Interview Kickstart
Average Rating4.78
265 Reviews
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Interview Kickstart is a part-time, 12-15 week online interview training platform that helps software engineers nail technical interviews at FAANG (Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix, Google) and Tier-1 companies. Interview Kickstart helps students strengthen their programming fundamentals and become better engineers in the process, thereby equipping them with the right set of skills required to crack tough technical interviews at top companies.
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Interview Kickstart is a part-time, 12-15 week online interview training platform that helps software engineers nail technical interviews at FAANG (Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix, Google) and Tier-1 companies. Interview Kickstart helps students strengthen their programming fundamentals and become better engineers in the process, thereby equipping them with the right set of skills required to crack tough technical interviews at top companies.
Based on a student’s career path, they can choose from 18 different domain-specific courses. The course curriculum covers Data Structures and Algorithms, Distributed Systems, Design, Domain-Specific Concepts, and Behavioral Interviews. Students will receive support with optimizing their LinkedIn profile and leveraging LinkedIn to land FAANG interviews.
Interview Kickstart gives students expert support with salary negotiation to land bigger and more lucrative offers, mock interviews with industry experts and FAANG hiring managers, one-on-one mentor sessions with technical leads and hiring managers from FAANG companies, and 18 domain courses that specialize in the highest-paying domains.
The highlight of Interview Kickstart’s program is the technical interview prep. Interview Kickstart’s team of 500+ instructors are hiring managers, technical leads, and hiring committee members at FAANG and Tier-1 companies. Being closely acquainted with the hiring process at top tech companies, these instructors know precisely what recruiters are looking for while hiring candidates. This gives students an edge and sets them up for success at highly competitive and challenging technical interviews at FAANG+ companies.
After course completion, Interview Kickstart students receive an extended 6-month support period. During the support period, students can retake classes, schedule mock interviews with domain experts, have one-on-one sessions with instructors from FAANG companies, get support with optimizing their LinkedIn profile and resume, and land interviews through Interview Kickstart’s wide network of alums.
Since 2014, Interview Kickstart has trained over 13,500 engineers for the toughest tech interviews. Interview Kickstart alums receive multiple lucrative offers from top companies, including FAANG, Microsoft, Uber, Lyft, LinkedIn, Twitter, VMware, and more. In 2021, Interview Kickstart graduates received an average salary increase of 53%.
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VinodhVerified by GitHubJun 14, 2022Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob AssistanceBest Training for FAANG
Omkar Deshpande is the sole reason I was able to articulate complex problems after this training, he is the chief instructor of almost all the courses. A series of formulas or methodology has been derived for every complex set of DSA questions especially Exponential Problems, Trees, and Graphs. System Design material alone is around 20 hrs and has helped me to date. Cost-wise it's quite a pricey option but the upside is, that these concepts won't change for life and I considered as a goo...Omkar Deshpande is the sole reason I was able to articulate complex problems after this training, he is the chief instructor of almost all the courses. A series of formulas or methodology has been derived for every complex set of DSA questions especially Exponential Problems, Trees, and Graphs. System Design material alone is around 20 hrs and has helped me to date. Cost-wise it's quite a pricey option but the upside is, that these concepts won't change for life and I considered as a good investment for future engineering interviews to come as we get lifetime access.Student Success Advocate of Interview Kickstart
Student Experience Team
Sep 29, 2022
Hi Vinodh, 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.- Shashi SrinivasaBackend Engineering Interview Course • San JoseVerified by LinkedInMay 16, 2022Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
Backend engineering program
If you are a experience engineer, with experience working on data structures and you are finding it challenging to clear technical interviews, this course is perfect for you. The course material is well organized and high quality, the kind you would see is a DS course in top graduate schools, the Instructors are just the best people on this earth who are passionate and genuinely interested to see you crack interviews. Instructors are experts in the field yet so down to earth and humble.<...If you are a experience engineer, with experience working on data structures and you are finding it challenging to clear technical interviews, this course is perfect for you. The course material is well organized and high quality, the kind you would see is a DS course in top graduate schools, the Instructors are just the best people on this earth who are passionate and genuinely interested to see you crack interviews. Instructors are experts in the field yet so down to earth and humble.Student Success Advocate of Interview Kickstart
