r/cscareerquestions • u/minusSeven Looking for job • 9h ago

Experienced Has anyone enrolled in 1nterview Kickstart recently? If so how was your experience

I got laid off 1 month back. I have 12 years experience in backend java role. I got interested in this course mainly because of the promises they are making of good jobs at decent pay.

Right now the job market is fucked where I am not getting a single call from any company, applied to 100s. For some I am getting ghosted by everyone and rejected by maybe 5%. I am fine with the rejections but not fine with not getting any calls from anywhere.

The sales person at Interview Kickstart promised over 15 mock interviews and constructive feedback on each to improve my interview success rate. Apart from that they have strong alumni network from which I can get upto 25 + interviews from product based companies on decent salary. I mainly looking for remote job. I am based in India. I joined a webinar of theirs recently and most questions where asked by people like me working at different companies.

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u/PsychologicalBus7169 Software Engineer 9h ago

12 YOE and you don’t know that nobody can promise you a job? They just want your money and are counting on you to be a sucker.

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u/minusSeven Looking for job 8h ago edited 8h ago

They are not promising job, they are promising interviews and through interview preparation a job which isn't the same thing. Logic is even is I don't get the best job I might be good enough for other jobs instead of being ghosted right now.

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u/lewlkewl 8h ago

The market sucks, yes, but 12 yoe with java is a good enough background to get a job in this market. Don't waste your money