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To assess engineering skills in financial services, organizations should define the competencies needed for each role, develop interview content that measures both foundational engineering and AI skills, evaluate candidates in realistic environments, and standardize their interviews and scoring. By taking these steps, you’ll be able to reliably identify software engineers who can build secure products […]

What building and running the first human-led, AI-enabled technical interview system actually looks like When we launched Karat NextGen late last year, we had a clear thesis: the way companies evaluate engineering talent hadn’t kept pace with how software is actually built. AI tools had changed the job, but interviews were still designed for a […]

Toronto jumped nine spots in Karat’s 2026 ranking of the top cities for engineering talent to become the fifth city in the world for elite engineering talent, with 29.2% of candidates estimated to be in the top quartile globally. For years, Toronto has been on the rise as a tech hub. Now, it is North […]

For most financial services organizations, software contractors aren’t optional. Whether it’s modernizing core systems, accelerating digital initiatives, or scaling delivery capacity, CIOs rely on IT Service Providers (ITSPs) to keep projects moving. But as many leaders have learned the hard way, contractor quality often fails to meet expectations. Last summer, Karat launched the first Partner […]