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Featured Blog | Global Hiring
08.19.2024
Attracting Engineering Talent in India: 4 Tips From Talent Leaders
India has become a leader in great engineering talent, causing more companies to flock there and open Global Capability Centers (GCCs). As a result, the market for software engineers there is now highly competitive for all types of organizations, including corporations, startups, companies with an established presence in India, and those that are entering India […]
Featured Blog | Global Hiring
08.12.2024
4 Top Challenges in Global Hiring and How to Overcome Them
Global companies have access to a larger talent pool and they’re able to reduce costs by hiring in areas with a lower cost of living. While these are some of the benefits that make global hiring advantageous, there are also challenges that come with hiring internationally. Organizations need to navigate the unique characteristics of each […]
Featured Blog | AI Hiring
08.02.2024
Why AI Won’t Replace Software Engineers
AI’s ability to do what humans can do has drastically expanded over the last few years. As AI becomes more powerful, there are more and more questions about whether AI is able to replace workers and to what extent. For software engineers, generative AI can already write code and documentation, generate test cases and automate […]
Featured Blog | Interviewing Tips
08.02.2024
3 Ways to Make Your Interview Process More Effective
Interviews are incredibly important for hiring the most qualified candidate, as they’re the main method of evaluating candidates and narrowing down your pool of applicants to just one person. Good interviews are predictive, fair, and enjoyable, and achieving this requires carefully and scientifically designing your interview process. There are many ways to improve your interview […]
Featured Blog | Inclusive Hiring
07.22.2024
Creating an Inclusive Candidate Experience for Diverse Engineering Talent
In today’s world, fostering diversity in recruitment is important for businesses. Diverse teams create different perspectives, bring innovative ideas, and have much better problem-solving capabilities. The goal here is to make sure that every candidate is valued regardless of their background, and there are a few steps you need to follow to make this happen. […]
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News & Events
06.08.2021
SEATTLE, June 8, 2021 – Karat, the world’s leader in technical interviewing, today appointed Twitch COO, Sara Clemens to its board, and expanded its leadership team with the addition of Rachael Granby as Vice President of Interview Delivery. As the demand for technology talent continues to intensify, hiring software engineers is a business imperative. Karat […]
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 […]
News & Events
04.29.2021
SEATTLE, April 29, 2021/ — Karat, the world’s leader in technical interviewing, today announced that Built In has named Portia Kibble Smith, head of DEI at Karat, as a 2021 Built In Moxie Awards winner. This year, the program recognized 50 outstanding women in tech who have made outsized contributions to their places of work, […]
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, […]
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 […]
Industry Trends & Research
03.25.2021
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 […]
Interview Insights
03.24.2021
Will your team ever go back to the office? For many, the answer is “no.” This seismic shift means many business processes must go completely virtual, including interviewing and hiring software engineers. Karat has conducted over 100k technical interviews — all remotely — and established the following best practices on how to conduct remote technical […]
Recruiting Insights
03.17.2021
A technical recruiter is the quarterback of the tech talent acquisition process. The best tech recruiters have a close relationship with their software engineering partners. Many face inconsistent processes that make their jobs more difficult. Sometimes, this is due to a lack of clear expectations for the scope of the role. In this guide, we’re […]
Industry Trends & Research
03.08.2021
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 […]