Karat·Software Engineer

Karat Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Hard

Negative

Settle, KYPosted Apr 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My first contact was scheduling and getting sent into a technical screen.

The format felt time-boxed and a bit rigid: I was given a hard one-hour window, and the interaction style made it hard to build momentum. I started with a rapid setup where I was asked to explain my background in about a minute, and then the core of the session turned into a quiz of multiple questions with abstract scenarios where I had to come up with solutions.

As the quiz went on, I noticed how little room there was for back-and-forth. If I asked clarifying questions, the interviewer would basically restate the prompt instead of engaging with my question. I also experienced the

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