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A successful University Recruiting program can drive innovation, shape a culture, and set a company apart from its competitors. However, the path to get there can take many twists and turns. At URx 2019, we asked University Recruiting leaders Caroline Cunningham at Intuit, Paul Sledd at BCG Digital Ventures (BCGDV), and Brooke Simpson at Microsoft to share their insights and […]

Next to family, friends, and health, our careers are one of the most important parts of our lives. Jobs give us purpose and fulfillment. Interviews are the gateway between each of us and our next job — they are a critical connection point. And yet, while the interview is a universal experience, it has never […]

Helin Shiah wasn’t looking for a new job when she found the role of Interview Engineer at Karat. When she ran across the job listing in Hacker News, she was interested in the fact that it was a role that required her experience as a software engineer, but would also give her an opportunity to […]

Each fall, university recruiting teams race their peers to hire promising software engineering talent into intern and new graduate roles. Strong university recruiting programs have the opportunity to grow careers and put intellectual horsepower behind innovation. However, three obstacles often get in the way of achieving university hiring targets: Lack of recruiting resources to go […]

In 2018, total venture capital (VC) funds invested totaled $131 billion surpassing $84 billion invested during all of 2017. Compared to 2017, the median VC deal size experienced double-digit percentage growth across all investment stages — the highest jump since 2015. The primary investment target of these funds are software-driven companies whose products and solutions are expected to change […]

Over two years ago John Scully stumbled upon Karat’s Interview Engineer job listing on Stack Overflow. At first, he couldn’t believe that interviewing software engineers was actually a job. Then he decided to apply to learn more. John was looking for a role he would not only find rewarding, but as the father of 10 […]

For years I’ve been hearing tech leaders talk about an inability to find and hire diverse talent. This sounded foreign to me as I knew we existed, but for some reason the pipeline of diverse talent was invisible to hiring managers. Larger tech companies have been implementing various Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) programs since the […]

Technical interviewing is something that every company does when hiring software engineers, but often with mixed results. Mis-hires are unfortunately common. Team members tasked with conducting technical interviews will likely use an approach that they are comfortable with, but that others don’t have visibility into and hasn’t been tested for ability to predict performance. What […]

All too often, the technical interview is used to find flaws in candidates. When in fact finding their strengths is actually more effective in identifying their potential. Karat Director of Interview Engineering, Lus Mendel, recently presented a workshop revealing the best practices of technical interviewing for software engineering roles. Co-hosted by Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, this […]