Karat offers an interviewing cloud platform that utilizes a combination of human expertise and technology to conduct technical interviews, providing organizations with reliable assessments of software engineering talent. This solution addresses the shortage of qualified software engineers by streamlining the hiring process, enhancing candidate experience, and delivering actionable hiring insights.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
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Product
Problem
Companies face challenges in efficiently and equitably assessing software engineering talent due to the limitations of traditional hiring processes. Resume screens can perpetuate bias, while code tests may not accurately reflect real-world engineering skills, leading to missed opportunities and inefficient hiring workflows.
Solution
Karat provides an Interviewing Cloud platform that combines human expertise with technology to conduct technical interviews and evaluate software engineering candidates. The platform offers solutions for each stage of the hiring funnel, including top-of-funnel screening with adaptive assessments, in-depth technical interviews conducted by trained interview engineers, and data-driven insights to improve hiring outcomes. By standardizing the interview process and focusing on skills assessment rather than pedigree, Karat aims to improve the quality, efficiency, and equity of technical hiring.
Target Audience
Karat's primary customers are companies looking to improve their technical hiring process, including those focused on global hiring, early career recruitment, industry-specific hiring, and equitable and inclusive hiring practices.
Features
- **Karat Qualify:** An on-demand, multiple-choice exercise using adaptive technology to evaluate knowledge of specific technologies and engineering areas.
- **Karat Interview:** Technical interviews conducted by trained and vetted interview engineers.
- **Hiring Insights:** Data-driven insights to improve hiring outcomes.
- **Brilliant Black Minds:** A program offering free mock technical interviews to Black engineers.
- IO psychologist-developed content that accurately assesses core competencies.
- Gen-AI resilient design to prevent cheating and produce authentic results.