Performance summary. A plain-language overvi… --- ## [〔Candidate〕How Does AIVIA Evaluate Me?](https://stemaway.com/t/candidate-how-does-aivia-evaluate-me/16940)
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How Does AIVIA Evaluate Me? STRUCTURE, SCORING, AND HOW TO PREPARE AIVIA evaluates how you reason through realistic technical problems in your chosen domain. Not what you can memorize, not what your resume claims … --- ## [〔AIVIA〕 Resume Tags: What If Employers Could Search for How You Think?](https://stemaway.com/t/aivia-resume-tags-what-if-employers-could-search-for-how-you-think/16938)
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Resume Tags VERIFIED LABELS EARNED THROUGH EVALUATIONS Most resumes describe skills. AIVIA tags prove them. Resume tags are verified labels earned through evaluations — not self-declared, not endorsed by a connec… --- ## [〔Candidate〕 Profile, Account & Data](https://stemaway.com/t/candidate-profile-account-data/16937)
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Candidate Profile, Account & Data WHAT YOU CONTROL AND HOW IT WORKS 01 Your Account AIVIA runs on the STEM-Away platform. A STEM-Away account is an AIVIA account — same login, same profile, no separate registr… --- ## [〔AIVIA〕 Evaluation Domains](https://stemaway.com/t/aivia-evaluation-domains/16936)
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AIVIA Evaluation Domains WHAT’S LIVE, WHAT’S COMING, AND HOW DOMAINS ARE CHOSEN 01 Current Domains AIVIA’s evaluation domains map to the major areas of technical work where reasoning-based evaluation matters m… [Next page](https://stemaway.com/c/career-maps-support/faq/540.md?page=1)