Student Experience Team
Sep 29, 2022
Hi Shashi, thank you for your words of appreciation! We are glad to know that you found 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. - PratikSan JoseVerified by LinkedInApr 28, 2022Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
Start from basics :)
The best apart about IK is that they aren't necessarily teaching you how to crack interviews through short cuts. The entire curriculum is setup in a way to improve your engineering skills as well as problem solving skills. It's more like teaching you how to think through algorithm based problems than just solving Leetcode questions together. You'll still need to grind to land your dream job/position, but IK's support through their curriculum, instructors and coaching is absolutely worth ...The best apart about IK is that they aren't necessarily teaching you how to crack interviews through short cuts. The entire curriculum is setup in a way to improve your engineering skills as well as problem solving skills. It's more like teaching you how to think through algorithm based problems than just solving Leetcode questions together. You'll still need to grind to land your dream job/position, but IK's support through their curriculum, instructors and coaching is absolutely worth the money you'll pay.Student Success Advocate of Interview Kickstart
Student Experience Team
Sep 29, 2022
Hi Pratik, thank you for your words of appreciation! We are glad to know that you found 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. - Kishore PeriassamyStudent • Master Class (Default) Interview Course • San JoseVerified by LinkedInApr 09, 2022Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
Senior Manager
IK was a real eye opener or me in understanding how to approach the technical interviews in Tier I product companies. The key differentiator for IK and what I liked is that they cover all aspects from interview process right from resume preparation / review > how to search for jobs > LinkedIn profile > technical (Data Structures & algo) > system design > soft skills > technical assistance sessions > mock interviews > offer negotiation et all.
From my ...IK was a real eye opener or me in understanding how to approach the technical interviews in Tier I product companies. The key differentiator for IK and what I liked is that they cover all aspects from interview process right from resume preparation / review > how to search for jobs > LinkedIn profile > technical (Data Structures & algo) > system design > soft skills > technical assistance sessions > mock interviews > offer negotiation et all.
From my personal experience of attending this course and as a person who had got good offer from Tier-I tech companies, this course is a definite YES to anyone who is serious about their job hunt and uplevel their career.
Thanks IK and good luck to all current & future learners.Student Success Advocate of Interview Kickstart
Student Experience Team
Sep 29, 2022
Hi Kishore, thank you for your words of appreciation! We are glad to know that you found the curriculum and 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. - BhaveshSoftware Engineer • Student • Backend Engineering Interview Course • San JoseVerified by LinkedInApr 03, 2022Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
Great experience
I have learned a lot about Data structure and algorithms with real-world use cases.
The system design and career session were very useful.
Interview kickstart is a very good place to up your level tech industry.Student Success Advocate of Interview Kickstart
Student Experience Team
Sep 29, 2022
Hi Bhavesh, 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. - SujithSoftware Engineer • Graduate • Machine Learning Interview Course • San JoseVerified by LinkedInMar 23, 2022Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob AssistanceN/A
Software Engineer
As an alumni of Interview Kickstart, here is my complete review. I have gone through it and got offers from couple of FAANG companies.
You should take this course only if you satisfy all of the below points:
1. If you have enough time to spend (10-15 hours per week is bare minimum). Hard work pays off in long run. You might be smarter, but you need to spend enough amount of time to see the day light. Some made it in couple of months but for me it took almost a year.
2. Don't...As an alumni of Interview Kickstart, here is my complete review. I have gone through it and got offers from couple of FAANG companies.
You should take this course only if you satisfy all of the below points:
1. If you have enough time to spend (10-15 hours per week is bare minimum). Hard work pays off in long run. You might be smarter, but you need to spend enough amount of time to see the day light. Some made it in couple of months but for me it took almost a year.
2. Don't believe that by just attending classes during the course, you will magically crack interviews
3. If you can motivate yourself time and time again when things (life, current job, interviews at some companies) won't work your way
4. Believe in doing the things the right way, there are many shortcuts out there to memorize and reproduce in interviews. (sometimes they may work and sometimes they don't)
5. (For software engineers) If you know how to code in at least one language.
