Interview Kickstart
Average Rating4.78
271 Reviews
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Interview Kickstart is a part-time, 12-15 week online career advancement platform that helps tech professionals nail technical interviews at FAANG (Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix, Google) and Tier-1 companies. Interview Kickstart is dedicated to helping tech and product professionals secure their dream jobs with top tech companies. Since 2014, they have trained over 20,000 tech professionals to succeed in the toughest interviews at FAANG companies.
The courses at Interview Kickstart are designed by FAANG tech leads and taught by FAANG instructors. They cover 18 tech and product domains, including Machine Learning, Data Science, System Design, and Software development. Interview Kickstart also offers specialized training for career transitions to rapidly growing AI-related tech fields. With a team of 600 seasoned FAANG+ professionals, their instructors provide real-world guidance to help professionals achieve their career goals.
To enroll in any Interview Kickstart program, attend their pre-enrollment webinar held daily (except Saturday). During the webinar, prospective students will learn about courses and the market landscape. After attending, a program advisor will connect with prospective students to assist with the admission process.
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DevduttEngineering Manager Interview Preparation • San JoseAug 11, 2022Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob AssistanceHigh quality Interview Prep Course
Interview Kickstart is the place to sign up for comprehensive and fun interview preparation. They have modules for general SWE roles covering in-depth DS/Algos/System Design, Career Coaching/Resume building and specific tracks for Engineering Managers, AI/ML, IOS Engineering, Embedded Systems and many others. The instructors are amongst the best from the industry with a passion for coaching and the course includes Classes, Homework question review sessions, Timed Tests, and Technical coa...Interview Kickstart is the place to sign up for comprehensive and fun interview preparation. They have modules for general SWE roles covering in-depth DS/Algos/System Design, Career Coaching/Resume building and specific tracks for Engineering Managers, AI/ML, IOS Engineering, Embedded Systems and many others. The instructors are amongst the best from the industry with a passion for coaching and the course includes Classes, Homework question review sessions, Timed Tests, and Technical coaching sessions and most importantly Mock Interviews. There is no dearth of high-quality, well structured material that is very pertinent to interview prep. In addition the IK Program Advisors & IK Operations team are top notch.
Soham, who founded IK with Ryan, have inspired many engineers to get better. I have gone back to IK twice in the past 7 years to gain valuable skills. 5-Star experience.Student Success Advocate of Interview Kickstart
Student Experience Team
Sep 30, 2022
Hi Devdutt, thank you for your encouraging feedback! We are glad to know that you found the curriculum valuable in your journey during the program. Please feel free to reach out to us at operations@interviewkickstart.com if you require our support on anything related to the program.- Jyothi MopartiAug 08, 2022Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
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Interview Kickstart Operations really helped me to deal with the unexpected situations when i started off my course. I am thankful to them in helping me out and being flexible with things. Their curriculum is pretty much organized and the instructors are very knowledgeable and are willing to support you throughout the journey.Student Success Advocate of Interview Kickstart
Student Experience Team
Sep 30, 2022
Hi Jyothi, thank you for your encouraging feedback! We are glad to know that you found the curriculum valuable in your journey during the program. Please feel free to reach out to us at operations@interviewkickstart.com if you require our support on anything related to the program. - NikhilSoftware engineer • San JoseAug 07, 2022Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
Early engineering program
The quality of sessions, mock interviews feed back, classes and post class support is really good. It really helped me improve my data structures and algorithms skills and helped develop the confidence to take difficult interviews. Even if you are not interviewing the program itself helps you improve your teachnical and interviewing skills. I would highly recommend IK for anyone who is seriously considering to take big tech interviewsStudent Success Advocate of Interview Kickstart
Student Experience Team
Sep 30, 2022
