Karat Software Engineer interview with a rigid one-hour technical screen

My first contact involved scheduling and then a technical screen. The format felt time-boxed and rigid. I had a hard one-hour window, and the interaction style made it difficult to build momentum. We started with a quick setup where I was asked to explain my background in about a minute. The rest of the session became a quiz with multiple abstract scenarios, and I had to come up with solutions. A…

Shared by a candidate · reported Apr 2026. Interview formats change; use it as a guide, not a script.