Meet 3–5 senior engineers who have already passed the screen.
In 5 business days.
Every shortlisted engineer completes a role-specific technical screen. You get CV evidence, the interview scorecard and recruiter notes — with Standard at 18% on placement and a 90-day replacement guarantee.
Standard · 18% on placement
Run the search for us
We source and screen. Your team meets the shortlist and makes the hiring decision.
Plan a full-service searchPipeline · $2,500/month for 2 active roles
Support our recruiters
We run active sourcing. Your recruiters review and interview in our ATS, with AI tools and training included.
Explore sourcing supportBuilt for Series A–C engineering teams
With Recruo Standard, you receive a shortlist of 3–5 technically screened senior engineers in 5 business days. Every candidate completes an AI technical interview reviewed by a human recruiter; fees are success-based — 18% of first-year salary, paid only on placement — with a 90-day replacement guarantee.
Recruo reports 20+ placements with Series A–C scale-ups in UK, DACH and the Nordics. Approximate company-wide observations reported by Recruo’s founder on 11 September 2026; not a role-specific cohort. See the placement case →
Three questions buyers ask before the first call
How fast is "5 days to shortlist" really?
Five business days is our median time to first shortlist for Standard searches. Executive Search and multi-seat timelines are scoped individually. The clock starts after the job description is approved and the mandate is signed. We run sourcing, AI CV screening where only candidates scoring 70+ progress, a human soft-skills interview and a role-specific AI technical interview — so the 3–5 candidates on your shortlist are already technically validated, with a scorecard and recruiter notes attached. Around 9 in 10 pass client technical interviews. Approximate company-wide observations reported by Recruo’s founder on 11 September 2026; not a role-specific cohort.
Can we engage Recruo for a single role first?
Yes. Most clients start with one open role to validate the flow before signing a multi-role mandate. No retainer required, no upfront fees on Standard — you only pay on placement, with a 90-day replacement guarantee. A single-role pilot gets the same process as a multi-role mandate: a 30-minute intake call, sourcing across the EU, Latin America and North America, AI CV screening where only candidates scoring 70+ progress, a human soft-skills interview and a role-specific AI technical interview — ending in a shortlist of 3–5 technically validated candidates, typically in 5 business days. As our collaboration develops, sales can recommend a Fixed-Fee partnership with reduced fees and privately agreed terms for long-term hiring.
What happens if none of the shortlist fits?
For Standard, we review your feedback and re-run sourcing at no extra cost. If the second shortlist still misses, you owe nothing: the 18% success fee is due only on placement. Executive Search has a separate exclusive assignment, with its scope and commercial terms agreed privately with sales.
Standard · Sample deliverable
What you actually get.
Standard delivers 3–5 screened candidates per role, with interview evidence and recruiter notes. This composite Senior LLM Engineer profile illustrates the report format; it is not a record of one individual candidate.
Candidate A
ActiveAI Match Result
EXCELLENT MATCH
Based on job requirements analysis
AI Executive Summary
Candidate A is an excellent fit for the Senior LLM Engineer position. With 6 years of backend experience and 3 years shipping LLM-backed features to production, they exceed the core requirements: RAG architecture, fine-tuning, and inference cost optimisation. Strong culture fit signals and salary expectations within budget. Minor gap in multimodal pipelines, addressable through onboarding.
Matched Skills
Skills Gap
Missing Core
Explore the full sample shortlist PDF
Proof, not promises
Watch the AI interview actually run
A separate, real backend-interview example shows the voice agent taking consent, probing with adaptive follow-ups, then generating a scored report with anti-cheat signal analysis.
Real interview, real report — published with consent from everyone on screen; personal contact details are blurred. English captions start automatically. The full cut opens with the recruiter-led soft-skills screen before the AI agent connects. This is a separate backend example, not the candidate in the shortlist preview above.
Pricing
Choose the support your team needs.
Let us run the search, or add active sourcing and tools to your recruitment team.
Standard
You want Recruo to run sourcing and screening for your hire.
18%
of first-year salary, paid on placement
- Sourcing, AI screening and human interviews
- Shortlist of 3–5 candidates per role
- Optional AI skills validation
No upfront fee. If your hire leaves or is let go within 90 days, we re-run the search at no cost.