Hi Nikhil, thank you for your encouraging feedback! We are glad to know that you found the curriculum valuable in your journey during the program. Please feel free to reach out to us at operations@interviewkickstart.com if you require our support on anything related to the program. - Rama Raju KonugantiStudentAug 06, 2022Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
I will 100% recommend this institution
If you are someone who thrives on deadlines and a structured curriculum and also looking for great instructors and amazing support staff then this is the place for you. It’s been more than a month since I started this bootcamp program and so far my experience has been nothing but amazing. I would highly recommend this bootcamp if you are planning to climb up the corporate ladder.Student Success Advocate of Interview Kickstart
Student Experience Team
Sep 30, 2022
Hi Rama, thank you for your words of appreciation! We are glad to know that you found the program and the curriculum useful in your upleveling journey. Please feel free to reach out to us at operations@interviewkickstart.com if you require our support on anything related to the program. - Anjum TabrezSr Cloud Engineer • StudentAug 04, 2022Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
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I would like to say that IK is the best academy out there. Before joining IK I was so directionless, did not know how to start and what content to cover for interviews. IK helped me to shape me out and provide a clear pathway to attend and win interviews. I would say the price is really worth for the content Ik provides. The instructors are very knowledgable and helpful. The operations team is very active and highly supportive to help and fix in all possible issues. Also, I am happ...I would like to say that IK is the best academy out there. Before joining IK I was so directionless, did not know how to start and what content to cover for interviews. IK helped me to shape me out and provide a clear pathway to attend and win interviews. I would say the price is really worth for the content Ik provides. The instructors are very knowledgable and helpful. The operations team is very active and highly supportive to help and fix in all possible issues. Also, I am happy to announce that I landed a very good job offer as a result of joining IK in this competitive market. I shall be still continuing with IK to keep my knowledge updated and be on track for my dream company.Student Success Advocate of Interview Kickstart
Student Experience Team
Sep 30, 2022
Hi Anjum, thank you for your words of appreciation! We are glad to know that you found the program and the support received from the instructors useful in your upleveling journey. Please feel free to reach out to us at operations@interviewkickstart.com if you require our support on anything related to the program. - Sunil KapilStudent • Data Structures and Algorithms Interview Bootcamp • San JoseAug 03, 2022Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
One of the Best Course To Prepare For Software Engineer Interview in FAANG+
Preparing for software interviews (tech) lot of work sprcifically FAANG and Tier I companies are entirely a different league. You need the right techniques to crack these big companies interviews. With time, interview process getting harder and more challenging. For working professionals this get 10X harder due to full time job and not much time to prepare for these intervies.
I have gone through the process personally and can already see the shift in my coding skills and system desi...Preparing for software interviews (tech) lot of work sprcifically FAANG and Tier I companies are entirely a different league. You need the right techniques to crack these big companies interviews. With time, interview process getting harder and more challenging. For working professionals this get 10X harder due to full time job and not much time to prepare for these intervies.
I have gone through the process personally and can already see the shift in my coding skills and system design skills. They have some of really good instructors for hard topics like TREES , GRAPHS and DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING problems. Once you go throgh the class and grasp the technique of solving these topics problems, you will be enjoying solving these problems.
However, You have to put the effort from your side to learn and work but IK will make the journey easy for you! Its a lot of work but knowing that you will eventual get to a place where you can ENJOY solving technical problems makes it all worthwhile.
Best parts:
Great learning material (truly world class curated over years).
1-on-1 coaching upon request(Once you see an expert solve a problem - things just seem to flow and make sense)
Practice tests and class problems ).
