{"id":617095,"date":"2023-03-12T09:09:29","date_gmt":"2023-03-12T14:09:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.sellorbuyhomefast.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/12\/4-steps-to-interview-redos-that-increase-diversity-in-hiring\/"},"modified":"2023-03-12T09:09:29","modified_gmt":"2023-03-12T14:09:29","slug":"4-steps-to-interview-redos-that-increase-diversity-in-hiring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/12\/4-steps-to-interview-redos-that-increase-diversity-in-hiring\/","title":{"rendered":"4 steps to \u201cinterview redos\u201d that increase diversity in hiring"},"content":{"rendered":"
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People who work in tech are in the business of solving problems. But it\u2019s proving much more challenging to solve one of our industry\u2019s biggest problems: the lack of diversity<\/a><\/span>. Black people make up 14% of the US population but only 5%<\/a><\/span> of software engineers. While there is broad interest in fixing this problem, unfortunately, there is no app for replacing a system that produces tinequality in our country or tech. The complexity can lead to confusion and despair, but there are strategies that make a difference.<\/p>\n

At Karat, we focus on interviews<\/a><\/span> and have been working to help narrow the racial gap in tech employment. Our long-term, industry-wide goal is to double the number of Black engineers overall\u2014100,000 new Black engineers in the next decade. <\/p>\n

To get there, we\u2019re focused on the technical interview. Our research revealed that, as a result of systemic factors like high school curricula and internship pipelines, many aspiring Black engineers\u2019 first experience of a technical interview doesn\u2019t come until their first job interview. In a survey of Black computer science students<\/a><\/span>, we found that less than half of computer science graduates were exposed to interviews before entering the job market. <\/p>\n

Not surprisingly, this lack of practice undermined students\u2019 confidence in their ability to succeed and sowed the seeds of imposter syndrome. For example, the same survey revealed that only 39% of those with zero interviews under their belt believed they were likely to succeed, but that number went up to 79% for those with three or more practice interviews. And that confidence translates into success. For example, among HBCU students<\/a><\/span>, those who had done three or more practice interviews were six times more likely to land a job in tech.<\/p>\n

For many Black computer science graduates, the technical interview has been a barrier to entry into the tech sector when it should be\u2014and can be\u2014a bridge to opportunity. <\/p>\n

<\/a>How offering an \u201cinterview redo\u201d can aid candidate success <\/h2>\n

In 2015, to account for this practice problem, Karat began offering interview redos with all candidates we worked with. If a candidate doesn\u2019t think they did their best, they can choose to interview a second time. As one candidate said, \u201cHaving that as an option can be life-changing.\u201d Any company can adopt the redo policy to achieve results similar to ours: <\/p>\n