Thoughts on dedicated coaching with Interviewing.io?
I have a new grad final with Meta and I had a mock interview on interviewing.io. I did pretty badly on the interview as it took too long for me to arrive at the solution and write down the code. The interviewer suggested that I try purchasing a dedicated coaching package for 5 lessons, which is perfect since my Meta interview is in 3 weeks (I take 2 lessons/week). Issue is that it's quite a heavy price tag at around 2.8K. I'm wondering if anyone else has used the service?
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a month agoEngineer @ Robinhoodwow if they're charging 2.8k for 5 lessons maybe you should pay me for the coaching instead for cheaper?
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a month agoTech Lead @ Robinhood, Meta, Course HeroCoaching can be worth it if you meet these criteria:
- You struggle substantially with self-accountability
- You have a big time crunch
- You have lots of $$$ (selling human time is expensive, especially in tech)
Most people don't meet all the requirements, so I generally recommend people avoid coaching options, pushing them to self-learn first with resources like Taro. There are definitely people where coaching makes sense though, so I would do some introspection and figure that out for yourself.
#1 is often the biggest reason people seek coaching, but the thing is you need to fix that problem after you get the job anyways. If you can't do quality self-studying for interviews and then you break into a company like Meta, it's not likely you will survive there.
Overall, my mentality here is similar to what I say about Formation.dev: "Experience with formation dev"
- 0a month agoTech Lead/Manager at Meta, Pinterest, Kosei
The math around landing a Big Tech job is that you can likely increase your comp by $50K or more. If you feel programs/mock interviews like this will meaningfully increase your chances, it's worth it.
But if you're in doubt, you can try cheaper sources (or free mock interviews with friends) to see how much worse the interview quality is. Then make a decision based on the delta.
