Running Merge as a service, Hiring Software

Merge Agency Implementation, Delivering Technical Hiring Assessments

Learn how to design and deliver realistic pull request review assessments that replace coding quizzes with actual engineering judgment. This course covers assessment configuration by difficulty and specialization, interpreting token efficiency metrics, and packaging hiring-ready scorecards into productized services for recruitment clients.

Open the decision record for Merge

What does running Merge for clients commit you to?

Published figures for this service. Blank fields are not published.

Monthly tool cost
Not published (pre-launch, demo-based)
Time to first value
Not published
Payback
Not modeled
Guided implementation
8 hours

Is Merge worth running as a client service?

Merge offers a unique PR-review-based assessment tool with potential for differentiation, but its pre-launch status and lack of pricing information mean agencies should validate the product through a demo before committing to a service offering.

An agency-fit judgement for reselling this service. It is separate from the tool description on the decision record.

Before you start

What has to be in place before the first client engagement.

Tools and subscriptions

  • Merge platform access (via demo)

People and inputs

  • Technical staff to configure assessments
  • Sample PR codebases for test assessments

Included with the course

6 working documents for delivering this service.

  • Assessment Configuration Worksheetworksheet
  • Hiring Scorecard Interpretation Guideguide
  • Token Efficiency Benchmarking Templatetemplate
  • Client Onboarding SOP for Technical Assessmentssop
  • PR Review Assessment Delivery Checklistchecklist
  • Specialization and Language Constraint Matrixtemplate

Listed by name. These documents are not yet published as individual downloads.