Get my shortlist planPipeline as a Service
Your recruiters own review and interviews. You need active sourcing and tools.
$2,500
per month for 2 active vacancies
- Active sourcing, outreach and follow-ups
- Candidate handoff in the included Recruo ATS
- AI agent, note taker and voice assistant
- Recruitment tools, training and shared know-how
Your recruiters review and interview candidates. Additional active vacancies are scoped with sales.
Explore PipelineHow Standard works
A clear path from brief to shortlist.
Agree the brief
Share the role, salary range and must-haves. We agree the search brief with you.
We source and screen
We run active outreach, interviews and assessments. A recruiter reviews the evidence before handoff.
You meet the shortlist
Review 3–5 candidates with scorecards and interview notes. Meet the finalists and make the hiring decision.
Role-specific market intelligence
Hire where you need. Or discover where the market is.
We source across eligible markets in Europe, the US, Canada and Latin America. We map the pool in your required location or compare markets before sourcing begins.
Flexible-location capacity map and recommendation shown.
Map my roleSend your role and constraints for a suggested market route.
Illustrative capacity brief
Senior AI-ready Android Engineer
- Target
- Europe
- Location
- Flexible
- Markets
- Eligible only
Prioritise CEE and Southern Europe for pool depth. Keep a DACH lane when local presence is required.
Illustrative estimate · every must-have verified during screeningLocation-led search
Your open engineering role
- Market
- Client-defined
- Timezone
- Required overlap
- Eligibility
- Verified
Choose the country. We map the reachable pool there, account for timezone and work authorisation, then apply the same technical bar.
Coverage confirmed per mandate · sanctioned markets excludedHuman review & candidate data
Know the process before you start.
Review data handling & request documentsA person reviews the evidence
A recruiter reviews shortlist decisions. Your team makes the final hiring decision.
Agree how candidate data is handled
Confirm candidate notices, access, retention and deletion terms before the search starts.
Bring your procurement questions
Ask for the documents your team needs to review the workflow and agree responsibilities.
FAQ
Questions CTOs actually ask.
More about screening, pricing and working together. The three most common questions are answered above.
Our Standard success fee is exactly 18% of first-year salary. On a $70K placement, that's $12,600 versus $15,400 with a classical 22% agency — $2,800 saved per hire. The fee covers the full six-step flow: sourcing, AI CV screening, a human soft-skills interview and a role-specific AI technical interview, with every result reviewed by a human recruiter before the shortlist reaches you. There are no upfront fees and no retainer on the Standard plan — you pay once, on placement — and every placement carries a 90-day replacement guarantee: if the hire leaves or is let go within the first 90 days, we re-run the search at no cost.
Our AI interview uses follow-up questions and produces session-integrity signals for recruiter review. These signals indicate concerns; they do not prove cheating. A recruiter reviews the candidate evidence before shortlist handoff. Ask us which Secure Browser controls are available for the agreed interview format.
Yes. We can scope junior roles alongside mid and senior searches. Standard is 18% of first-year salary; role suitability and the search brief are agreed with our team.
AI helps structure screening; a human recruiter reviews the shortlist and its evidence before client handoff. Data handling, candidate notices and the responsibilities of each party should be agreed for the engagement. This workflow supports human oversight; it is not a certification or a guarantee that every use complies with the EU AI Act.
For placement searches, we support Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby and Workable via native exports, and other systems via CSV/Zapier. Pipeline-as-a-Service includes Recruo ATS: our team actively sources candidates and hands them over there for your recruiter to review and interview using our note taker and AI voice assistant.
For $2,500 per month, our recruitment team handles active sourcing for 2 active roles. Your team gets Recruo ATS, our AI agent, recruitment tools, training and recruiting knowledge. We bring interested candidates into the ATS for your recruiter to review; your recruiter then interviews them using our note taker and AI voice assistant. Both recruitment teams collaborate throughout. Additional active-role capacity is scoped with sales.
We source across the EU — Ukraine and Poland are our deepest networks — plus Latin America and North America, matched to your timezone, budget and work-authorisation needs. Channels: LinkedIn Recruiter, DOU, Djinni, Just Join IT, regional communities and our private network. All candidates are remote-ready.
The candidate. We use consent-first processing aligned with GDPR, delete data on request, and never share candidate information with third parties without explicit consent.
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