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By, Adam Dangoor As a candidate, some of the least enjoyable interview experiences I have had are those after which I felt that I did not get across what I could bring to the team. The interviewer didn’t walk away knowing what I could do, only what I could not do. Software engineering is such […]

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 […]

Interviewing is stressful enough without having to contend with WFH distractions, bad lighting, spotty WiFi, and a bunch of job candidates who are in the exact same boat heading into your remote interviews. “You’re not hiring a file or a folder, you’re hiring a person. Code comes from people.” – Brian Holland, Karat Interview Engineer […]

The following article originally appeared on Forbes.com under the headline, Remote Interviewing: How To Evaluate Competencies that Matter. For more Interview Engineering resources, check out our white papers on Creating a Structured Rubric, Going Virtual, and Engineering the Technical Interview. By Mohit Bhende Last month I outlined six ways to tune technical interview loops for 100% remote hiring. […]

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 […]

You did all this work to recruit, interview, and hire an amazing new teammate. Let’s keep this party popping! HR and IT have just completed the remote onboarding of your new engineer. Now it’s your turn. The only catch is that you and your team cannot interact with the new engineer in any way, except […]

As organizations reevaluate hiring plans for the COVID-19 world, many job candidates are being left without resources. To support job seekers, the National Society of Black Engineers will be taking their annual career fair virtual for the first time next week, providing a vital lifeline for both software engineers seeking jobs, and for tech companies […]

Joshua Lewis is the Chief Technology Officer at forgood and a Karat Interview Engineer. He has been in the software development industry for over 15 years. Husband to one, father to two. He/his/him. Joshua recently sat down for a Q&A with the Karat team to chat about his experiences and what led him to consider […]

Earlier this month, the team and I were reviewing online feedback, which is something we do regularly to refine the Karat technical interviewing solution. Some of the feedback suggested the Karat interview is too hard. Other feedback stated the Karat interview is too easy. One overarching theme that we did find was that candidates think […]