# Interview prep programs

Source: https://www.techinterview.org/bootcamp_directory/interview-prep/
Updated: 2026-10-08 · techinterview.org

bootcamp directory

Interview prep programs for working engineers: a dated status ledgerThese are paid products that promise to get an engineer who already has a job through the next coding, system design and behavioral loop: coached cohorts like Interview Kickstart and Formation, pay-per-session mock marketplaces like interviewing.io and Prepfully, and self-paced question banks from LeetCode Premium up to ByteByteGo. They suit people with at least a year of experience and a target company in mind, not career changers who still need fundamentals.

**27** programs**22** enrollingAn interview loop: screen, onsite rounds, debriefscreen- codingdesignbehav.debriefoffer4 to 6 rounds, one debriefThis directory takes no lead fees or placement payments from any program. Where a program runs an affiliate scheme we say so on its page and mark the link. Facts carry a badge: *verified* means we read it on a primary source on the date shown, *reported* means a third party said it, *unknown* means nobody we trust has published it.

## Status ledger
pivoted [Codesmith (prep offerings only)](https://www.techinterview.org/bootcamp_directory/p/codesmith-prep/): On 2026-10-08 codesmith.io listed no standalone technical-interview-prep course; the former paid CS Prep page (codesmith.io/cs-prep) returned 404 and the individuals page offered only the free Foundational Launchpad (application deadline 2026-11-06), free Future Code NYC, free CSX, the $22,500 immersive, and a $4,595 AI & ML Technical Leadership course.
- pivoted [Hello Interview](https://www.techinterview.org/bootcamp_directory/p/hello-interview/): Hello Interview wound down its paid 1:1 mock interview and mentorship programs on May 31, 2026 and now sells only self-serve Premium content with AI-guided practice.
- paused [Outco](https://www.techinterview.org/bootcamp_directory/p/outco/): On 2026-10-08 outco.io served only a one-page marketing site (testimonials dated 2016-2019, salary figures "as of 2021", copyright 2024, sitemap last modified 2025-01-29) with no application, pricing, FAQ or cohort page (all return 404) and a contact page listing only outreach@outco.io.
- closed [Pathrise](https://www.techinterview.org/bootcamp_directory/p/pathrise/): Springshare announced on 2025-10-21 that it acquired Pathrise's assets and that the mentorship program was winding down to cease by the end of 2025; Springshare's FAQ says Pathrise "will be discontinuing its direct-to-consumer services at the end of 2025", and on 2026-10-08 www.pathrise.com returned a Cloudflare Error 1014 page instead of a website.
- pivoted [Taro](https://www.techinterview.org/bootcamp_directory/p/taro/): As of 2026-10-08 Taro Premium is still sold at $79/month or $19/month billed yearly, but the company was acquired by Handshake (announcement on Handshake's news blog, undated; YC lists Taro as Acquired) and its community now feeds Handshake AI's paid 'Software Engineer Talent Network'.

## How to choose
Start from the loop you are facing, not the product. If you fail coding screens, a question bank with a judge (LeetCode Premium, NeetCode) plus a few paid mocks covers it for under $500. If you fail onsites, the gap is usually system design or behavioral, and that is where live mocks with a real interviewer earn their price. Look for a published syllabus with hours, a stated mock-interview count, a refund window you can read before paying, and a price on the website. Ignore average-salary and comp-increase figures with no denominator, struck-through list prices, and countdown timers. The common mistake is buying a $10,000 cohort to fix a problem that twenty mock interviews at $179 to $250 each would have exposed and fixed for a third of the cost.

claims that do not hold upOutcome claims in this category are almost never audited. Interview Kickstart advertises a $300,000+ average salary and a 60%+ increase but publishes no denominator, no methodology and no tuition; its 50% money-back guarantee requires onsite interviews at six companies and a claim within 30 days. Formation says plainly that its outcomes page is a curated set, not a statistical sample. Every self-paced product on this list shows a struck list price next to a standing sale price, and some have run the same sale for years. Treat all of these as marketing, not data.

