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Featured Blog | AI Hiring
12.17.2025
The human + AI workforce transformation is here. Is your hiring process ready?
Download the full 2025–2026 AI Workforce Transformation Report → https://karat.com/resource/ai-workforce-transformation-report/ AI is transforming software development faster than most organizations can adapt. Engineering productivity is accelerating, the ROI of strong engineers is increasing, and AI-native workflows are reshaping how teams build software. But, while engineering has moved into the human + AI era, most hiring practices […]
Featured Blog | AI Hiring
12.10.2025
Introducing Karat NextGen: human-led, AI-enabled interviews
Karat NextGen mirrors how modern engineers work, empowering engineering executives to build a high-quality, AI-ready workforce SEATTLE — [December 10, 2025] — Karat, the trusted standard for measuring talent quality, today announced the launch of Karat NextGen, the first human-led, AI-enabled talent evaluation solution to identify software engineers who will excel in the human + […]
Featured Blog | AI Hiring
12.09.2025
Contract Engineer Quality in Financial Services
Financial services (FinServ) organizations are increasingly relying on contract engineers. They’re among the top five industries driving outsourcing demand, and the European Central Bank found that banks increased their budget for information and communication technology services by an average of 2.1% from 2023 to 2024. Outsourcing provides access to specialized talent, as our data shows […]
Featured Blog | AI Hiring
11.21.2025
FinServ Contractor Trends in the AI Era
AI is transforming the financial services (FinServ) industry, from trading to digital banking and fraud detection. As demand for digital innovation increases, FinServ organizations are increasingly relying on contractors and IT Service Providers (ITSPs) to deliver rapid progress while minimizing risk. Their expectations are rising at the same time, as engineering teams need to meet […]
Featured Blog | AI Hiring
03.25.2025
AI in Interviews: Cheating or the New Normal?
While interviewing in the age of AI has been a hot topic since the first iteration of ChatGPT, Amazon’s recent crackdown on candidates using AI in interviews has brought the long-simmering topic to the forefront. The use of AI in interviews has come up in almost all of our executive briefings this year. Increasingly, the […]
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08.01.2025
Figma’s IPO marks a major milestone and caps an incredible growth story fueled by innovative products, community momentum, and a sharp focus on building high-performing teams. But behind the headlines is a story of thoughtful engineering leadership and a long-term bet on talent. Years before going public, Figma made the key decision to treat early-career […]
Interview Insights
06.25.2025
Same-day technical interviews are transforming how software teams compete for top engineering talent. By enabling candidates to schedule and complete interviews within hours of receiving an invite, companies dramatically improve time-to-hire, offer acceptance rates, and candidate experience. Learn how Karat's global network of trained Interview Engineers delivers scalable, 24/7 interview coverage—and why this operational edge is critical in the race for AI and software engineering talent.
Global Hiring
06.18.2025
In Karat’s 2025 analysis of engineering talent hubs, two Polish cities ranked in the top 20 based on engineering quality in technical interviews, Gdańsk (#12) and Warsaw (#20). Both are outperforming many Western European cities on talent quality, operational costs, and hiring velocity. Read on to learn more about the opportunities and challenges facing CIOs setting up engineering operations in Poland.
AI Hiring
03.25.2025
While interviewing in the age of AI has been a hot topic since the first iteration of ChatGPT, Amazon’s recent crackdown on candidates using AI in interviews has brought the long-simmering topic to the forefront. The use of AI in interviews has come up in almost all of our executive briefings this year. Increasingly, the […]
Industry Trends & Research
03.19.2025
According to technical interview performance, remote roles are drawing higher concentrations of elite software engineers than any city in the US.
Global Hiring
03.12.2025
Top Nearshore Software Hubs in Europe and Americas 1. Belgrade, Serbia - ranked #2 in Europe, #9 globally 2. Gdansk, Poland - #3 in Europe, #12 globally 3. Sofia, Bulgaria - #4 in Europe, #18 globally 4. Warsaw, Poland - #5 in Europe, #20 globally 5. Sao Paulo, Brazil - #1 in LATAM, #38 globally
Industry Trends & Research
03.05.2025
GCCs are flocking to Bangalore and attracting more of India's elite software engineers. Learn more about what is drawing top employers and engineers to the city.
Industry Trends & Research
02.26.2025
The latest tech hiring trends are showing a significant tech talent migration. Historically, elite software engineers have been concentrated in three U.S. tech hubs; San Francisco, Seattle, and New York. According to Karat’s 2025 Top Cities to Hire Software Engineers report, which is based on data from over 500,000 technical interviews, those traditional strongholds of […]
Brilliant Black Minds
02.04.2025
We created Brilliant Black Minds in 2020 with a clear purpose: to address the disparities in access to resources, mentorship, and interview preparation that limit career opportunities for Black software engineers. Our Interview Access Gap Report revealed the critical need for dedicated support to help Black engineers strengthen their technical interviewing skills, build confidence, and […]