Company interview guide

Karya

All AI roles · updated 2026.07

Limited public evidence

“Included as a consequential modern Indian ai data employer with relevant product, engineering, data or AI roles.”

4

stages

2–5 weeks

end to end

20

practice questions

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01

The interview, stage by stage

  1. 1

    Founder or hiring manager screen60 min

    data qualityannotation

    Prepare one quantified example demonstrating data quality.

  2. 2

    Practical role exercise60 min

    annotationfair work design

    Prepare one quantified example demonstrating annotation.

  3. 3

    Technical/product deep dive60 min

    fair work designmultilingual coverage

    Prepare one quantified example demonstrating fair work design.

  4. 4

    Team values and ownership round90 min

    multilingual coverageevaluation

    Prepare one quantified example demonstrating multilingual coverage.

02

What decides the offer

Data quality

25%

Shows specific decisions and measurable evidence for data quality.

Annotation

20%

Shows specific decisions and measurable evidence for annotation.

Fair work design

20%

Shows specific decisions and measurable evidence for fair work design.

Multilingual coverage

20%

Shows specific decisions and measurable evidence for multilingual coverage.

Evaluation

15%

Shows specific decisions and measurable evidence for evaluation.

They look hardest for data quality, annotation, fair work design, multilingual coverage.

03

Your four weeks

Days 1–2

Company and market

  • ·Map products, users, revenue model and competitors
  • ·Write a one-page company thesis

Days 3–5

Core role skills

  • ·Practice data quality
  • ·Practice annotation
  • ·Practice fair work design

Days 6–8

Company-context cases

  • ·Design a high-quality Indic-language data pipeline.
  • ·Measure annotator agreement and bias.
  • ·Use active learning without narrowing coverage.

Days 9–11

Technical simulations

  • ·Complete two timed exercises
  • ·Run one architecture/product mock
  • ·Practice follow-up pressure

Days 12–14

Stories and final loop

  • ·Prepare six quantified ownership stories
  • ·Rehearse project deep dive
  • ·Prepare interviewer questions

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Practice these

05

Where people slip

  • !Generic enthusiasm about startup culture or AI
  • !No understanding of the company business model
  • !Ignoring Indian price sensitivity, regulation or operational variance
  • !Architecture without failure recovery and observability
  • !Claiming a recommended case was actually asked

06

Ask them this

  • ?What is the exact loop for this team and level?
  • ?Which rounds permit AI tools?
  • ?What would I own in the first 90 days?
  • ?What is the hardest product or model constraint the team faces in India?
  • ?How does the team measure quality after launch?
  • ?How are ESOPs valued and what is the exercise policy?

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