How Karat is built
Karat is built around interviewing as a service: trained interviewers from its network conduct structured technical interviews for its customers and report the results, which saves the customer's engineers from running those rounds.
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How SynergicHire is built
SynergicHire runs one role from the apply link to a signed decision. It reads each resume against the role's competencies, screens applicants with an AI interviewer that follows a plan you approve, and runs coding rounds in a Cursor-like IDE with a real AI assistant.
The coding round records how the candidate works with AI: what they typed, what they accepted from the assistant, and whether they tested it. Fundamentals and AI fluency are scored separately, every score cites an answer or an edit, and a named person makes every decision.
Side by side
| Karat | SynergicHire | |
|---|---|---|
| Who runs the first technical round | A professional interviewer from the vendor's network | An AI interviewer following your approved plan |
| Who decides | Your team, using the interviewer's report | Your team, signing off on cited evidence |
| Coverage | Candidates you send to interview | Every applicant can be screened |
| AI-assisted coding | Check the vendor | Built into the coding round and measured |
| Pricing model | Check the vendor | Prepaid credits: 1 per screen, 5 per coding round |
When Karat is the better fit
- You want a human interviewer, not an AI, to conduct early technical rounds.
- You hire across many languages and seniority levels and want a managed service.
- You want an outside team to own interview quality and calibration.
When SynergicHire is the better fit
- You want every applicant to get a first conversation, at any hour, without scheduling.
- You want to see AI-assisted work in a real project.
- You want to run the process yourself with prepaid, per-action pricing.
Questions
Is SynergicHire an interviewing service?
No. It is software your team uses. The AI conducts screens and assesses rounds, and your team reviews the evidence and makes every decision.
How is SynergicHire priced?
Prepaid credits. A text screen is 1 credit, a voice screen 2, a coding round 5, and 40 assessed applications 1. Plans start at 30 credits a month.
Which coding stacks does SynergicHire support?
Coding rounds run React (Vite), Next.js, React Native (Expo) and Node.js projects. Hands-on code in the AI screen is TypeScript. Roles built on other languages can still be screened on concepts, but not with hands-on code.
Does SynergicHire integrate with an ATS?
Not at launch. SynergicHire works as its own minimal applicant tracker: public apply links, a pipeline board, rounds, a scorecard and a recorded decision.