What they used before
3 recruitment agencies, from different countries
Key Challenges
Agilis Commerce was hiring across Africa, Europe, and India through different recruitment agencies—but facing the same problem everywhere: agencies sent profiles that never met their engineering team's quality standards. Their senior developers were spending hours screening profiles, conducting interviews, administering coding tests, and reviewing work—with most candidates failing their technical bar. As a growing SME, they needed effective screening without being locked into expensive monthly contracts that other platforms required.
Key Outcomes
Utkrusht's pay-per-use model let Agilis Commerce run 400 assessments in just 5 days across all three regions without monthly subscription costs. They hired 2 strong engineers (1 SDE2 and 1 full-stack developer) in under 12 days—both validated through rigorous assessments before interviews. Senior developer time was freed from endless screening work, and they only paid for assessments actually used—critical for an SME managing budget carefully.
What They Were Doing Before
Agilis Commerce was relying entirely on recruitment agencies across three continents: Africa, Europe, and India.
The theory was simple: different regions, different agencies, better coverage. The reality? Same problem, different time zones.
Every agency—whether in Lagos, London, or Mumbai—sent the same type of candidates:
Resumes with the right keywords but shallow depth
Profiles that looked promising but couldn't pass technical screening
Candidates who interviewed well but couldn't execute
The process looked like this in every region:
Brief recruitment agencies on requirements
Receive batches of candidate profiles
Senior developers spend hours screening profiles manually
Conduct interviews with promising candidates
Administer coding tests
Review their work
Watch most candidates fail the technical bar
Start over with the next batch
The problem wasn't the agencies—it was the lack of a reliable quality filter before candidates reached Agilis Commerce's team.
Challenges & Pain Points
Hiring across Africa, Europe, and India should have given Agilis Commerce access to diverse talent pools. Instead, it multiplied their screening problem by three:
Different agencies, same low-quality candidates
Time zone coordination nightmares for interviews
No consistent quality bar across regions
Senior developers drowning in screening work from multiple sources
Senior Developer Time Burned on Bad Candidates
Every candidate from agencies required:
Profile screening (15-30 minutes)
Technical interview (1-2 hours)
Coding test administration (1 hour setup + review)
Work sample review (30-60 minutes)
When most candidates failed after all this investment, that's 3-5 hours wasted per bad candidate. Multiply that across three regions and multiple open roles, and Agilis Commerce's senior developers had no time for actual work.
Monthly Subscriptions Too Expensive for Growing SMEs
Most assessment platforms charge monthly subscriptions—whether you use them or not. For a growing SME like Agilis Commerce:
Committing to $500-1000/month was risky
Usage fluctuated (some months heavy hiring, some months nothing)
Paying for unused capacity felt wasteful
Budget predictability was critical
They needed pay only for what you use—not locked-in monthly costs
How Utkrusht's Assessment Platform Helped
Agilis Commerce's breakthrough came from two things: rigorous assessments that validated quality across all regions and pay-per-use pricing that fit their SME budget.
Assessments That Filter Quality Across Three Continents
Whether candidates came from agencies in Africa, Europe, or India, Utkrusht's assessments provided a consistent quality bar that worked everywhere:
Same technical standards across all regions
Scenario-based questions testing real engineering ability
Objective scoring that eliminated geographical bias
Reports showing exactly what each candidate could do
For the first time, Agilis Commerce had a single quality filter that worked globally—regardless of which agency sourced the candidate.
400 Assessments in 5 Days—No Monthly Lock-In
When Agilis Commerce had multiple open roles, they needed to assess at scale fast. With Utkrusht's pay-per-use model:
Ran 400 assessments in just 5 days
No monthly subscription required
Only paid for the 400 assessments actually used
No wasted capacity, no unused licenses
For an SME managing budget carefully, this was transformational. They could scale assessment volume up or down based on hiring needs—without being locked into fixed monthly costs.
Senior Developer Time Freed from Screening
With assessments filtering candidates upfront:
No more hours screening profiles manually
No more wasted interviews with unqualified candidates
No more coding tests administered to people who couldn't code
Senior developers only interviewed candidates who'd proven their technical depth
The time savings compounded across three regions. Instead of screening candidates from Lagos, London, and Mumbai separately, they had one assessment system that filtered everyone consistently.
"We ran 400 assessments in 5 days across Africa, Europe, and India, and hired 2 strong engineers in under 12 days. The best part? We only paid for what we used—no monthly subscriptions, no wasted capacity. For a growing SME, that pay-per-use model is the difference between 'we can afford this' and 'this is too expensive to try."
Amit Mehta, VP Engineering
Key Outcomes and Results
2 Strong Hires in Under 12 Days
From 400 assessments across three continents, Agilis Commerce identified and hired:
1 SDE2 (mid-level software development engineer)
1 Full-Stack Developer
Timeline: Under 12 days from starting assessments to offers accepted.
Both candidates had been validated through rigorous technical assessments before interviews—eliminating all guesswork about whether they could actually code.
Pay Only for What You Use—No Monthly Waste
Unlike competitors charging $500-1000/month whether you hire or not, Utkrusht charged Agilis Commerce only for the assessments they actually used:
400 assessments in 5 days during heavy hiring
Zero charges when not hiring
Budget flexibility for a growing SME
No locked-in contracts or commitments
For a company managing cash flow carefully, this made all the difference between "we can afford this" and "this is too risky."
Consistent Quality Bar Across Three Continents
Whether sourced from agencies in Africa, Europe, or India, every candidate was held to the same technical standard through Utkrusht's assessments. No more:
Inconsistent quality across regions
Different agencies with different standards
Candidates who looked good locally but couldn't meet global bar
Just one consistent filter that worked everywhere.
What Stood Out Most
When we asked Agilis Commerce what made them choose Utkrusht, they pointed to one thing: pay-per-use pricing instead of monthly subscriptions.
Pay Only for What You Use—Critical for SMEs
Most assessment platforms work like this:
Pay $500-1000/month
Whether you hire 1 person or 50
Whether you use it or not
Locked into annual contracts
Utkrusht works differently:
Pay per assessment used
Scale up during heavy hiring (400 in 5 days)
Scale down to zero when not hiring
No monthly commitments
For growing SMEs like Agilis Commerce, this model is transformational. They can:
Try the platform without risk
Scale assessment volume based on actual needs
Manage budget predictably
Avoid paying for unused capacity
That flexibility made Utkrusht accessible where other platforms felt too expensive to try.
Why Chose Utkrusht's Platform Over Others
Traditional recruitment agencies: Different agencies, same quality problem across all three continents
Utkrusht: One consistent quality filter that works globally. Pay only for assessments used—critical for SME budgets. 400 assessments in 5 days, 2 hires in 12 days
For a growing SME hiring globally, Utkrusht provided what nothing else could: effective quality screening without budget risk.
"Unlike other platforms that charge monthly whether you use them or not, Utkrusht only charges for what you actually use. That pay-per-use model is super relieving for a small company like ours. We can scale assessments up during heavy hiring and down to zero when we're not—without wasting money on unused subscriptions."
Amit Mehta, VP Engineering
What's Next
Get rigorous technical assessments that work across any region, any agency, any role. Pay only for what you use—no monthly commitments.
"The two developers we hired through Utkrusht are doing really high-quality work. They didn't just pass our technical bar—they raised it. And we didn't have to waste weeks interviewing 50 people to find them. The assessments filtered for depth upfront, so we only talked to candidates who could actually execute."
- Husna Kouser, Director, HR
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