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Data modeling is awesome. Or hard. It depends on the day of the week. Any engineer at a startup will attest your data models are probably evolving faster than your code. We’re always riding the bike as we try to build it. I’ve shared some PR-approved quotes about the engineering culture at Karat, but they […]

One week into his new role, Bill Kramer, sat down with the Karat comms team to talk about accelerating growth, building the Karat brand, growing Interview Engineering as a category, and changing companies during a global pandemic. Gordie: Bill, welcome to Karat. Thank you for taking the time to dive right into a Q&A in […]

Helin Shiah wasn’t looking for a new job when she found the role of Interview Engineer at Karat. When she ran across the job listing in Hacker News, she was interested in the fact that it was a role that required her experience as a software engineer, but would also give her an opportunity to […]

Over two years ago John Scully stumbled upon Karat’s Interview Engineer job listing on Stack Overflow. At first, he couldn’t believe that interviewing software engineers was actually a job. Then he decided to apply to learn more. John was looking for a role he would not only find rewarding, but as the father of 10 […]

All too often, the technical interview is used to find flaws in candidates. When in fact finding their strengths is actually more effective in identifying their potential. Karat Director of Interview Engineering, Lus Mendel, recently presented a workshop revealing the best practices of technical interviewing for software engineering roles. Co-hosted by Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, this […]

“The software developer job interview doesn’t work. Companies should stop relying on them. The savviest teams will outcompete their peers by devising alternative hiring schemes.” — Thomas Ptacek, founder of Matasano Security and writer for Krebs on Security Our data indicates that Mr. Ptacek is right — the typical technical interview and hiring process fails to get […]