Performance — pay per candidate
The zero-commitment pilot: pay per delivered candidate.
Pay per delivered, screened candidate — no retainer, no mandate, no hire required. This is the Recruo screening engine sold on its own: sourcing, AI CV screening, and the AI technical interview, with the same report behind every Recruo shortlist. By design, your team runs the soft-skills round and makes the hiring call — and there's no 90-day guarantee at this tier, because we won't sell a guarantee on a decision we don't make. When you're ready to hand off the full search, Standard and Hybrid are one call away.
Pilot terms in writing within 24 hours — the agreed bar and your per-candidate price, fixed before we source the first profile. No retainer, no mandate, no hire required.
The two delivery stages
Per candidateQualified — $300–800 per delivered candidate — CV-reviewed and AI-scored against your bar
Interview-Ready — $1,000–2,500 per delivered candidate — adds a passed AI technical interview
Priced by role seniority within each range — fixed in writing before we source the first profile. Ranges in USD.
Delivery stages
Two stages. One pipeline. Same report anatomy.
Interview-Ready isn't a different plan — it's the same candidate, one screening stage deeper. Every delivery carries the same report anatomy behind every Recruo shortlist.
Qualified — $300–800 per candidate
- What we screen
- CV reviewed against your bar and AI-scored.
- What you receive
- The AI screening report per candidate — scores and evidence, not a database export.
Interview-Ready — $1,000–2,500 per candidate
Everything in Qualified, plus…
- What we screen
- The adaptive AI technical interview, with anti-cheat validation.
- What you receive
- AI screening report + technical interview report — hard-skills evidence, not vibes.
You pay per delivered candidate that clears the agreed bar — not per CV, not per hour of sourcing, and never contingent on a hire. Where you land in each range depends on role seniority, fixed in writing before the pilot starts. No retainer, no minimum volume. Ranges in USD; invoicing currency agreed before the pilot starts. For context: a single classical-agency placement fee runs 22–33% of first-year salary — on a $100K role, that's $22–33K for one hire.
What you're buying
The screening engine, on its own.
Performance isn't the full Recruo search with pieces missing — it's a different product, priced per candidate. Two things stay with your team on purpose.
You run the soft-skills interview
On Standard and Hybrid, our interviewer runs the human soft-skills round and a recruiter signs off before delivery. On Performance it stays with you — which is exactly what most pilot teams want: meet candidates early, calibrate our bar against yours, and keep full control of the process while you evaluate us.
No 90-day replacement guarantee
The 90-day guarantee backs searches we run end to end. Performance stops at delivered candidates — you run the final rounds and make the hire — so we don't charge you for a guarantee we can't stand behind. It's included the moment you move to Standard, Hybrid, or Fixed-Fee.
Who this is for
Built for teams that want proof before a mandate
Performance is the low-risk way in: a per-candidate line item instead of a contract.
Enterprise teams piloting Recruo
Evaluate the engine without procurement friction — no retainer, no master agreement, no mandate. A per-candidate line item you can approve in one email, before any full-search commitment.
Founders making a first technical hire
Pre-seed and seed teams that can't commit to a full success-fee mandate yet: buy screened, scored candidates for one critical role and keep the process — and the budget — in your hands.
Calibrating the bar before handing off
See the exact report, the scoring, and where our bar sits against yours — on real candidates for a real role — before you decide whether to hand off the full search.
The way in, not the destination
Pilot first. Hand off the search when you're ready.
Most pilots convert after the first role: you've seen the reports, you know the bar holds. Moving to Hybrid or Standard hands us the full search — human soft-skills interview, recruiter sign-off on every shortlist, and the 90-day replacement guarantee.
One honest caveat: if you already know you want the hire — not an evaluation — go straight to Standard. You pay only on placement, the full flow and the guarantee are included, and there are no per-candidate fees along the way. Performance is built for teams that need to see the engine work before committing to a mandate.
If you expect you might hire from the pilot, we can agree an optional success-fee component upfront — before the first candidate is delivered, in writing. No surprises at offer stage.
Piloting ahead of continuous hiring across 3+ concurrent roles? Pipeline-as-a-Service covers the whole roadmap on one monthly retainer.
Product proof
The deliverable is the constant
Pilot or full mandate, every candidate carries the same report anatomy: an AI score against your bar and, at Interview-Ready, a passed AI technical interview.
Sample scorecard
See the exact report every delivered candidate arrives with — scores, evidence, and how the bar was applied.
The 6-step process
The full flow the pilot is a slice of — and what Standard adds on top of the screening engine.
All engagement models
Ready for the full search? Compare Standard, Hybrid, Retained, and the flat-fee options.
FAQ
Questions pilot buyers ask first
Straight answers on pricing, guarantees, and what stays with your team — before you fill in the form.
Pilot terms
Price your pilot.
Tell us the role and which stage you want — Qualified or Interview-Ready. We'll reply within 24 hours with pilot terms in writing. No call required.
No retainer
No minimum, no upfront fee
Pay per candidate
Charged per delivered candidate
GDPR-compliant
Sourcing compliant by design