Why you should take this course:
1. Probably it is well tested and the focus is more on the concepts / templates rather than approaching one problem at a time.
2. You will meet peers who have similar aspirations. You can make groups and help yourselves.
3. Instructors are always there to help if you have questions or if you want to present your way of solving problem.
4. Probably the best investment of time and money in the long run for wanna be techies/geeks.
Student Success Advocate of Interview Kickstart
Student Experience Team
Sep 29, 2022
Hi Sujith, thank you for your words of appreciation! We are glad to know that you found the program structure 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. - Danish AkhtarSr. Software Engineer • Student • Data Structures and Algorithms Interview Bootcamp • San JoseVerified by GitHubMar 09, 2022Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob AssistanceN/A
Comprehensive Curriculum - would reccomend
I was looking to jump companies and bump up my salary in that process, but realized I needed more practice with data structures and algorithms. The curriculum at IK is pretty comprehensive and does require a good amount of time/dedication to complete. Due to COVID, the classes were held online and each week the class required you to complete the pre-req material for that topic. That was fine, but the online class would go for 6-8 hrs at a stretch on Saturday morning/afternoons depending ...I was looking to jump companies and bump up my salary in that process, but realized I needed more practice with data structures and algorithms. The curriculum at IK is pretty comprehensive and does require a good amount of time/dedication to complete. Due to COVID, the classes were held online and each week the class required you to complete the pre-req material for that topic. That was fine, but the online class would go for 6-8 hrs at a stretch on Saturday morning/afternoons depending on your timezone. I was not a fan of sitting for that many hrs in one go. Would prefer if the schedule was broken down multiple sessions/days in a week.
Out of all the instructors, I found Omkar the most easy to follow and enjoyed his systematic teaching method.
Overall, I would recommend IK for people who are serious about moving to a FAANG company as a software engineer as the curriculum covered here goes into all topics (arrays, trees, maps, graphs, sorting, recursion, etc) in good depth.Student Success Advocate of Interview Kickstart
Student Experience Team
Sep 29, 2022
Hi Danish, 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. - Sarthak DubeySr. Software Engineer • Graduate • Data Structures and Algorithms Interview Bootcamp • San JoseVerified by LinkedInMar 09, 2022Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
Great boot camp for beginners and intermediates
IK presents with a curated set of fundamental DS&A principles and coding practices which I think are great for someone who’s new to big tech interviews. Personally, I’ve been through the LC style interviews once before but found the approach, timelines and schedule of the coursework highly useful to keep me on track with my progress in a quarter long preparation sprint.Student Success Advocate of Interview Kickstart
Student Experience Team
Sep 29, 2022
Hi Sarthak, 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. - Suryanarayan SudersanamSoftware Engineer • GraduateVerified by LinkedInFeb 27, 2022Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
Review about the coding pathways
The course provides everything one needs to understand to be able to crack the interviews for FAANG companies. They do their best to make the vast portion as concise as possible and the root of this course is not to find a loop hole in the hirings process but to just make you a better engineer who can solve coding questions in limited time and give the acceptable answers for behavioral interviews. The materials and live sessions are amazing and can be overwhelming at times but if you man...The course provides everything one needs to understand to be able to crack the interviews for FAANG companies. They do their best to make the vast portion as concise as possible and the root of this course is not to find a loop hole in the hirings process but to just make you a better engineer who can solve coding questions in limited time and give the acceptable answers for behavioral interviews. The materials and live sessions are amazing and can be overwhelming at times but if you manage to stick with it for even 50% of the time, you would have improved a whole lot. If you don't have the drive to practice coding everyday then this bootcamp is for you as you will pay a whole lot and have a schedule to adhere to from day one when you join this bootcamp.Student Success Advocate of Interview Kickstart
Student Experience Team
Oct 08, 2022
Hi Suryanarayan, 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. - OleksiiSoftware Engineer • Graduate • Master Class (Default) Interview Course • San JoseVerified by GitHubFeb 04, 2022Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob AssistanceN/A
Solid course for cracking software engineer interview
I would recommend this course to anyone who would like to prepare for the software engineer interview for FAANG and many other companies in SF Bay Area.
