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Early Engineering Interview Preparation Reviews
by David Espinosa
David Espinosa
Reviewed for : Early Engineering Interview Preparation
I did the 2 month Early Engineering program starting in October 2023 and am almost at the end of my support period, which was supposed to be 6 months long but was extended three times because of a death in my family, a hurricane, and carpal tunnel syndrome. They have been very helpful with that.Overall, it is pricey but if you have the money and decide to do it, it is very helpful. For me, a guided structure always helps me stick to something, and I followed it as best as I could for nearly the first 2 months. The weekly cycle was: Class on Sunday (4+ hours), assignments to do (coding problems usually equivalent to medium or hard LeetCode questions, thorough video lectures, quizzes), and a coding test on Thursday (1 hour, 2-3 medium programming questions) followed by a lecture and discussion on it. That is for the first 5 weeks, then the next 3 weeks are for non-technical job searching skills. I got a job thanks to a cousin’s refeThe most helpful things to me have been: lots of education, practice, and discussion on LeetCode style problems, followed by thorough strategies for job hunting, coding and behavioral interviewing skills, resume, finding referrals, negotiation, etc. They offer live 1:1 coaching and lots of sessions for various topics like coding problems, resume review, interviewing skills, strategy for reaching out to recruiters and aplying, and AMAs.rral near the end of that 2 months. I got let go after 4 months though so I am now making the most of my support period and all the resources and coaches are still there to help me.Their support always responds within a day and are usually very helpful, including coding and technical questions as well as general issues.I have gained a lot of value from the program and would recommend it. The most valuable things to me were the mock interviews, frequent technical preparation, thorough technical videos (comparable to Salman Khan’s videos from Khan Academy), resume reviews, and walkthroughs and guidance on applying for jobs, and their career workbook (which is an excel document that guided me on thinking about my ideal job, exploring job options available, and preparing for behavioral interviews) all with the help of professional and experienced people from big companies.TL;DR: In summary, it is pricey, but if you do it, it offers good and structured technical and non-technical preparation and professional guidance and opinions.
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