Karat blog

Python and Java are two of the most frequently used programming languages among professional developers according to the Stack Overflow 2021 developer survey. So it’s no surprise that these are the two most popular coding languages we see during University Recruiting season as tech companies interview thousands of intern and new grad candidates each fall. […]

Last year we took our first look at the rapidly expanding remote software engineer hiring landscape. As more organizations shifted to remote or hybrid working models we had started to see significantly improving candidate performance outside of the more-established tech hubs. Like 2020, Seattle boasted the highest concentration of top engineering talent, followed closely by […]

Although more womxn are entering the tech field, there still lies a huge gender gap when it comes to the ratio of men vs. women within the industry. According to TechRadius, 80% of those in the field are male, while only 20% are female. The lack of representation of womxn in tech is challenging and […]

Last week Karat celebrated the launch of our new Brilliant Black Minds program. As part of that celebration, our own Portia Kibble Smith, Head of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, joined a panel with the great team at From Day One to talk about anti-racist hiring. Today, we’re proud to announce a continuation of the equitable-team-building […]

Last year the world shrunk. Not just in terms of being confined to our apartments, but also with regard to accessing a global talent pipeline of remote software engineers. One silver-lining of 2020 was that it became easier for engineering leaders in tight talent markets to say goodbye to geographic hiring constraints and hello to […]

To say that 2020 changed the world would be the understatement of the century. The COVID-19 pandemic changed lives, businesses, countries, and economies at a scale never before seen in our lifetimes. Some tech companies flourished in the suddenly-digital world, while others paused to feel out the uncertainty, which had a profound impact on developer […]

We’ve all been talking about fairness and bias a lot these past few months, and the depth at which it’s currently being discussed is long overdue. At Karat, we have been conducting research to identify sources of bias, inconsistency, and other challenges that can creep into technical interviews. This includes the Interview Gap survey that […]

Last month we shared a number of programs as part of our commitment to Black software engineers. One of these initiatives is to use our interview data and research to develop new formats that reduce bias. Today’s research shows that the emphasis code tests place on absolute completeness and correctness is failing to produce a […]

The Interview Gap manifests in different ways for different stakeholders. The Interview Gap makes it harder for organizations to reach their software engineering hiring targets. The Interview Gap places artificial constraints on the number of candidates that a company can interview, and limits the quality of those interviews. When interviewing isn’t given the time, structure, […]