Interviewing is the gateway to building careers and teams. Yet, it’s no one’s job to do it with fairness and professionalism -- so we made it our job.

Our mission is to be the world’s interviewer. We conduct highly predictive interviews for our clients with rigor, humanity and fairness. Karat helps companies hire the engineers they need to create the future and helps ensure that engineers are in jobs that maximize their strengths.

Karat conducts first-round technical interviews on behalf of companies like Indeed, Intuit, Pinterest, and Citrix. Our network of experienced Interview Engineers have conducted tens of thousands of technical interviews with software engineering candidates. Clients increase capacity to interview and unlock engineering productivity, all while providing exceptional candidate experiences.

Founded in 2014, Karat is a privately held and venture-funded company based in Seattle. Key clients include Pinterest, Indeed, Citrix, Intuit, and Palantir.

About I/O Psychology at Karat:

Karat’s content team is responsible for producing relevant, predictive, and valid interview formats for all of our clients. This team is at the forefront of innovation, improving on our current assessment formats and redefining what an interview should look like in the future. As a Senior I/O Psychologist on this team, you will be responsible for using scientific rigor to ensure that our interviews are valid and free from bias. You will be in charge of communicating these results to clients and responding to their ongoing validation requests. You will also leverage your expertise to help innovate on our methodologies and product.

Core Responsibilities:

• Lead the validation and evaluation of Karat processes and assessments.
• Design and deliver job analyses, content and criterion-related validation, ROI, and adverse impact studies. 
• Establish formal documentation for the defensibility of Karat’s assessments.
• Interact with clients to communicate Karat’s approach to validation, assessments, and present relevant data and statistics 
• Provide strategic direction for improvements to existing assessments and help in the design of new solutions
• Work cross-functionally with sales, customer success, data, legal, and content teams to provide technical expertise and support 
• Provide expertise and thought leadership (including to external audiences) on all relevant assessment and I/O psychology topics.

About You:

• An advanced degree in I/O Psychology, or closely related field
• 5-7 years of relevant experience in applied selection practices, job analysis, test development, and validation
• Comfort and experience with performing and explaining statistical analysis
• Knowledge and understanding of US regulatory requirements for making employment decisions.
• Foundational skills in conducting experimental research studies and data analysis
• Proficiency in at least one statistics program (SPSS, R, SAS, etc.) strongly preferred
• Expert knowledge, skills, and experience in managing large datasets, conducting multivariate statistical analyses, and presenting data and statistics to a variety of audiences 

Benefits of joining Karat:

While doing meaningful work is rewarding in itself, we also offer the following programs and benefits for all our full-time employees:

• Competitive salary and benefits
• Medical / dental / vision insurance 

• Flexible vacation and paid company holidays

• Paid parental leave 

• Quarterly off sites & working retreats

• State-of-the-art equipment for your work station

 Karat is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances.

Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Karat and the state/country where you work.