Interview Kickstart
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.
271 Interview Kickstart Reviews
AnonymousSoftware Engineer • Applicant • San JoseOct 28, 2021Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob AssistanceHelped me reach where I wanted to go
There's no a single thing that fits everyone's needs out there. IK had helped me with not just improving my technical knowledge but also gain confidence to attend the likes of Google and Facebook. There is the technical side of IK that is very well structured for everyone to gain knowledge while solving problems and learning about the nuance details about how to think Programatically. Beyond the technical knowledge, IK helped me with prioritizing my interviews, guided me with interviewin...There's no a single thing that fits everyone's needs out there. IK had helped me with not just improving my technical knowledge but also gain confidence to attend the likes of Google and Facebook. There is the technical side of IK that is very well structured for everyone to gain knowledge while solving problems and learning about the nuance details about how to think Programatically. Beyond the technical knowledge, IK helped me with prioritizing my interviews, guided me with interviewing not-dream companies to the dream-companies and finally with negotiations too.
I appreciate IK and most importantly all the folk part of it. You sure helped someone plan their future well. Your help is what made me achieve what I can only dream about, people tend to not accept it but I think it a collective #win. Thank you! lot more to do from here.
Aim high!Student Success Advocate of Interview Kickstart
Student Experience Team
Sep 27, 2022
Hi there, 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.- AnonymousStaff Engineer • StudentOct 19, 2021Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
Career guidance service
IK has four strong pillars. Foundations videos go broad and deep. They teach concepts. Live sessions reinforce the concepts with concrete examples. Tests (practice and timed), they provide the practice required to perform in interviews. The most important of all is getting the feedback on your journey. That is mock interviews. The recipe to make oneself successful in next career move is packed into this course. Of course practice and following through curriculum is the key. The support p...IK has four strong pillars. Foundations videos go broad and deep. They teach concepts. Live sessions reinforce the concepts with concrete examples. Tests (practice and timed), they provide the practice required to perform in interviews. The most important of all is getting the feedback on your journey. That is mock interviews. The recipe to make oneself successful in next career move is packed into this course. Of course practice and following through curriculum is the key. The support personnel are just amazing. They are at your fingertips to help you out. One improvement, I would like to see the session length for live sessions always goes beyond the meeting time. Not by little, but by at least an hour in best case. Never finished within timed slot.Student Success Advocate of Interview Kickstart
Student Experience Team
Sep 27, 2022
Hi there, thank you for your encouraging feedback! We are glad to know that you found the curriculum and the support from the team 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. - AnonymousSep 28, 2020Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
Eng leader
IkWeb courses are great and teachers are fantastic. Because of this I was able to get multiple offers from FAANG companies in less than 6 months , post finishing the course. I would highly recommend this course .Student Success Advocate of Interview Kickstart
Student Experience Team
Sep 27, 2022
Hi there, thank you for your encouraging feedback! We are glad to know that you found the support from the instructors 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. - AnonymousStudent • Data Structures and Algorithms Interview Bootcamp • San JoseSep 24, 2020Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
Great Interview prep for FAANG companies
Helped me land a job at a FAANG company. The Instructors and course material are excellent.
I did not use any other prep including Leet Code, as the Interview Kickstart course is complete.
Spend 2-3 months of dedicated time on the course and you will see big changes in your career.Student Success Advocate of Interview Kickstart
Student Experience Team
Sep 27, 2022
Hi there, thank you for your encouraging feedback! We are glad to know that you found the instructors 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. - AnonymousMar 12, 2020Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
Doubled my salary after completing the course
I joined Interview Kickstart in June 2019. In 2018, I decided I wanted to find better opportunities so I started leetcoding. After solving 50-60 problems, I realized I am not getting any better and merely solving problems in an unstructured way which was not helping. I lost the rhythm and stopped preparing. I work full time and I am a mother of a toddler; so I was looking for some guidance who will help me with this entire journey.
I joined Interview Kickstart out of desperation a...I joined Interview Kickstart in June 2019. In 2018, I decided I wanted to find better opportunities so I started leetcoding. After solving 50-60 problems, I realized I am not getting any better and merely solving problems in an unstructured way which was not helping. I lost the rhythm and stopped preparing. I work full time and I am a mother of a toddler; so I was looking for some guidance who will help me with this entire journey.
I joined Interview Kickstart out of desperation and I decided atleast spending so much money will keep me motivated to keep preparing. I have to say the entire journey was very fulfilling. I would solve homework problems every evening from 8:30-11pm. After finishing the class, I started giving Mock Interviews. I think the most benefit out of everything was Mock Interviews and 1-2 awesome teachers. After 7-8 mock interviews (coding, system design and behavioral) I was confident in solving problems on board and was comfortable to approach a problem. Mind you, I did fail a lot of practice phone interviews in the beginning; so the journey was not picture perfect. It started getting better and I cleared 5 phones interviews. Out of those, I went onsite to 3 companies and got 2 job offers.
Cons:
1) Along with Interview Kickstart, I still solved a lot of problems from Leetcode.
2) I also referenced other sources for system design/OOP design. The instructors are not that great and I believe 1/2 sessions are not enough.
You definitely don't need to join IK, but if you are someone like me who has tried and failed doing that or you need some extra guidance/structured format; than this will be helpful.
Student Success Advocate of Interview Kickstart
Student Experience Team
Sep 27, 2022
Hi there, 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. - AnonymousSoftware developer • Student • Data Structures and Algorithms Interview Bootcamp • San JoseFeb 11, 2019Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
Low quality
I have joined their courses and I can say it didn't help me at all. They just solve the problems which already exist in youtube. Don't waste your time and money
Soham of Interview Kickstart
Founder
May 16, 2019
Hello stranger, thank you for taking time and speaking your mind.
I don't even know if you are a real student of ours, but in the small chance that you are, here are some thoughts:
Youtube is the largest textbook in the world today. You're right - whatever we (or really any bootcamp here) teach or solve or espouse, can be found on Youtube. If that is your preferred method of learning, then I congratulate you - you have found something that works for you.
At the same time, let us appreciate that a deep, structured, rigorous pathway with relevant people in a defined timeline, can also be appropriate for some people. Those are the candidates we have served so far and served well (see other reviews). In fact we are proud to count nearly 2000 really smart software engineers across the planet as our alums.
Note that if you had simply talked to us about this before the program, we could have built a much better understanding of what you need and what we have/had. Hoping we can do that now? - AnonymousSoftware Engineer • Graduate • Data Structures and Algorithms Interview Bootcamp • San JoseFeb 08, 2017Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
Software Engineer
Interview Kickstart is a terrific cohort with some insanely good faculty members who are industry pros and are hugely vested in your interest.
The culture is highly impressive with most of the people down to earth, approachable and very very smart.
Apart from being a coding bootcamp, IK is also doing a great job in covering other topics like Scalability, Concurrency, and Object Oriented Design
Thank you IK
Student Success Advocate of Interview Kickstart
Student Experience Team
Sep 21, 2022
Hi there, thank you for your encouraging feedback! We are glad to know that you found our teaching faculties and the course content 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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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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