Karat
Human-led, AI-enabled technical interviews measuring engineers for the human plus AI era.
About
Karat provides technical interview services for engineering hiring, drawing on a dataset of over 600,000 interviews to define and measure engineering quality. Its interview engineers conduct structured evaluations used by large technology companies.
Karat NextGen, launched in December 2025, is its human-led, AI-enabled evaluation format: candidates work on complex multi-file projects with an integrated AI assistant while expert interviewers probe reasoning, decision-making, and trade-offs. The format is designed to measure AI-native abilities such as validating AI-generated code and prompt engineering.
What it can do
- Expert-led technical interviews with structured scoring
- NextGen format with integrated AI assistant for candidates
- Evaluation of AI-native skills: validating AI code, prompt engineering
- Benchmarking data from 600,000+ interviews across industries
Setup
Engage Karat as an interview service on karat.com; define role rubrics and let Karat's interview engineers run evaluations.
Prerequisites
Active engineering hiring pipeline; defined competencies for the roles being filled.
Use cases
Works with
Trust score — 8/10
Scored 8/10 (verified tier, metrics-v1). Evidence: Verified via vendor site/docs/GitHub and reputable coverage, wave 111; Trending score 80/100 from researcher assessment.
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