Talent Acquisition & People Operations Intern — Karta

Bengaluru | Onsite | Four-month internship

Six days a week, 11:00 a.m.–8:00 p.m. IST

Karta builds AI voice and chat agents for customer support. We’re looking for a practical, organised early-career professional to help us hire across technical and business roles and keep day-to-day people operations running.

You will initially be our only dedicated HR team member, working directly with and receiving mentorship from the founders. Sourcing and recruitment coordination will be your primary responsibility, alongside selected HR and operations work. The founders will help you understand each role, calibrate candidate screening and prioritise your work.

What you’ll do

Recruitment and sourcing

- Learn role requirements and screening criteria with the founders and hiring managers.
- Source relevant candidates through job boards, LinkedIn, referrals, communities and direct outreach.
- Conduct initial conversations using agreed screening criteria, and record clear notes on experience, motivation, availability and compensation expectations.
- Schedule interviews, collect feedback and follow up with candidates through the hiring process.
- Maintain an accurate candidate tracker with a transparent next action, owner and date; flag stalled decisions and provide concise pipeline updates.

People operations and coordination

- Coordinate onboarding and offboarding checklists, documentation and employee records.
- Help maintain attendance, leave and other routine HR records.
- Collect payroll inputs and coordinate with the founders and external providers.
- Support office,



IT asset and vendor records, and follow up on assigned operational tasks.
- Help document and improve simple HR processes as you learn the business.

The founders and hiring managers will retain final hiring decisions, offer approvals, policy decisions and sensitive employee matters. Payroll and compliance work will be handled with founder oversight and qualified external support.

What we’re looking for

- Some prior hands-on experience in recruiting, operations, business development or business coordination. Substantive internships count; there is no strict minimum number of years.
- An MBA is preferred, particularly with an HR specialisation; equivalent practical experience is welcome.
- Clear written and spoken communication, organised records and dependable follow-through.
- Willingness to learn unfamiliar technical and business roles, ask useful questions and apply feedback.
- Comfort with spreadsheets, job boards and everyday business tools.
- Discretion when handling candidate and employee information.
- Availability for the full four-month internship and the onsite schedule in Bengaluru.

Mentorship and terms

- Direct mentorship from Karta’s founders with practical exposure to startup hiring and people operations.
- Four-month internship, with a two-month probation period.
- Onsite in Bengaluru, six days a week, 11:00 a.m.–8:00 p.m. IST.

To apply

Please share your resume or LinkedIn profile, your earliest start date, and a short example of recruitment, coordination or operational work you personally completed. Confirm that you can commit to the onsite schedule and four-month duration.

📌 Talent Acquisition & People Operations Intern (Bengaluru)
🏢 Karta
📍 Bengaluru