mock interviews (extremely useful in finding the blind spots in thinking and approach)
Support Period
You will become better Engineer after joining IK. My honest recommendation go for IK - if you want to become a better engineer not just crack a FAANG+ interview.Student Success Advocate of Interview Kickstart
Student Experience Team
Sep 30, 2022
Hi Sunil, thank you for your words of appreciation! We are glad to know that you found the program useful in your upleveling journey. Please feel free to reach out to us at operations@interviewkickstart.com if you require our support on anything related to the program. - QasimSoftware EngineerJul 28, 2022Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
Bootcamp for learning and professional mentorship
I joined the interview kickstart in the Summer of 2021. Since then I have been blown away by the quality of content, I'm sure you have read that in other sources and the support that comes with it. The support is available almost 24/7/365 for your questions, scheduling help, and alternative coursework whenever and however needed. There's also a community of current and former students at every professional level in every domain of software engineering and related niche (ML, DS) who are f...I joined the interview kickstart in the Summer of 2021. Since then I have been blown away by the quality of content, I'm sure you have read that in other sources and the support that comes with it. The support is available almost 24/7/365 for your questions, scheduling help, and alternative coursework whenever and however needed. There's also a community of current and former students at every professional level in every domain of software engineering and related niche (ML, DS) who are friendly, understand your journey and challenges and help along the way as much as possible. After the live classes end the course is self-directed mainly but there are a lot of pre-made schedules available to copy, paste or adapt to your own personal situation and pace. Overall, I highly recommend interview kickstart if you feel un-directed, are anxious to try the interviews on your own, and can benefit from the experience, good structure, and mentorship, yes there may be a lot of free courses out there but if you are someone who can benefit from a structure that promotes accountability, discipline this will be worth looking into for you. The support and negotiation team goes above and beyond to accommodate urgent negotiation, offer deadlines, and mock interview request with select individuals based on the company you may be interviewing for. Soon after I joined, a friend of mine also joined and we are both very happy with the results and most importantly the growth and network of professionals we walked away with.Student Success Advocate of Interview Kickstart
Student Experience Team
Sep 30, 2022
Hi Qasim, thank you for your encouraging feedback! We are glad to know that you found the program structure and the curriculum valuable in your journey during the program. Please feel free to reach out to us at operations@interviewkickstart.com if you require our support on anything related to the program. - J. VoraStudentJul 26, 2022Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
Priceless Course, Worth It!
I joined Interview Kickstart for the structure and material it provides, but ended up learning and gaining a lot more in return. The curriculum and material is structured to help with understanding the concepts in detailed manner such that it builds the thought process of how to approach each type of problems.
The foundation videos helps in building the concepts and thought process by providing detailed explanations.
The live classes and instructors are great and the alternate live...I joined Interview Kickstart for the structure and material it provides, but ended up learning and gaining a lot more in return. The curriculum and material is structured to help with understanding the concepts in detailed manner such that it builds the thought process of how to approach each type of problems.
The foundation videos helps in building the concepts and thought process by providing detailed explanations.
The live classes and instructors are great and the alternate live classes are also provided to cover variety of topics/problems/patterns.
The time throughout the course and support period as well as beyond support period gives great networking opportunities to connect with alumni as well as to form study groups that helps a lot.
There is no limit on the material or help we can seek during the course and support period, be it in terms of videos/recordings/live classes, extra topic help, career coaching, technical coaching, code review, System Design mini mocks, etc.
Also, all the material provided during the course and support period has life time access.
The Mock Interview provided are also a great asset in practicing the interviews.
This is not just a course but a community of learners and scope to learn is immense if we can leverage the support provided.Student Success Advocate of Interview Kickstart
Student Experience Team
Sep 30, 2022
Hi J, thank you for your encouraging feedback! We are glad to know that you found the program valuable in your journey during the program. Please feel free to reach out to us at operations@interviewkickstart.com if you require our support on anything related to the program. - Pooja CSenior Software Engineer • Graduate • Master Class (Default) Interview Course • San JoseJul 25, 2022Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
Senior Software Engineer
- Being a full time employee and preparing for the interviews can be very daunting, especially if you have not done the technical interviews for long time. the course keeps you on track with the interview prep and keeps you motivated.
- Given so much information is available online, it is very easy to get distracted and hop form one prep material to the other and spending too much time doing it.
- It gives a very focused study sessions, live classes and tests.
- I found the care...- Being a full time employee and preparing for the interviews can be very daunting, especially if you have not done the technical interviews for long time. the course keeps you on track with the interview prep and keeps you motivated.