Interview Kickstart has a great curated curriculum that is up to date with the interview process with many companies.
But the best part of the course is not even the content rather then support and access to the coaches you get. You could get guidance for the problems you stuck and advice on many system design topics.
Unfortunat...I would recommend this course to anyone who would like to prepare for the software engineer interview for FAANG and many other companies in SF Bay Area.
Interview Kickstart has a great curated curriculum that is up to date with the interview process with many companies.
But the best part of the course is not even the content rather then support and access to the coaches you get. You could get guidance for the problems you stuck and advice on many system design topics.
Unfortunately not all the coaches are great but over time you'll learn the schedule and know when to book the session to get the most of it.
For me one of the most helpful parts were the behavior and the offer negotiation sessions. Behavior knowledge and practice was so useful for me so I sometimes passing even coding exercises leveraging soft skills even though not completing technical solution or not providing the optimal one.
Offer negotiation knowledge gained is hard to underestimate as it allows me to create the lever to get the most from my effort.
I hope that Interview Kickstart will improve the operational part. It is quite frustrating you showed up to the mock interview or live class and it is rescheduled after 5 minutes of beginning. The performance of the platform for submitting solutions and over all reliability of the uplevel portal also could be improved.
The course does require commitment and hard work. You have to be dedicated in order to succeed in it and get the most of it. On the other hand the program is designed to motivate you (career instructors put lots of effort in it) for the career shift and with the skills you will gain you just can't agree to less. You will not accept offers with the boring job anymore.Student Success Advocate of Interview Kickstart
Student Experience Team
Oct 08, 2022
Hi Oleksii, thank you for your words of appreciation! We are glad to know that you found the program structure 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. - Anshul BansalMTS1, Software Engineer • Graduate • Data Structures and Algorithms Interview Bootcamp • San JoseVerified by LinkedInJan 29, 2022Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
Great Learning Experience @IK
The program really helped me to gain in depth understanding of core concepts and fundamentals of Data Structures and Algorithms. Course is well structured to take one from beginner to advance level. After taking the course, I was able to solve algorithm problems with more efficiency. Mock interviews helped in identifying my weak areas and IK instructors did a commendable job in providing in-depth explanations of different kind of patterns used to solve problems.Student Success Advocate of Interview Kickstart
Student Experience Team
Oct 08, 2022
Hi Anshul, thank you for your encouraging feedback! We are glad to know that you found the program 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. - Mimi S.Student • Master Class (Default) Interview Course • San JoseVerified by LinkedInJan 27, 2022Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
Super Informative
Pros: IK is super helpful in cementing a lot of the basics and developing a deeper understanding of the core concepts that are essential to the interview process at any FAANG company. The foundation material is dense, but it is discussed at a swift pace. Omkar's instructional videos are very detailed and break down the essentials into small digestible components, his method of teaching seems academic, yet-tranquil,. The mock interview sessions are super helpful, especia...Pros: IK is super helpful in cementing a lot of the basics and developing a deeper understanding of the core concepts that are essential to the interview process at any FAANG company. The foundation material is dense, but it is discussed at a swift pace. Omkar's instructional videos are very detailed and break down the essentials into small digestible components, his method of teaching seems academic, yet-tranquil,. The mock interview sessions are super helpful, especially for those who need additional guidance and help with defining their shortcomings. The coaches (current FAANG employees) may bring in their own experience interviewing with FAANG and the mistakes that they wished they could avoid if they could do it all again. The IK staff are very friendly and receptive. They are quick to respond and "go the extra mile."
Cons: The foundational material + classes + problem-sets can seem overwhelming if you are already working full-time, but any missed material can be reviewed during the support period so they are very accommodating about this.Student Success Advocate of Interview Kickstart
Student Experience Team
Oct 08, 2022
Hi Mimi, thank you for your encouraging feedback! We are glad to know that you found the program 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.
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Updated April 05, 2023
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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 Android Engineering Interview Course, Backend Engineering Interview Course, Cloud Engineering Interview course, Data Engineering Interview Course and 13 more.
Where does Interview Kickstart have campuses?
Interview Kickstart has an in-person campus in San Jose.
Is Interview Kickstart worth it?
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