Karat-style technical interview prep

Karat interview practice, with your reasoning out loud.

Use explicitly Karat-tagged public catalog problems to rehearse a live technical interview: clarify the task, explain a sound approach, implement, and test without going silent.

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32 problems with explicit Karat evidence

20 problems for Karat practice

Ranked by repeated public catalog sightings. Start with any problem below.
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CompanyProblemDifficultyPublic evidenceAction
INIntuit
Reflow and Fully Justify Text LinesStringArrayMedium17 public reportsLatest Feb 2021Practice
INIntuit
Middle Course in a Prerequisite ChainGraphHash TableEasy17 public reportsLatest Jan 2021Practice
INIntuit
Find a Word Path Moving Right or DownMatrixDepth-First SearchMedium15 public reportsLatest Feb 2021Practice
INIntuit
Nearest Different Maze Exit for a SnakeGraphMatrixMedium5 public reportsLatest Oct 2022Practice
INIntuit
Does the Word Exist in the Grid?MatrixBacktrackingMedium5 public reportsLatest Oct 2020Practice
INIntuit
Count Courses Without Taking One CourseGraphHash TableMedium4 public reportsLatest Oct 2022Practice
INIntuit
Fully Justify Lines of WordsStringGreedyHard4 public reportsLatest Oct 2020Practice
INIntuit
Bounding Coordinates of Rectangular RegionsMatrixGraphMedium4 public reportsLatest Nov 2017Practice
INIntuit
Set Total Palindrome Transformation CostStringBit ManipulationHard3 public reportsLatest Feb 2026Practice
INIntuit
King-Dreams-I (Intuit India)GreedyCombinatoricsHard3 public reportsLatest Feb 2024Practice
INIntuit
Count Connected Equal TilesMatrixGraphEasy3 public reportsLatest Oct 2022Practice
INIntuit
Cookie Monster Minimum Arrival TimeGraphShortest PathMedium3 public reportsLatest Oct 2022Practice
INIntuit
Maximum Reward (Intuit India)Dynamic ProgrammingMatrixMedium2 public reportsLatest Jul 2025Practice
INIntuit
Virus Spread (Intuit India)MatrixBreadth-First SearchMedium2 public reportsLatest Aug 2024Practice
DUDuolingo
Most-Read Page Across Every Valid StorylineGraphBacktrackingHard2 public reportsLatest Oct 2022Practice
INIntuit
Lexicographically Smallest Topological OrderGraphTopological SortMedium2 public reportsLatest May 2021Practice
DUDuolingo
Bouncing Square Reaches a Screen CornerSimulationMathMedium1 public reportLatest Dec 2024Practice
INInfosys
Find Number of Good Subsequences 🍅Dynamic ProgrammingCombinatoricsHard1 public reportLatest Apr 2024Practice
INInfosys
Number of Unique Elements After Modifications 🍁ArrayPrefix SumMedium1 public reportLatest Mar 2024Practice
INInfosys
Obtain Maximum Score Using Minimum SwapsGreedySortingMedium1 public reportLatest Feb 2024Practice
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  • Karat filter

    Use problems with explicit supporting platform evidence.
  • Readable prompts

    Practice clarifying examples and constraints before coding.
  • Runnable workspace

    Implement and execute while keeping your explanation coherent.
  • Reasoning rehearsal

    Explain choices, tradeoffs, and test coverage as you work.

Practice the conversation and the code.

Karat describes its candidate experience as a live technical assessment. A useful rehearsal therefore includes communication: clarify the task, make the plan legible, and test while explaining what you are checking.

  1. 01

    Clarify before committing

    Restate the goal, confirm examples and constraints, and surface assumptions instead of silently choosing an interpretation.

  2. 02

    Narrate the approach

    Explain the data structure, tradeoffs, and expected complexity in short checkpoints while you implement.

  3. 03

    Test with intent

    Walk through a normal case, a boundary case, and the failure mode each custom case is meant to catch.

Prepare for the interview around the code.

Use hiring insights to understand the opportunity, rehearse a focused live-coding session, and track scheduling and recruiter follow-up with the rest of your application.

What candidates should know.

How this independent practice differs from an official interview and how to rehearse the live problem-solving skills responsibly.

01Is FastPrep affiliated with Karat?

No. FastPrep is an independent interview preparation and application tracking product. This page filters FastPrep's public catalog to entries with explicit supporting Karat evidence.

02Does FastPrep provide official or private Karat questions?

No. FastPrep does not provide official, private, leaked, or proprietary Karat questions. The practice is designed to strengthen transferable coding and communication skills.

03How are Karat practice problems selected?

FastPrep shows the available public assessment problems with explicit Karat evidence, ordered by repeated public catalog sightings. The full filtered problem bank provides any additional filters.

04How should I rehearse a Karat-style technical interview?

Practice clarifying the prompt, stating an approach and its complexity, implementing while communicating concise checkpoints, and explaining the purpose of each test case. Follow your interview invitation and the interviewer's rules.

05Is this a simulation of an official Karat interview?

No. Employers and interviews vary, and FastPrep does not reproduce Karat's interview. This page provides independent problem practice for coding, explanation, and testing skills.

Your next useful action

Solve one problem out loud.

Make the plan, implementation, and test reasoning clear enough for another engineer to follow.

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