A hiring platform that combines live coding interviews, candidate management, and structured feedback for engineering teams.
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Interview.io founder Rahul Aurora had spent seven years as an engineer and conducted more than 500 technical interviews in two and a half years. He built the product after experiencing scattered candidate data, slow coding-environment setup, and late interviewer feedback as a hiring manager. The SaaS platform provides live coding assessments and candidate-management tools for technical hiring teams. Aurora said the business launched its MVP while he was working part time, then became full-time and funded about five to six months before the interview. He reported approximately $7,000 in monthly revenue, around 30 recurring paying customers, and a largest account paying about $1,800 per month. The company had nine people, including about five engineers. Aurora described customer acquisition through targeted cold outreach to hiring managers, social content, and inbound leads. The business had raised a $120,000 pre-seed round at a valuation close to $1 million, according to the interview; the host’s closing summary also mentioned these figures.
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Join the Unicorn Club — $5/moCancel anytime, in one clickData credibility: Founder-reported in an interview with Nathan Latka; the host’s closing recap repeats the approximate $7,000 monthly revenue and 30 paying-customer figures. The founder also cited a largest customer paying about $1,800 monthly. The transcript has garbled wording around chronology and customer totals, and no third-party financial records or independent verification are cited.
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