- Given so much information is available online, it is very easy to get distracted and hop form one prep material to the other and spending too much time doing it.
- It gives a very focused study sessions, live classes and tests.
- I found the career coaching and technical coaching sessions to be very useful and insightful.
- The mock interview session help you prepare for what to expect in a real interview and deal with the anxiety that you face when you are just starting with real interview process.
- The curriculum is great and instructors are amazing, they are very smart and kind.Student Success Advocate of Interview Kickstart
Student Experience Team
Dec 05, 2022
Hi Pooja, thank you for your encouraging feedback! We are glad to know that you found the program structure valuable in your journey during the program. Please feel free to reach out to us at operations@interviewkickstart.com if you require our support on anything related to the program. - Allen CiOS Developer • GraduateJul 21, 2022Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
iOS Engineer Course Review
I wholeheartedly recommend Interview Kickstart. Their program is extremely well thought out. They clearly have put great care into the pacing and content of this course. The instructors are consistently amazing, both in terms of skill in their respective areas of expertise, as well as teaching abilities. The program rounds things out with an incredibly well run Operations team that is friendly, knowledgable, and quick to respond to any question or request for assistance.
I took t...I wholeheartedly recommend Interview Kickstart. Their program is extremely well thought out. They clearly have put great care into the pacing and content of this course. The instructors are consistently amazing, both in terms of skill in their respective areas of expertise, as well as teaching abilities. The program rounds things out with an incredibly well run Operations team that is friendly, knowledgable, and quick to respond to any question or request for assistance.
I took the iOS Engineer specialization track. It was a relatively new program for the company, and was understandably less polished than their core data structures and algorithms material, but nonetheless it was very well done. The instructors were amazing developers and teachers. They covered just the right level of depth and breadth of material, and it was all directly relevant to interviews I have since done in the real world.
I had done a lot of prep studying data structures and algorithms (about 3 years of 5-10 hours per week while working as a full time iOS dev) prior to starting with Interview Kickstart (aka IK), but I had failed to pass phone screens up to that point. IK provided me with the structure, pacing, motivation, and support I needed to finally get over the hump. I received an offer for iOS developer recently at a company that I am very excited to join.
IK helped me get to this point, which I'm both excited about and grateful for. But I'm also excited that I get to be part of the IK community going forward. There is a large and ever growing group of IK alumni, and based on what I've seen so far, it seems that IK does a very good job of leveraging that community to benefit its members. IK graduates are at every big tech company, many of whom are hiring managers themselves now. IK is a powerful source of connections for referrals and knowledge sharing. The community is hardly the only ongoing benefit - I also get lifetime access to the course content, which I use almost every day to continue my learning. I also routinely get invites to new lectures and classes that are being added to the program. I don't remember hearing about this perk while I was considering joining IK, but it's another delightful little detail that makes me love IK.
Finally, perhaps the biggest thing that originally sold me on IK was its promise that in addition to the course helping you become capable of passing interviews at top tier tech companies, the program would make you a significantly better developer in your day to day job. I feel that IK delivered on this last promise in spades. I became a lot better at my current iOS dev job as a side benefit to this course.
It is important to note that a key component of the promise of improvement and success that IK makes to its students is a good faith effort on the part of the student. This good faith effort amounts to *a lot* of work. I felt that IK did a great of job setting my expectations appropriately prior to my starting the class. They made it clear that if I didn't put in the effort, I would not be successful. IK is not a place to go to magically get good at passing technical interviews. You have to earn it. There will probably be times that you feel overwhelmed and afraid that you might fail. This is normal, expected, part of the journey, and navigating this difficulty is baked into the program. There is always someone available to help you get unstuck, back on track, and encourage you to stick with it. I tried this journey on my own for years without success. It took me 8 months of hard work with IK to get there. It probably would have taken me another 3 years on my own. During those additional 2+ years of waiting, I would have been leaving tens of thousands of dollars per year on the table.Student Success Advocate of Interview Kickstart
Student Experience Team
Dec 05, 2022
Hi Allen, thank you for your encouraging feedback! We are glad to know that you found the program structure and the curriculum valuable in your journey during the program. Please feel free to reach out to us at operations@interviewkickstart.com if you require our support on anything related to the program. - WeiGraduate • Backend Engineering Interview Preparation • San JoseJul 20, 2022Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob AssistanceN/A
Really Helpful
I've been taking the backend engineering course in Interview Kickstart for about two months.
