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Interview Insights

04.01.2022

In a world where software engineering time is becoming more valuable every day, consistent interviewing is essential for hiring at scale. Improve your hiring signal with these three tips: Develop questions that accurately assess specific competencies Use structured scoring rubrics calibrated to your role Train interviewers to deliver questions with clarity and empathy This blog […]

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Interview Insights

01.19.2022

In a candidate-first world, creating an enjoyable and equitable hiring process is paramount, and Interviewing Cloud creates opportunities for more enjoyable and equitable hiring. With digital transformation accelerating at an unprecedented pace, every company is turning to software to gain a competitive edge. Engineering time is more valuable than ever, with many companies investing 80 […]

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Interview Insights

01.13.2022

It’s 2022 and we live in a candidate-first world. The great resignation (or the great reshuffling, depending on who you talk to) has made the candidate interviewing experience more important than ever, but 72% of engineering leaders agree that very few people at their company know how to conduct interviews. Even for hiring managers with […]

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Interview Insights

12.01.2021

Last week, Karat sat down with Howard University’s Dr. Katherine Picho-Kiroga to talk about life-changing interviews and the impact that social identity threat has on interviewing candidates from underrepresented backgrounds. A quantitative research methodologist by training, with a doctorate in Social and Educational Psychology, Dr. Picho-Kiroga has been an integral partner for Karat’s Interview Access […]

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Interview Insights

06.29.2021

We’re just a couple of months away from what is shaping up to be the busiest fall hiring season in decades. Engineering leaders are finalizing their headcount plans. Recruiters are filling their candidate pipelines. Talent acquisition operations leaders are doing the math to determine how many engineering candidates they need to source to meet hiring […]

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Interview Insights

06.24.2021

Inclusive hiring is the first step you need to take to improve the diversity and inclusion of your software engineering team. No longer is inclusive hiring the sole responsibility of the talent acquisition team. Software engineering leaders — from the CTO to the Engineering Manager — are taking ownership of equitable hiring processes and decisions. […]

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Interview Insights

05.27.2021

Structured interview rubrics make it possible for software engineering teams to hire the right candidates for the job. How? By putting candidates on a level playing field and assessing them for competencies that matter. No matter which interviewer they meet with, the candidate and team can be assured that they will be evaluated based on […]

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Interview Insights

04.26.2021

Software engineering teams use technical interviews to assess software engineers’ technical skills during the hiring process. The following article provides a general overview of technical interviews and other technical assessment formats. For more information about the Karat technical interview, check out this post. Technical interviews can involve writing code, discussing technology or Computer Science topics, […]

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Interview Insights

03.31.2021

Hiring software engineers is notoriously challenging. Whether it’s a lack of time to conduct technical assessments, inability to find the right candidates in the first place, or lack of reliability in the recommendations — it’s hard to find an approach that works. Most technical hiring processes start first-round technical assessment: Code tests Take-home technical assessment […]

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