Karat

Karat

HQ
Seattle, WA
250 Total Employees
Year Founded: 2014

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Lauren O’Neill Lauren O’Neill
Updated on May 01, 2024

5 Ways to Level Up Your Hiring Process

Top-notch interviewers and processes have the best chance of nabbing top-notch talent.

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Updated on April 25, 2024

Introducing Built In’s 2021 Moxie Award Winners

Fifty women across the country and tech industry have been recognized for their outstanding contributions. Meet them here.

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Nona Tepper Nona Tepper
Updated on April 24, 2024

Remote Pair Programming Tips You Should Know

Engineers from Outreach, Ripl and Karat talk through tips and tricks for developing over Zoom.

Shannon Hogue Shannon Hogue
Updated on April 24, 2024

How to Be More Empathetic in Your Role

In order to continue thriving during the pandemic, prioritize remote onboarding, find ways to connect with colleagues, and help your customers.

Shannon Hogue Shannon Hogue
Updated on April 24, 2024

What Interviewing Software Engineers Taught Me About Managing Up

You need to prioritize and communicate your message with your target audience in mind.

Hal Koss Hal Koss
Updated on April 08, 2024

16 Content Creation Startups and Companies Powering the Creator Economy

These startups build tools for entrepreneurial influencers.

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Shannon Hogue Shannon Hogue
Updated on March 15, 2023

Three Tips For Reducing Bias When Hiring Software Engineers Virtually

Bias-test your questions, train your interviewers on clear communication and implement standardized scoring rubrics.

Shannon Hogue Shannon Hogue
Updated on March 15, 2023

Making the Business Case for Software Engineers

If you can assign dollar amounts to steps on your product roadmap, you might just get the headcount you’re looking for.

Shannon Hogue Shannon Hogue
Updated on August 25, 2022

Tech Needs to Get Serious About the Diversity of Its Software Engineering Teams

Interviews are only as fair as the people who get invited to them. Too often the status quo is to filter out, not to welcome in.

Shannon Hogue Shannon Hogue
Updated on August 25, 2022

Fostering Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace, 1 Meeting at a Time

Inclusion is about making sure employees are set up for success. These are two ways I plan to make that happen.

Shannon Hogue Shannon Hogue
Updated on August 25, 2022

How to Hire Software Engineers During a Remote Work Crisis

Every company that is moving to remote hiring should consider three crucial concepts: competencies, interviewers and measurement.

Shannon Hogue Shannon Hogue
Updated on August 25, 2022

How to Source Diverse Talent

Over-reliance on resume screeners may be limiting your talent pool.

Abel Rodriguez Abel Rodriguez
Updated on May 23, 2022

Serena Williams Invests in Karat to Double the Number of Black Engineers

With the investment, aspiring Black software engineers will be able to practice their interviewing skills before seeking jobs or internships.

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Updated on January 24, 2022

Built In Seattle's 50 Startups to Watch in 2018

It’s been a big year in Seattle tech so far, with a fresh crop of startups leveraging artificial intelligence, big data, breakthrough security strategies and more to transform industries of all stripes. This is our list of 50 startups who show enough promise — through transformative technology, brilliant ideas or seasoned founders — to warrant keeping an eye on into 2019.

Author Unknown
Updated on December 15, 2021

These 5 Seattle Tech Companies All Reached Unicorn Status in 2021

Thanks to recent funding rounds, these five companies all surpassed $1 billion valuations over the past year.

Author Unknown
Updated on November 01, 2021

These 5 Seattle Tech Companies Raised the Most Funding in October

Here are five local tech companies starting Q4 strong with the largest local rounds of fresh funding.

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Updated on October 18, 2021

Karat Becomes a Unicorn After $110M Series C Raise

The new funding brings Karat’s valuation to $1.1 billion.

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Updated on March 02, 2021

Karat Launches Initiative to Give Black Software Engineers a Boost

Karat’s technical interviewing tools can help engineering teams screen job applicants for prospective roles. The “Brilliant Black Minds” program will arm Black tech professionals with these tools to help them advance their careers.

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Updated on September 22, 2020

Strategies for Stepping Up Your Remote Paired Programming

Engineers from Outreach, Ripl and Karat talk through tips and tricks for developing over Zoom.

Author Unknown
Updated on March 27, 2020

Leadership in Uncertain Times: Advice From the Seattle Tech Scene

We checked in with leaders across Seattle tech to learn how they and their teams are faring, how they’ve adapted and what advice they have to share with other leaders in the Puget Sound area. 

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Updated on August 22, 2019

Why These 5 Seattle Product Managers Love the Tech Life

We spoke to product managers at five Seattle tech companies to learn what they enjoy most about their jobs and, in doing so, gained a unique insight into their unique team culture.

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Updated on August 01, 2019

The dog days aren’t over: 9 Seattle tech companies with pet-friendly offices

We’ve found ten Seattle tech companies with pet-friendly offices — including one that was even named after a pet.

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Updated on May 31, 2019

Funding bonanza: The 5 biggest venture capital deals in Seattle this month

It was a big month for funding in the Seattle startup scene. Here are the biggest rounds.

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Updated on May 22, 2019

Tech outside the box: How culture feeds creativity for Seattle dev teams

We spoke to developers at four Seattle tech companies to learn how their team culture fosters creativity.

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Updated on May 15, 2019

Tiger pounces on Karat: Seattle startup raises $28M from storied NY hedge fund

Karat, a Seattle startup which conducts technical interviews of engineering candidates, raised $28 million from Tiger Global Management.

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Updated on April 10, 2019

Coding culture, Part 1: 4 Seattle tech engineers on what sets their teams apart

In part one of a two-part series, we checked in with engineering leaders at four Seattle startups to learn what makes their team culture unique — and what they’re looking for in new members.

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Updated on November 16, 2018

Get the interview: Seattle tech recruiters reveal their top resume tips

The job hunt can be a lonely road — especially when you’re shooting applications into the ether and wondering whether you’ll ever hear back, let alone land a job. We spoke with recruiters from four Seattle tech companies — who are all hiring right now — about what they look for in a resume and cover letter.

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Updated on November 16, 2018

Women at 5 Seattle companies share advice for navigating the tech scene

We asked Seattle techies from a range of positions in the industry — from founders to product managers — to share the lessons they’ve learned in their own career journeys, and to fill us in on what their companies are doing to eliminate the gender gap.

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