


What makes a hiring process successful? Coming into the new year with big diversity goals and budgets to help fill the gaps, how can organizations ensure that their process is not only scalable, but fair? Using insights from analysis of tens of thousands of hiring loops, Karat’s Director of...
What makes a hiring process successful? Coming into the new year with big diversity goals and budgets to help fill the gaps, how can organizations ensure that their process is not only scalable, but fair? Using insights from analysis of tens of thousands of hiring loops, Karat’s Director of Developer Relations Lusen Mendel will share best practices for making hiring decisions that are predictive, fair, and enjoyable. Join this Q&A and ask Lusen anything!
Lusen/they/them has 12 years of software engineering and engineering management experience. Most recently they developed the Interview Engineering program at Karat, including how to interview for interviewer skills and what it means to conduct a great interview. Lusen currently conducts research on new interview formats and shares these insights in talks and workshops. Lusen also works with various schools to help students prepare for technical interviews.
When it comes to coding challenges for a technical interview, what is the best approach? From an interviewers position, what makes a technical challenge fair for all candidates?
No specific questions at the moment. Looking forward to listening and learning.
Do you have some examples of interview questions that can be used to evaluate how well a candidate aligns with company values?
What are the best ways to draw as much honesty out of a candidate as you can?
What practice tips would you suggest for Career Returners?
When recruiting for an organization that exercises Title VII rights, how would you defend their position?
How do you get buy-in from Engineering Hiring Managers to build structured interviews and "welcome" talent acquisition into the process?
What do you think is the future of diversity recruiting?
Going through interviews soon and would like to have an idea of what to expect
How do you bring up the topic of work flexibility and telework opportunity without seeming like it’s the most important thing but it is importment to you.
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