# Karat: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 8 judge labels across 1 category by 6 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/karat

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Technical hiring assessments](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/talent/technical-hiring-assessments/index.md) | 0% | 17 | 0% | 8 |

## What the models said for it

- "Modern Alternatives Gaining Favor: Platforms like Byteboard, Karat" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, Technical hiring assessm)
- "Known for its interview-as-a-service model, which can help standardize technical screens" (Mistral Small, Technical hiring assessm)
- "Choose Karat if you want to outsource live technical interviewing." (GPT-5.4 mini, Technical hiring assessm)
- "best if hiring volume is high and internal engineers lack the capacity" (Perplexity Sonar, Technical hiring assessm)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Karat, from 14 of the 20 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- coderbyte.com: 6
- codility.com: 6
- hackerrank.com: 6
- coderpad.io: 5
- github.com: 3
- metaview.ai: 3
- selectsoftwarereviews.com: 3
- blog.imocha.io: 2
- codesignal.com: 2
- f6s.com: 2

### Pages cited

- https://coderbyte.com/blog/reviewing-all-43-of-the-technical-assessment-platforms: 4
- https://codility.com/compare/best-technical-assessment-platforms: 4
- https://codility.com/how-to-choose-technical-assessment-platform: 4
- https://codility.com/compare/best-talent-assessment-tools: 3
- https://hackerrank.com/writing/best-coding-assessment-tools: 3
- https://coderpad.io/: 2
- https://codility.com/: 2
- https://codility.com/compare: 2

## 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://www.gane.ai/index/hr/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/hr.