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Top Software Leaders Share Their Blueprints for Hiring Engineers in Karat’s 2023 Tech Hiring Trends Report image

Industry Trends & Research

09.14.2023

Seattle, WA – Karat, the world’s largest interviewing company, released its third annual Tech Hiring Trends Report today. Set against the backdrop of a volatile economy and wave of new AI-driven innovations that are creating new opportunities and challenges for businesses, this year’s report shares insights and best practices based on a survey by The […]

Webinar insights: harnessing the power of genAI in tech hiring image

Industry Trends & Research

08.08.2023

The recent webinar, “Harnessing AI and the future of tech hiring,” featured an enlightening discussion about the future of generative AI, or genAI, in software development and engineering hiring. Moderated by Scott Bonneau, EVP of Product and Operations at Karat, the webinar brought together industry leaders Sagnik Nandy, CTO at Okta, and Eddie Zhou, Founding […]

Can I use ChatGPT for my technical interview? image

Industry Trends & Research

02.09.2023

ChatGPT’s original demos included some tantalizing examples of the model producing Python code from a simple natural language prompt. Since those initial examples, we’ve received many questions about what this means for technical interviews like the ones we conduct. Most commonly, we hear candidates ask, “Can I use ChatGPT in my interview?” But I think […]

Can ChatGPT pass a technical interview? Part 2 image

Industry Trends & Research

02.09.2023

Retail, industrials, and financial services are three sectors gaining ground in the race for top tech talent image

Industry Trends & Research

01.31.2023

Recent market volatility and tech layoffs have created a unique landscape for companies hiring top tech talent. Industries that were previously the top choices for job-seeking software engineers have been hit hard; while large enterprise non-tech companies have become increasingly desirable destinations. This has resulted in a discernible shift in the job market and a […]

The top 20 cities for hiring software developers in 2023 image

Industry Trends & Research

01.05.2023

Last month, Karat’s data and insights team ranked the top cities in the U.S. for technical hiring. These rankings covered the metro areas with the highest concentrations of software developers scoring in the top quartile of all global coding scores in technical interviews. Unsurprisingly, the greater Seattle Area and San Francisco Bay Area (including Silicon […]

ChatGPT, generative AI, and the future of technical interviews image

Industry Trends & Research

12.13.2022

While many companies use automated coding tests as the first step of their software engineering interview, recent developments in generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) will challenge this entire system. On November 30, 2022, OpenAI released a research version of their new AI-powered chatbot, ChatGPT. This chatbot has the ability not only to answer users’ questions but […]

Top cities in the United States for hiring software developers image

Industry Trends & Research

12.08.2022

2022 represented a shift in the tech hiring landscape. Tech layoffs and hiring freezes produced an influx of high-performing software developers on the market. Talented engineers started to prioritize the security of larger enterprises over the hypergrowth segments, driving up close rates in industries like financial services, insurance, and telecom. And despite high-profile return-to-office mandates, […]

6 Predictions for Tech Hiring in 2023 image

Industry Trends & Research

12.06.2022

As we round out 2022, I’ve spent a lot of time reflecting on the state of the tech industry and hiring landscape. The second half of the year has been tough for the tech industry, due to increasing layoffs and broader economic concerns. However, I see signs of hope. There are many positive trends that […]

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