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A line of hopeful, somewhat nervous current and aspiring software developers stretched past the Amazon and Google booths at the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) Convention last week in Kansas City, Missouri. Over 10,000 Black engineers and computer scientists buzzed with determination, purpose and focus as they explored the arena lined with corporations seeking […]

Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) is a top priority for many companies today. The lack of representation in tech is largely due to an “Access Gap,” limiting opportunities for certain groups to succeed in this field. Much has been written about best practices to reduce unconscious bias in the hiring process, using proven strategies such […]

SEATTLE, WA – Karat, the world’s largest interviewing company, today announced the acquisition of Triplebyte’s technical assessment product and team. The acquisition adds a unique top-of-funnel, skills-based assessment to Karat’s suite of Interviewing Cloud offerings, helping organizations identify and hire the best tech talent faster, more accurately, and fairly. The ability to quickly make confident […]

Karat today announced the addition of two executives to its leadership team – roles that will enable the company to grow further into the enterprise and continue engagement of developers. Dan Haroldsen is joining as VP of Marketing, and Marcus Taylor has been promoted to VP of Americas Enterprise Sales. Most recently, Dan led marketing […]

We celebrate Black Brilliance throughout the year, but this month has been exceptionally special for us as we have highlighted Black leaders and candidates within the Karat community. Rounding up Black History Month, we’d love to shed more context on a few candidates who landed job opportunities through Brilliant Black Minds. Yosief Kidane, Isaiah Smith, and Victor Pimentel […]

Work culture plays a huge role in employee satisfaction, collaboration, and productivity, and assessing whether a candidate is a culture fit is an important aspect of the interview process. Unfortunately, culture is a tricky concept to nail down, and developing questions that probe culture fit is difficult. I recently sat down with Peter Bell at […]

In today’s job market, the hiring landscape varies greatly across industries. While some are capitalizing on the surplus of software engineering talent from recent tech layoffs and hiring top talent at an accelerated pace, others are proceeding with caution. For those in the latter group who are taking a more measured approach, this article provides […]

It’s easy to understand the value of a data-driven recruitment process. However, it’s not always clear precisely which hiring metrics to track. For example, in our most recent tech hiring trends report, we asked talent and engineering leaders which metrics they use to evaluate software engineer candidates at their organizations. Read Karat’s Tech Hiring Trends […]

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 […]