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Interview Kickstart

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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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  • Kajal Gupta
    Kajal Gupta
    Student • Data Structures and Algorithms Interview Bootcamp • San Jose
    Aug 14, 2022
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    Early Engineering

    I was part of the Early Engineering program and IK helped me landing a job in one of the FAANG companies.

    The whole structured program and the content is pretty good and detailed. The course is designed to cover all the major topics with different problem sets. The live classes are very interactive and the instructors are very accommodating to answer all the queries during the live session and if needed, they extend the classes too.

    Assignment set and study material are als...
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    Sep 30, 2022

    Hi Kajal, 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 
  • Devdutt
    Devdutt
    Engineering Manager Interview Preparation • San Jose
    Aug 11, 2022
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    High 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...
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    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 Moparti
    Jyothi Moparti
    Aug 08, 2022
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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.
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    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. 
  • Nikhil
    Nikhil
    Software engineer • San Jose
    Aug 07, 2022
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    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 interviews
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    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 Konuganti
    Rama Raju Konuganti
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    Aug 05, 2022
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    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.
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    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 Tabrez
    Anjum Tabrez
    Sr Cloud Engineer • Student
    Aug 04, 2022
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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...
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    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 Kapil
    Sunil Kapil
    Student • Data Structures and Algorithms Interview Bootcamp • San Jose
    Aug 03, 2022
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    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...
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    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. 
  • Qasim
    Qasim
    Software Engineer
    Jul 28, 2022
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    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...
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    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. Vora
    J. Vora
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    Jul 26, 2022
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    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...
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    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 C
    Pooja C
    Senior Software Engineer • Graduate • Master Class (Default) Interview Course • San Jose
    Jul 25, 2022
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    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...
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    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 C
    Allen C
    iOS Developer • Graduate
    Jul 21, 2022
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    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...
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    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. 
  • Wei
    Wei
    Graduate • Backend Engineering Interview Preparation • San Jose
    Jul 19, 2022
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    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...
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    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 Bhatia
    Vishal Bhatia
    Sr Cloud Developer • Graduate
    Jul 19, 2022
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    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...
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    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. 
  • Chaitanya S
    Chaitanya S
    Student • Machine Learning Interview Preparation • San Jose
    Jul 18, 2022
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    A very well rounded program

    I am enrolled in the ML Track and know a few others who enrolled in other tracks( Backend, Frontend ). The program is very well structured, with a focus on building a strong foundation in coding/system design( ML + non ML) /ML domain, and is taught by instructors who are extremely knowledgeable. 
    Most of the instructors are from FAANG companies and are very open to guiding the students during or even outside the sessions. Help is also available through mini mocks, career coaching,  te...
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    Dec 05, 2022

    Hi Chaitanya, 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. 
  • SANTOSH KUMAR
    SANTOSH KUMAR
    Jul 17, 2022
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    Awesome Interview Preparation Experience!!

    I wanted to sincerely thank the Interview Kickstart team for their fabulous support provided to me in my preparation of AWS SDM interview. I cleared the interviews in first attempt after going through the training. The mock interviews were very helpful. Interview Kickstart has well structured interview preparation strategy and it is very powerful. Thank you IK team for a wonderful training program…😊
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    Dec 05, 2022

    Hi Santosh, 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. 
  • AS
    AS
    Software Engineer • Embedded Software Engineering Interview Preparation • San Jose
    Jul 15, 2022
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    Embedded Systems Interview Course

    I used IK to help me move into an Embedded Software develpoment role from a Validation role. 
    The DSA curriculum by Omkar was a great learning experience, although I did not enjoy the weekly sessions by a few others. The curriculum itself was very extensive for me. The Embedded curriculam was great too although it needed some restructuring and better weekly instructors. Raghu, the head instructor and Glen were great! Overall, IK was an excellent platform for a disciplined and structur...
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    Dec 05, 2022

    Hi AS, 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. 
  • Neha Garg
    Neha Garg
    Senior Software Engineer • Graduate
    Jul 08, 2022
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    Helped me boost my confidence

    "The best is yet to come" I believe in it, and Interview Kickstart makes your dreams true. This program allowed me to learn and practice the skills needed to land a job in Data Engineering.
    The roller coaster journey I experienced with Interview Kickstart is worth it. Although the intense weekend classes and homework material demand you to utilize mock interviews, it not just removes the fear of interviews and accelerates learning and brainstorming.
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    Dec 05, 2022

    Hi Neha, 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. 
  • Rahul
    Rahul
    Jul 04, 2022
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    Student

    IK is great for up-leveling your skills. One instructor which stood out for me was Omkar Deshpande. I have never had an instructor who is so clear in his thought process. His style of teaching really helped in understand all the Data Structure and Algorithms topics. Earlier I had never studied about DP & graphs but after watching Omkar's videos I was not able to understand the concept but was also able to solve many LC problems. Another great advantage is the study group formed in th...
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    Dec 05, 2022

    Hi Rahul, 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. 
  • Max
    Max
    Student • San Jose
    Jun 30, 2022
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    Good material

    Very good reading material. Omker Despandhe's material is excellent and his explanation is very good. I learnt lot from it. basic of algorithm is in detail.
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    Sep 28, 2022

    Hi Max, thank you for your words of appreciation! We are glad to know that you found the course content 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. 
  • Atreyee
    Atreyee
    Jun 22, 2022
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    This bootcamp is very helpful

    I came to know a lot from Interview Kickstart bootcamp. Its rigorous and very informative. The course has a lot to offer. Definitely helpful material for job search . The instructors are knowledgable and if one has no clue where to start then , they should definitely join IK 
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    Sep 28, 2022

    Hi Atreyee, thank you for your words of appreciation! We are glad to know that you found the support and guidance 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. 

Interview Kickstart Alumni Outcomes

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$500 Interview Kickstart Scholarship

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Offer is only valid for new applicants. Applicants who have already submitted an application cannot claim this scholarship. This scholarship cannot be combined with other offers. No eligibility restrictions.

Qualifying Courses

  • LEVELUP: Guided interview prep to level up into a Tier-1 company (Online)
  • EdgeUp - Applied GenAI + Interview Preparation (Online)

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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?

Interview Kickstart costs around $199.

What courses does Interview Kickstart teach?

Interview Kickstart offers courses like Ace your Mock Interview, Advanced Data Science Course, Advanced Machine Learning Course, Advanced MLOps Course and 20 more.

Where does Interview Kickstart have campuses?

Interview Kickstart teaches students Online in a remote classroom.

Is Interview Kickstart worth it?

Interview Kickstart hasn't shared alumni outcomes yet, but one way to determine if a bootcamp is worth it is by reading alumni reviews. 341 Interview Kickstart alumni, students, and applicants have reviewed Interview Kickstart on Course Report - you should start there!

Is Interview Kickstart legit?

We let alumni answer that question. 341 Interview Kickstart alumni, students, and applicants have reviewed Interview Kickstart and rate their overall experience a 4.76 out of 5.

Does Interview Kickstart offer scholarships or accept the GI Bill?

Yes, Course Report is excited to offer an exclusive Interview Kickstart scholarship for $500 off tuition!

Can I read Interview Kickstart reviews?

You can read 341 reviews of Interview Kickstart on Course Report! Interview Kickstart alumni, students, and applicants have reviewed Interview Kickstart and rate their overall experience a 4.76 out of 5.

Is Interview Kickstart accredited?

While bootcamps must be approved to operate, accreditation is relatively rare. Interview Kickstart doesn't yet share information about their accreditation status.

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