So far I enjoyed the experience a lot. I believe what I learned from classes and study materials can really help me to solve actual coding challenges since the course is focusing more on helping its student building up the mindset for solving a problem, including how to analysis the question, clarify the problem, transform or break-down it into simpler problems and apply what we learned f...I've been taking the backend engineering course in Interview Kickstart for about two months.
So far I enjoyed the experience a lot. I believe what I learned from classes and study materials can really help me to solve actual coding challenges since the course is focusing more on helping its student building up the mindset for solving a problem, including how to analysis the question, clarify the problem, transform or break-down it into simpler problems and apply what we learned for solve those basic problem.
The Student Success Advocate(SSA) is highly engaged to me, and even call me on the phone when I missed one of the live class.
Student Success Advocate of Interview Kickstart
Student Experience Team
Dec 05, 2022
Hi Wei, thank you for your encouraging feedback! We are glad to know that you found the curriculum valuable in your journey during the program. Please feel free to reach out to us at operations@interviewkickstart.com if you require our support on anything related to the program. - Vishal BhatiaSr Cloud Developer • GraduateJul 20, 2022Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob AssistanceN/A
Great Platform. Professional and Expert Tutors
IK provided me with the necessary knowledge and tools for cracking the interviews for Tier 1 companies. Uplevel platform proved to be really useful while preparing for the online and in person rounds. Apart from DSA questions, IK provides so many other resources like one on one, mock interviews, technical discussions, support period. I personally enjoyed System Design lectures which provided an edge to my knowledge. I feel more confident after taking course. It really is a great platform...IK provided me with the necessary knowledge and tools for cracking the interviews for Tier 1 companies. Uplevel platform proved to be really useful while preparing for the online and in person rounds. Apart from DSA questions, IK provides so many other resources like one on one, mock interviews, technical discussions, support period. I personally enjoyed System Design lectures which provided an edge to my knowledge. I feel more confident after taking course. It really is a great platform. Kudos to IK team.Student Success Advocate of Interview Kickstart
Student Experience Team
Dec 05, 2022
Hi Vishal, thank you for your words of appreciation! We are glad to know that you found the program structure useful in your upleveling journey. Please feel free to reach out to us at operations@interviewkickstart.com if you require our support on anything related to the program.
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Updated September 23, 2024
The technical interview can be daunting for both new and experienced tech professionals. Nailing the tech interview requires practice, and interview prep programs exist to give their students the support and confidence-building they need to land their tech dream job. Whether you’re a coding bootcamp graduate, a self-taught software engineer, or an experienced developer, we’ve rounded up the 6...
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Interview Kickstart Alumni Reviews Summary
Based on 250+ Interview Kickstart alumni reviews on Course Report, positive feedback for the program centers on the detailed curriculum and effective preparation for technical interviews at top companies. One review praises the program, stating, "I gained way more in confidence and technical skill than the cost of the course." A contrasting view, however, points out that while the support team is exceptional, some of the technical prep materials could be improved.
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How much does Interview Kickstart cost?
The average bootcamp costs $14,142, but Interview Kickstart does not share pricing information. You can read a cost-comparison of other popular bootcamps!
What courses does Interview Kickstart teach?
Interview Kickstart offers courses like Advanced Data Science Course, Advanced Machine Learning Course, Advanced MLOps Course, Android Engineering Interview Preparation and 19 more.
Where does Interview Kickstart have campuses?
Interview Kickstart teaches students Online in a remote classroom.
Is Interview Kickstart worth it?
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