## Programs
allenrollingpausedpivotedclosedany pricefreeunder $2k$2k to $10k$10k to $20kover $20kany outcomesCIRR-auditednone published
| Program | Status | Tuition | Financing | Outcomes | Prep depth | Checked |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Aced (formerly Exponent) | enrolling | under $2k | upfront, free | no outcomes published | 4 | 2026-10-08 |
| Aced (formerly Exponent): Engineering Manager interview course | enrolling | price gated reported | upfront | no outcomes published | n/a | 2026-10-08 |
| AlgoExpert (SystemsExpert, MLExpert, FrontendExpert, InfraExpert, iOSExpert, BlockchainExpert) | enrolling | under $2k | upfront | no outcomes published | 4 | 2026-10-08 |
| ByteByteGo | enrolling | under $2k | upfront | no outcomes published | 4 | 2026-10-08 |
| Codecademy Data Engineer Career Path | enrolling | under $2k | upfront | no outcomes published | 2 | 2026-10-08 |
| Codesmith (prep offerings only) | pivoted | free | free | cirr-audited | 1 | 2026-10-08 |
| DataExpert.io Academy (Zach Wilson) | enrolling | $2k to $10k | upfront | no outcomes published | 4 | 2026-10-08 |
| Formation | enrolling | over $20k | upfront, installments, loan | self-reported | 5 | 2026-10-08 |
| Grokking (Educative / Design Gurus) | enrolling | under $2k | upfront, installments | no outcomes published | 4 | 2026-10-08 |
| Hello Interview | pivoted | under $2k | upfront, free | no outcomes published | 3 | 2026-10-08 |
| IGotAnOffer | enrolling | under $2k | upfront, free | no outcomes published | 3 | 2026-10-08 |
| Interview Kickstart | enrolling | price gated reported | upfront | self-reported | 4 | 2026-10-08 |
| Interview Kickstart (Machine Learning / AI track) | enrolling | price gated reported | upfront, installments, loan | self-reported | 4 | 2026-10-08 |
| Interview Kickstart: Engineering Manager Interview Masterclass | enrolling | price gated reported | upfront, installments, loan | self-reported | 4 | 2026-10-08 |
| interviewing.io | enrolling | under $2k | upfront, free | self-reported | 4 | 2026-10-08 |
| LeetCode Premium | enrolling | under $2k | upfront | no outcomes published | 3 | 2026-10-08 |
| NeetCode Pro | enrolling | under $2k | upfront | no outcomes published | 3 | 2026-10-08 |
| Outco | paused | price unknown reported |  | self-reported | n/a | 2026-10-08 |
| Pathrise | closed | price unknown reported | isa | no outcomes published | n/a | 2026-10-08 |
| Prepfully | enrolling | under $2k | upfront, free | no outcomes published | 3 | 2026-10-08 |
| Quant Guild | enrolling | under $2k reported | upfront, free | no outcomes published | 2 | 2026-10-08 |
| QuantGuide | enrolling | under $2k | free, upfront | no outcomes published | 3 | 2026-10-08 |
| Taro | pivoted | under $2k | upfront, employer | no outcomes published | 2 | 2026-10-08 |
| Tech Interview Pro (TechLead / TechSeries) | enrolling | price gated reported | upfront | no outcomes published | 2 | 2026-10-08 |
| Wall Street Oasis courses and WSO Academy | enrolling | $10k to $20k | upfront, installments | self-reported | 2 | 2026-10-08 |
| Wall Street Oasis Hedge Fund Interview Course | enrolling | under $2k | upfront, installments | no outcomes published | 2 | 2026-10-08 |
| Wall Street Prep | enrolling | under $2k | upfront | no outcomes published | 0 | 2026-10-08 |
No programs match these filters.

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