I enrolled in the Interview Kickstart program last October.
For background, I am still an early software engineer with almost 2 years of experience. I graduated with a Bachelor’s in Computer Science in late 2020. I have about 1.25 years experience at Amazon Web Services as a back-end engineer for Elastic Block Store, and then about 4 months of experience with Pride Automation Inc working as a full-stack engineer with Node.JS.
The Interview Kickstart program is good because it covers pretty much everything you need to get a higher paying software engineering job. Although a lot of it can be found outside the program, it does help because it offers structure that makes it easier to stick to it. I did the Early Engineering LevelUp program (~2 months with a 6 month support period after). It covers most programming topics asked in interviews, and you will do a lot of problems like the ones on LeetCode. You have class 1-2 times a week and can ask questions. Then, they go over basic application stuff like resumes, reaching out to recruiters, and behavioral interviews. It is great if you need the motivation and guidance to do all these things. They provide mock behavioral and technical interviews performed by people in the industry, so that is one of the best forms of practice. They also have miscellanious sessions to ask questions about resumes (and get it reviewed), specific technical problems, or about the industry in general.
Their customer service is always responsive and helpful. I have had no issues with them.
I ended up getting a job because of a referral from my cousin after about 2 months into the program. I unfortunately got let go recently, so I will be finishing up the IK program to help me find another job since the support period is still available for me.
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