Process
The interview questions were fun, but the overall process felt robotic and monotonous.
They don't seem to care about your approach or your thought process; they just want a working solution.
I was asked about my current project for almost 15 minutes, and then we moved on to coding questions.
I was able to solve the first question completely and optimally. However, only 15 minutes remained when the interviewer presented another question. I couldn't write the entire code as I ran out of time, though I already knew how to solve it. I discussed the approach and left comments.
The interviewer seemed happy and agreed with my solutions.
Even after eight days, I received no response from the recruiter. I emailed them at least five times before receiving a generic "no." It's ironic for a company that claims to streamline the interview process to have such a flawed one itself!
Just don't waste your time. I later read other reviews on Glassdoor and felt relieved that I won't be working there.
Questions
Q: Given a list of words and a string, find the words in the list that can be generated using characters in the string.
Q: Given a matrix of characters and a string, search for the string in the matrix and return the list of coordinates where the string is found.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 2 interview experiences for the Karat Engineer role in Toronto, Ontario.
Success Rate
Karat's interview process for their Engineer roles in Toronto, Ontario is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having very negative feelings for Karat's Engineer interview process in Toronto, Ontario.
Karat Work Experiences
- 1.0Great job, terrible companyFreelance Interview Engineer • Former EmployeeLondon, England, United KingdomMay 20, 2022Pros: The short time I was there, I was paid extremely high for a great job.Cons: - The company is private and confidential. - A small amount of actual Karat employees makes it difficult to manage all the freelancers. - You never know where you stand; they change their position on a weekly basis with no warning. - They pretend to be this fully positive company, but in the background are very cutthroat and lethal. - Poor communication. - They suddenly decided to lower the UK contracting rates to almost a 70% decrease, so we left in bulk. - They are replacing Americans, Canadians, and Europeans with cheap labor from Asia and South America. - Unnecessarily complicate simple workflows.
- 5.0Great company to work for!Software Engineer • Current EmployeeMay 11, 2022Pros: - Good work-life balance - Talented coworkersCons: A bit lesser known. Uses Ruby on the backend (may or may not be a con).
- 5.0Good company with great peopleSenior Software Engineer • Current EmployeeJuly 14, 2026Pros: It is a good company with great people.Cons: Nothing as such so far.
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