Unlock Your Next Job with Practice
Brilliant Black Minds offers free mock technical interviews and connections to some of the world’s top companies to help Black software engineers take the next step in their careers.
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Why Join?
We help you feel confident to tackle your next technical interview through practice, feedback, and community support.
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Our members get hired!
3 mock interviews make you 6x more likely to get hired!
Practice algorithmic and systems design questions exactly like the ones you’ll solve in real interviews
Practice with Interview Engineers who hold technical roles at FAANG and other top companies
Access our Learning Center’s self-guided study plans that go hand-in-hand with your personalized interview feedback
Join interview accelerators and exclusive networking and mentorship programs attended by lead engineers from our hiring partners
Connect in Discord and learn with 10,000+ current and aspiring Black engineers
Learn about opportunities to advance your software engineering career
Who Can Join?
Black software engineers can join at every career stage.
Whether you’re an undergraduate student aspiring to become an engineer, a career transitioner in coding school, or an experienced engineer, we can help you improve your technical interview skills.
How It Works
Every part of our program is 100% free. Join now to level up your career.
Explore, Learn, and Schedule
Every engineer in our community has a unique path to hire. Explore the resources in your member dashboard to learn how we can support yours. Our Learning Center is the perfect place to brush up your skills before using the easy scheduling tool to book your first live mock interview, any time 24/7.
Build Interviewing Confidence
Your mock interview will be conducted by a friendly senior software engineer who has experience at FAANG and other top companies; they’ll give you personalized feedback to help you keep improving. In the program, you’ll also have access to exclusive mentorship programs, weekly study sessions, and other learning and networking events.
Champion of Brilliance
In 2022, Serena Williams invested in Karat to fuel Brilliant Black Minds. Deeply committed to building a fair and inclusive tech sector, Serena Williams encourages our members to “Practice Like a Champ” even in the face of fear, uncertainty, and doubt.
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Serena Williams
Champion of Brilliance
Hear from our members
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I no longer feel alone in the industry. The care and community that I’ve seen in BBM is powerful and it feels like there is a permanent space for us. AfroTech is fantastic for a week, but BBM is all the time and I feel like this is exactly what we were missing.”
Briana B.
BBM Community Ambassador and Sr. Software Engineer
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BBM addresses more than just code; this community goes into specifics about career building and networking which has helped me in navigating the industry.”
Jada G.
BBM Community Ambassador and Software Engineer II at Microsoft
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The Brilliant Black Minds program was a game-changer for me. It not only helped me master technical skills like data structures and algorithms, but it also provided the confidence and community I needed to thrive in the tech industry.”
Azaria T.
BBM Community Ambassador and Software Engineer II at Disney
Frequently asked questions
Brilliant Black Minds is designed to help you prepare for upcoming technical interviews. Schedule free live mock interviews 24/7 and receive expert feedback. Consistent practice with us leads to 80% more confidence and 6x better job prospects.
Karat’s skilled global Interview Engineers (IVEs) conduct interviews for software companies worldwide. In the Brilliant Black Minds program, we provide experienced IVEs who are also mentors, chosen for their expertise and commitment.
Our technical interviews will primarily focus on your coding skills leveraging data structures and algorithms. Coding questions are meant to test your foundational skills as an engineer, including variables, functions/return styles, string manipulation, recursion, hashmaps, and more.
Partners of Brilliance are companies committed to supporting and hiring software engineers from our community.
Our community consists of over 10,000 Black software engineers! They connect in our exclusive Discord group to coordinate studying together, ask questions, and share best practices about working in the industry.
