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CCOI Skill Verify · Pre-Hire Screening

Stop interviewing bluffers.

Send candidates a 15-minute CCOI Skill Verify before you book the interview. Get a one-page scored report, calibrated to the role you're hiring for, before you put the calendar invite on your team's day.

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How It Works

Three steps. Fifteen minutes. One scored report.

CCOI Skill Verify is an abridged, role-calibrated assessment drawn from the same item pool the CCOI examinations use. It is not a credential — it is a pre-hire signal. Reports return same-day.

1

You send.

Submit the candidate's name, email, and the role you're hiring for. Choose from eight role calibrations: Budtender, METRC Operator, Inventory Controller, Cultivation, Manufacturing, Distribution, Compliance, or DRP.

2

They take it.

The candidate receives a clean, branded link. 15 minutes on their phone. No login, no app install. Identity-verified with photo capture; integrity-flagged for unusual response timing or device behavior.

3

You receive.

A one-page PDF report. Overall score, domain-by-domain breakdown, role-calibrated percentile band, integrity-flag summary, and a one-line recommendation: Interview / Interview with caution / Skip.

Sample Report

What you receive.

A clean, attribution-free assessment of the candidate's role-relevant operational knowledge. Designed to be readable in 30 seconds and forwardable to a hiring committee.

Skill Verify · Budtender
Candidate · 2026-05-18 · 14 min completion
C
2026
Overall score78% · 78th percentile
Domain 1 — Product knowledge & guest counsel82%
Domain 2 — Cash, tax, & transaction integrity68%
Domain 3 — METRC sale recording73%
Domain 4 — Age verification & refusal88%
Domain 5 — Inventory adjacency76%
Integrity flagsNone
RecommendationInterview
Calibrated against the published CCOI-BUD examination blueprint v3.2. Report does not constitute a CCOI credential. Hiring decisions remain the responsibility of the hiring entity.
Why It Works

The cannabis hiring problem in one paragraph.

California cannabis hiring is broken. Resumes are unverifiable. References are useless. Most candidates have never been formally tested on anything cannabis-specific. Hiring managers burn hours interviewing people who can't pass a basic Type 10 quiz. CCOI Skill Verify gives you the same kind of objective pre-screen that finance, healthcare, IT, and construction take for granted — calibrated for our industry.

Resume & interview only Skill Verify before interview
Per-hire interview time 4–6 hours across team 1–2 hours, only on qualified
Bluff detection Unsystematic, late 15 minutes, pre-interview
Role calibration Manager judgment Eight published blueprints
Integrity signal None Identity capture & behavior flags
Bad-hire risk Industry baseline 60%/yr turnover Material reduction reported
Cost to hiring manager Hours of opportunity cost Free for the first ten sends
Pricing

Free where it matters, fair where it scales.

Skill Verify is free for first-time hiring managers up to ten candidate sends. Paid plans unlock unlimited sends, candidate-pool reporting, and integration into the hiring stack.

A

Trial.

Free
Up to ten candidate sends, one user, one role at a time. Designed to prove the value in one hiring round.

B

Hiring Manager.

$99 / month
Unlimited sends, all eight role calibrations, candidate-pool reporting, custom branded landing for candidates.

C

Enterprise.

Custom
Multi-site hiring, HRIS integration, branded candidate portal, dedicated calibration for non-standard roles.

Candidate Experience

Designed not to scare candidates off.

A pre-hire test only works if candidates actually take it. CCOI Skill Verify is built to feel respectful, professional, and short: phone-friendly, 15 minutes, clean branding, no app install, no account creation. Candidates who score well are invited to convert their result toward a full CCOI credential at the worker-direct rate.

What the candidate gets.

  • A clean, mobile-first assessment in their browser
  • A clear estimate of time remaining
  • Same-day confirmation that their score was delivered
  • Their own copy of their score, on request
  • An optional path to convert the score toward a CCOI credential at the worker-direct rate

What we do not do.

  • Sell candidate data to recruiters
  • Require account creation or app install
  • Surface political, demographic, or unrelated personal questions
  • Replace the interview, background check, or reference call
  • Mark a candidate failed without showing why
Get Started

Your next bad hire is on the calendar.

It will cost a fully-loaded $25,000 to $50,000 before you can replace them. Skill Verify costs you nothing for ten sends. Try it on the next role you're hiring for.

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