Karat delivers live technical interviews conducted by trained Interview Engineers on your behalf — the highest-fidelity technical signal, at a per-interview price to match. SkoreCheck isn't a human interview service; it's the automated screen you run before a Karat-style deep interview, so those interviews go to the right people.
| SkoreCheck | Karat ↗ | |
|---|---|---|
| Best for | Recruiting teams submitting shortlists they can defend to a client | Enterprises outsourcing first-round technical interviews |
| Screening approach | Role-specific MCQ + proctored spoken video answers, with résumé scoring folded into one pipeline | Live human technical interviews + async work samples |
| Proctoring | Advisory signals surfaced to a reviewer — tab-switch, paste, fullscreen exit, multiple faces, attention drift | Interviewer-observed |
| How the score is decided | One reconciled score — test weighted far above the résumé — plus hard verdict caps, resolving to Submit / Fix first / Reject with the reasons attached | Structured interviewer scorecards |
| What you hand a client | A single labelled verdict with its reasoning, plus a verifiable candidate credential | Interview scorecards and recordings |
| Pricing model | Founding-customer pricing — talk to us | Per-interview, quote-based (premium) |
| Setup effort | Minutes to define a role; one link to the candidate | Managed service |
Concede the strengths: if that's your priority, Karat is a genuinely good choice.
You want trained engineers to run deep first-round technical interviews for you.
You want a fast, proctored screen that produces a single defensible call per candidate — and a credential your client can trust.
Bring a few candidates you're unsure about. We'll show you the difference between a stack of assessment scores and a shortlist you can stand behind.