# Karat: how AI models rank it, October 2026

HR AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. Named in 11 judge labels across 2 categories by 7 of 14 models. Page: https://hr-ai-index.com/vendors/karat/

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Technical hiring assessments | 0% | 16 | 20% | 10 |
| Candidate assessment | 0% | 69 | 0% | 1 |

## What the models said for it

- "Choose Karat if you prefer an outsourced technical interview service and can afford higher costs." (GLM 4.7 FlashX, Technical hiring assessm)
- "fully outsourced interviewing service rather than software, Karat is worth considering" (GPT-5.4 mini, Technical hiring assessm)
- "Recommended for experienced developers, especially for algorithmic LeetCode-style interviews" (Mistral Small, Technical hiring assessm)
- "Consider Karat if: Your engineering team's bandwidth for interviewing is limited" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, Technical hiring assessm)

## And against it

- "absorbed into Karat's high-cost, enterprise "Interviewing-as-a-Service" model" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, Technical hiring assessm)
- "Be Cautious of: Fully Outsourced Technical Screens (e.g., Karat)" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, Technical hiring assessm)

## Movement since September 2026

Floor: 13 points of share, measured on the calibration repeat. A larger change is movement; a smaller one is noise.

- Technical hiring assessments: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 13 points · rank 13 → 16 of 71.
- Candidate assessment: 0% to 0%, ±0. New · not ranked in September 2026 · rank 69 of 118.

## In its own words

What Karat's own pages state, read 2026-09-28. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: The trusted standard for technical interview and screening services. Expert evaluation, global benchmarks, and workforce intelligence for the human+AI era. (https://karat.com/)
- For: enterprise talent leaders (https://karat.com/)
- Free plan or trial: free mock technical interviews (https://karat.com/)
- Certifications: EU-US DPF, GDPR, CCPA, CPRA, SOC 2
- Hosting: USA
- Customers named: Compass, Deliveroo, Mastercard, Duolingo, Citizens Bank, Electronic Arts, Flatiron Health, Fractal Software

## What it publishes

Every page karat.com exposes, read 2026-09-29: 641 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 221 pages, 6 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-17
- case study: 8 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2025-09-23
- webinar or virtual event: 5 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2024-11-06
- conference or event: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- template or tool: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2024-09-25
- glossary or explainer: 3 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2023-01-24
- Recent: 2026-09-17 blog: Assess engineering skills financial services https://karat.com/assess-engineering-skills-financial-services
- Recent: 2026-09-08 blog: Evaluate ai ready contract engineers canadian banks https://karat.com/evaluate-ai-ready-contract-engineers-canadian-banks
- Recent: 2026-08-24 blog: Hybrid ai talent strategy https://karat.com/hybrid-ai-talent-strategy
- Recent: 2026-08-13 blog: Technical assessments age of ai https://karat.com/technical-assessments-age-of-ai
- Recent: 2026-07-16 blog: Ai software engineering interviews https://karat.com/ai-software-engineering-interviews
- Recent: 2026-07-01 blog: Engineering hiring challenges financial services 2026 https://karat.com/engineering-hiring-challenges-financial-services-2026

## Record

- Method: https://hr-ai-index.com/methodology/
- Raw judge labels and full responses: https://hr-ai-index.com/data/
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as HR AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition, hr-ai-index.com.