​Will practicing for an interview increase the chance of success for software engineer candidates? Mohit “Mo” Bhende, Co-Founder and CEO of Karat, suggests that allowing candidates to redo their interviews and providing feedback leads to higher success rates. Listen in to learn how Mo’s background as an executive at Microsoft led him to create a more effective interviewing process and how Karat is working with Serena Williams to help more Black software engineers break into the industry through its Brilliant Black Minds program.

Tune in to learn:

• The purpose of Karat and its Interviewing Cloud (05:38) 
• Why Karat offers redos for every candidate’s interview (08:38) 
• How the use of data can improve engineering hiring, including supporting Black candidates (17:30) 
• What Karat has discovered to make the interview process more effective  (32:54) 

Mention:

• Karat’s Brilliant Black Minds program

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