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About Interview Kickstart

Location: Online

Est. in 2014, Interview Kickstart is on a mission to help tech professionals uplevel in their careers and transition into their dream jobs. Our alums consistently land offers from Google, Facebook, Amazon, Netflix, Apple, LinkedIn, Uber, and other top... Read More

The highest offer received by an IK alum is a whopping $1.267 Million!

We are the only tech interview prep platform that offers 18 courses, covering the most in-demand roles in tech, such as Back-end Engineering, Front-end Engineering, Engineering Management, Data Engineering, Security Engineering, etc.

Each course is designed and taught by tech leads, hiring managers, and experts from FAANG+ companies. This team of 500+ instructors has trained over 13,500 tech professionals.

IK courses offer 360° interview training, covering everything you need to nail your next tech interview — technical coaching, career coaching, mock interviews, 1-1 mentorship sessions, resume building, and salary negotiation.

We are driven by a set of core beliefs:
- Technical interviews cannot be “hacked” — you must invest the time to sharpen the core skills required to be successful in your role
- To meet the high bar at FAANG+, you must learn from others who have passed it
- Comprehensive, structured interview prep is the only path to career growth

To learn more about how to nail your next tech interview, please visit the Interview Kickstart site to join our Free Webinar.

Courses

Full Stack Engineering Interview Course

Cost: $7,600 - $8,200
Duration: 16 weeks
Locations: Online
Course Description:

Duration: 16 weeks
Curriculum: Data structures and algorithms, system design, interview-relevant full stack engineering concepts, career coaching
Instructors: Engineers, tech leads, and hiring managers from Tier-1 companies
Mock interviews: 15
Support period: 6 months
Best suited for: Full Stack Engineers/Developers looking to transition to tier-1 companies. Software Engineers/Developers looking to transition to tier-1 companies. Not suitable for UI/UX designers and candidates with no Front-end/Back-end experience.

iOS Engineering Interview Course

Cost: $7,600 - $8,200
Duration: 15 weeks
Locations: Online
Course Description:

Duration: 15 weeks
Curriculum: Data structures and algorithms, system design, interview-relevant iOS engineering concepts, career coaching
Instructors: Engineers, tech leads, and hiring managers from Tier-1 companies
Mock interviews: 15
Support period: 6 months
Best suited for: Current and former iOS Engineers

Machine Learning Engineering Interview Course

Cost: $7,600 - $8,200
Duration: 16 weeks
Locations: Online
Course Description:

Duration: 16 weeks
Curriculum: Data structures and algorithms, system design, interview-relevant ML engineering concepts, career coaching
Instructors: ML Engineers, tech leads, and hiring managers from Tier-1 companies
Mock interviews: 15
Support period: 6 months
Best suited for: Current or former ML Engineers/Specialists/Generalists. Software Engineers working on ML Systems. Data Engineers/Data Scientists/ Research Engineers who want to transition to ML Engineer roles.

Product Manager (Tech) Interview Course

Cost: $6,600 - $7,200
Duration: 14 weeks
Locations: Online
Course Description:

Duration: 14 weeks
Curriculum: System design, interview-relevant product management concepts, career coaching
Instructors: PMs, tech leads, and hiring managers from Tier-1 companies
Support period: 6 months
Mock interviews: 15
Best suited for: Current or former Product/Program Managers. Program Managers looking to transition into PM roles.

Security Engineering Interview Course

Cost: $5,300 - $5,900
Duration: 16 weeks
Locations: Online
Course Description:

Duration: 16 weeks
Curriculum: Data structures and algorithms, system design, interview-relevant security engineering concepts, career coaching
Instructors: Engineers, tech leads, and hiring managers from Tier-1 companies
Mock interviews: 15
Support period: 6 months
Best suited for: Current or former Security Engineers, Security Analysts, Application Security Engineers, Security Architects, and Security Support Engineers. Application, System, or Network Support Engineers, Test Engineers, Site Reliability Engineers, Cloud Security/Support Engineers.

