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Live AI and interview prep, led by FAANG instructors and AI mentors who hire.

  • Live classes with FAANG+ practitioners, not another video library
  • Unlimited mock interviews with detailed, personalised feedback
  • 40+ programs and modules mapped to 19 domains
  • Career support that runs all the way to the offer
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Interview Kickstart advertisement: Become a Forward Deployed Engineer. A free live webinar on August 14 at 6:00 PM, with market compensation of $200K to $400K and capped cohorts.
25,000+ trained professionals are our alumni, now working at
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Why Interview Kickstart

Built to get you hired

Live, mentor-led prep, not another video library.

Industry-first, hands-on learning

Build real-world AI applications and ship projects that prove your fluency, rather than collecting another certificate.

Live classes with FAANG+ practitioners

A cutting-edge curriculum delivered live by senior engineers and hiring managers who do this work every day.

Depth across every track

40+ programs and modules tailored to 19 domains, so your path maps to the exact role you are targeting.

Mock interviews that mirror the real thing

One-to-one sessions with detailed, personalised feedback that builds genuine interview-day confidence.

Flexible pathways built around you

Personalised programs structured for working professionals, so you can level up without putting your job on hold.

Career support that goes the distance

Personal branding, behavioural workshops, referrals and coaching, all the way to the offer.

How it works

A clear path from where you are to your dream role

From your first free webinar to a signed offer, in four guided steps.

Step 01

Join a free webinar

Meet an instructor, see the curriculum, and get a personalised plan in 60 minutes.

Personalised plan
Step 02

Enroll in your cohort

Start a live, structured program with mentors who hire at top companies.

Live mentor access
Step 03

Learn by building

Real projects, weekly coaching and unlimited mock interviews keep you accountable.

Portfolio and mocks
Step 04

Land the offer

Resume, referrals and negotiation support take you to your dream role.

Dream role
Student outcomes

Proof it works, by the numbers

25,000+Professionals trained
$1.2MHighest offer received
$312,275Average compensation package
66.5%Average salary hike
700+FAANG and tier-1 mentors
40+Courses for tech roles
Explore programs

Find the program built for your next move

Live, mentor-led cohorts taught by senior engineers and hiring managers from FAANG and top AI labs.

Applied Agentic AI

Build, optimise and deploy intelligent AI workflows and multi-agent systems that drive real efficiency.

Agentic AI for software engineers

Multi-agent systems, LLM orchestration and real-world application, with hands-on projects and FAANG+ mentorship.

Agentic AI for data engineers

Go from concepts to deployed multi-agent applications through live guided projects and weekly mentorship.

Agentic AI for PMs and TPMs

Multi-agent systems, AI-powered roadmaps and automated decision tools, guided by FAANG+ experts.

Flagship machine learning

The full ML track, from foundations through to production systems. New cohort now open.

Interview preparation

FAANG interview prep across coding, system design and behavioural rounds, with unlimited mocks.

Learn from the best

Mentored by engineers who hire at FAANG and top AI labs

Your instructors are senior engineers, architects and hiring managers who sit on the other side of the interview table. 700+ FAANG and tier-1 mentors have taught with us.

Soham

Soham

Principal ML Engineer and Tech Lead

Atlassian, 10 years

atlassian
Sreejit

Sreejit

Senior ML and Software Engineer

Google, 11 years

google
Dipen

Dipen

AI and ML Systems Architect

Amazon, 20 years

Burhan

Burhan

LLM Observability Engineering

PwC, 9 years

Manish

Manish

Principal Product Manager

Microsoft, 20 years

Mrudang

Mrudang

Senior Product Manager II

Interview Kickstart, 12 years

Nikhil

Nikhil

Head of Engineering

Interview Kickstart, 20 years

Prashik

Prashik

Member of Technical Staff

Anthropic, 12 years

In their words

Real switches, in their words

The mock interviews were brutally realistic, so by interview day nothing surprised me. I went from rejections to a senior offer at Google with a 70 percent comp bump.
JMJordan M.Startup to Google, FAANG Tech Interview
I switched from a pure analytics role into data science. The projects were portfolio-grade and the coaching kept me accountable every single week.
NSNeha S.Analyst to Amazon, Data Science
The EM track demystified the leadership and people-management rounds. My instructor was an actual Meta EM, and that perspective was priceless.
ATAlex T.Senior SWE to Meta EM, Engineering Manager Interview
I built a real agentic AI product that I now demo in interviews. Recruiters notice it immediately. Best career investment I have made.
RPRitika P.Backend Dev to AI Engineer, Agentic AI for Software Engineers
Structured, intense, and worth every hour. The execution frameworks alone changed how I run programs at work.
DKDavid K.PM to Apple TPM, TPM Interview
The ML system-design sessions were the missing piece. I finally understood how to talk about trade-offs at scale.
MRMeera R.Data Eng to ML Engineer, Flagship Machine Learning
The impact on your career

The professional you become, and the pay that follows

The profile you walk away with: interview-ready, AI-fluent, and aimed at a tier-1 offer.

You finish fluent in the tools the market is actually hiring for: AI and LLMs, agentic systems, retrieval, production machine learning, system design and cloud deployment. That fluency is demonstrated by projects you can open and talk through, rather than asserted by a certificate.

AI roles are a high-income track with room to compound. Illustrative ranges run from $50,000 to $200,000 at entry, around $230,000 within one to three years, roughly $300,000 at mid level, and $385,000 in senior roles. These vary by role, level and location, and the highest figure quoted above is a single alum outcome rather than a typical one.

  • Best Tech Interview Prep, Course Report, 2025
  • Top AI Upskilling Program, SwitchUp, 2026
  • Best Career Outcomes, Career Karma, 2025
  • Rated 4.8 out of 5 across 4,000+ reviews
Questions

Frequently asked questions

What is Interview Kickstart?

A live, mentor-led upskilling and interview preparation platform for working technology professionals. Programs are taught in cohorts by senior engineers, architects and hiring managers from FAANG and top AI labs.

Who are the programs for?

Software engineers, data professionals, product managers, technical program managers and engineering managers. Tracks are mapped to specific roles, so the material and the mock interviews match the loop you will actually face.

Are the classes live or pre-recorded?

Live. Sessions are taught in real time by practitioners you can question directly, and recordings are available afterwards if you need to miss one.

How long do the programs run?

It depends on the track. Programs are structured for working professionals, with sessions outside standard working hours and a workload that assumes a full-time job.

Is the webinar really free?

Yes. The live webinar has no payment step. It covers how the programs work, what the interview bar looks like at your target companies, and what a personalised plan would involve.

What happens after the program ends?

Career support continues through your active search: resume and personal branding review, referrals where we have them, behavioural workshops, and negotiation coaching when an offer arrives.

Free, live, 60 minutes

Supercharge your tech career, starting this week

Join a free live session with a FAANG instructor, see the curriculum in action, and walk away with a personalised roadmap.

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No payment required. Live and cohort-based, with dedicated career coaching.

Next step

Meet a FAANG instructor live and get your plan

  • A free 60 minute session with no payment step
  • Hosted by engineers who interview candidates
  • Walk away with a personalised roadmap
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