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A one-way video interview platform designed to cut early-stage screening time for employers.
A pandemic-era pivot reused a life-story recording capability to compress the first three steps of hiring.
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Reworking is a B2B one-way video interview platform that lets employers collect candidate videos and reduce early screening calls. It grew out of Reliving, a consumer product for recording family life stories. When the pandemic strained the original B2C model, the team recognized that its question-pack and recording capabilities could also support hiring. They spent seven months adapting the technology and launched the Reworking MVP in October 2020. The CEO described just under 50 customers, three plans priced at £35, £99, and £199 monthly, an average selling price of about £106, and revenue of about £5,000 per month. He said many customers estimated ten hours saved per role. The company used an existing partner network for early free releases, then began putting more effort into marketing. It had four founders and two contractors and had raised funding for the original business and pivot.
For a hiring workflow SaaS, the first customers usually come from recruiters and employers who already trust the founders or a partner. Reworking released its MVP to organizations in its network for free, using relationships built through the company’s earlier partnership work.
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Data credibility: CEO Michael Beck discusses customer counts, pricing, and revenue in a founder interview; the host summarizes the business at about $6,000 MRR, while Beck says it was about £5,000/month. Treat these as founder-reported, approximate figures. The interview provides no audited accounts. Fundraising and valuation figures are also conversational and not independently verified.
For a B2B hiring product, the first dollar should follow a pilot that demonstrates a measurable reduction in screening work. Reworking launched its MVP to organizations in the founders’ network for free, then introduced paid marketing after early availability.
The business’s growth loop can connect partner introductions, time savings, and repeat hiring. Reworking’s CEO said the company had a strong partnership program and used conversations with partners to recognize that its recording technology could serve recruitment.
Enterprise and SMB buying cycles can make a promising hiring product feel quiet between pilots and renewals. Reworking’s team faced a major pivot while the original consumer product had limited cash flow and only around ten paying users, according to the interview.
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