Site Reliability Engineering Interview Course

Cost: $7,600 - $8,200
Duration: 17 weeks
Locations: Online
Course Description:

Duration: 17 weeks
Curriculum: Data structures and algorithms, system design, interview-relevant SRE concepts, career coaching
Instructors: SREs, tech leads, and hiring managers from Tier-1 companies
Mock interviews: 15
Support period: 6 months
Best suited for: Current SREs, DevOps Engineers who want to uplevel into FAANG+ companies. System/Linux/Cloud admins (with coding experience) who want to uplevel into FAANG+ companies. Software Engineers with a passion for troubleshooting systems and automating large-scale operations.

Technical Program Management Interview Course

Cost: $7,800 - $8,400
Duration: 18 weeks
Locations: Online
Course Description:

Duration: 18 weeks
Curriculum: Scalable system design, interview-relevant TPM concepts, interview-relevant domain concepts (choose from 18 domains), career coaching
Instructors: TPMs, tech leads, and hiring managers from Tier-1 companies
Mock interviews: 15
Support period: 6 months
Best suited for: Current or former Product/Program Managers. Project Managers looking to transition into Technical Program Manager roles.

Test Engineering Interview Course

Cost: $5,300 - $5,900
Duration: 17 weeks
Locations: Online
Course Description:

Duration: 17 weeks
Curriculum: Data structures and algorithms, system design (optional), interview-relevant test engineering concepts, career coaching
Instructors: Engineers, tech leads, and hiring managers from Tier-1 companies
Mock interviews: 9
Support period: 6 months
Best suited for: Current or former Test Engineers. Automation Test Engineers targeting SDET roles. QA Engineers/Testers trying to transition into SDET roles.

Interview Kickstart Reviews

Average Ratings (All Programs)

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4.89/5 (46 reviews)

Anonymous
AI/ML Scientist | Graduated: 2023

3/27/2023

Course
Machine Learning Engineering Interview Course

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"Excellent program"

This is one of the best interview prep programs out there. They have live classes for each topic and recordings of previous sessions so you get multiple instructors on the same topic. They also have tutors available through out the week including evenings... Read More

Rohit S
Engineering Manager | Graduated: 2023

2/14/2023

Course
Engineering Management Interview Course

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"Awesome course and more awesome Support Team!"

Truly an awesome team, very professional, and I really enjoyed the entire course. More than everything, they have the best support team who are very responsive and are always eager to help. I have been a student for several months now, and no matter what,... Read More

Anonymous
Graduated: 2023

1/25/2023

Course
Back-end Engineering Interview Course

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"Best go to place for interview preparation"

The IK curriculum for interview preparation is well-designed and focuses on teaching problem-solving strategies rather than just providing solutions. The coaches are patient and helpful in answering questions. Mock interviews with instructors from FAANG... Read More

Anonymous
Engineering Manager | Graduated: 2022

1/23/2023

Course
Masterclass

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"Great resources / team to level up your job."

The Interview Kickstart team helped me learn a lot of information that I was not aware of before. I feel really good in terms of System Design and my leadership skills. I was not able to uplevel my job because of the market right now but I am confident... Read More

Anonymous
Software Engineer | Graduated: 2020

1/16/2023

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"IK is the best investment I ever made"

IK focused on developing and improving problem solving skills and analytical thinking rather thank just giving a problem and a coding solution. Being able to solve problems and converting that solution to code was their approach. The program was well... Read More

Anonymous
Graduated: 2023

1/14/2023

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Coding Pathway

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"IK makes the interviewing journey exciting and bearable!"

From structured courses to classes and foundation work, I can finally say I am a lot more comfortable taking on my interviewing journey this time, thanks in part to IK. Omkar's foundation concepts are just phenomenal. IK isn't just any online classwork,... Read More

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