Mentors who help you prepare for interviews

Build an interview preparation plan with someone who interviews candidates — what to study, in what order, and how to tell whether you are actually ready.

Before you book a interview preparation mentor

How do I choose the right interview preparation mentor?

Most preparation fails on sequencing rather than effort. People grind problems for months without ever practising out loud, then discover in a real interview that they cannot narrate their thinking under pressure. A first session is best spent diagnosing where you actually are and building an order of work, not on a mock.

What should I bring to a interview preparation mentor session?

Be honest about your timeline. Preparation for a loop in three weeks looks nothing like preparation for one in six months, and a mentor can only help if they know which you are in.

The most useful single question to ask is what a rejection at your target level usually comes down to. It is rarely the thing candidates worry about most.

If you want the interview itself rather than the plan, book a mock interview session instead — the mock interview page is linked below.

What people bring to these sessions

  • Building a preparation plan that fits your actual timeline
  • Knowing when you are genuinely ready to interview
  • Practising thinking out loud under pressure
  • What rejections at your target level usually come down to
  • Balancing DSA, system design and behavioural preparation

43 mentors

  • Dmytro Kovalenko — Lead/Staff Software Engineer at netflix. Artificial intelligence, Backend, High load systems
  • Zhang Li — Principal PM Manager at microsoft. People Management, Large Language Models (LLM), Product Management
  • Abhinav Chittora — Senior Product Manager at microsoft. Machine Learning Algorithms, Product Roadmap, Product Lifecycle Management
  • Masha Melnikova — Sr Software Engineering Manager at unitedhealth group. Career coaching, Core energy, Life Coaching
  • Sakshi Varshney — Member of Technical Staff at salesforce. Teaching, WordPress, .NET Framework
  • Nidhi Chauhan — Executive Coach • Professional Resume Writer • LinkedIn & Interview Strategist • Outplacement Expert at uplifting you. Resume Writing, Interview Coaching, Career Development Coaching
  • David García — Senior Program Manager at amazon. Project Management, Business Growth Strategies, Business Development
  • Roberta Basili — Ex-Recruiter @Booking.com, Atlassian & TomTom | International Career Coach at roberta basili coaching. International Job Search, Career Transition, Career Coaching
  • Richa Gandhi — Senior Engineering Leader at godaddy. C#, Golang, Java
  • Vikas Malhotra — Tech Executive at amazon. Artificial Intelligence, GenAI, Java
  • Dilyana Radulova — Solutions Engineer at microsoft. Technical Demonstrations, Technical Presales, Presales
  • Lata Tewari — Chief Marketing Officer at webuters technologies pvt. ltd.. Marketing Operations, AI in Digital Marketing, Marketing Strategy
  • Bita Kazemi — Staff Software Engineer at atlassian. Career guidance, Handling layoffs and job loss, Recovering from career setbacks
  • Esha Srivastava — Sr. Technical Program Manager at ebay. Regulatory Portfolio Management, PMO Operating Model Design, AI-Powered Program Execution
  • Pulkit Sharma — Senior Software Engineer at microsoft. Product Development, Cross-functional Team Leadership, Continuous Integration (CI)
  • Deepak Tiwari — Senior Software Engineer at microsoft. C#, Java, AI
  • Alaa Alghwiri — Visiting Assistant Professor in Industrial Engineering and Assistant Dean for Entrepreneurship and Incubation at german-jordanian university. Data Science, Machine Learning, Deep Learning
  • Juan Cruz Viotti — Founder | Fractional CTO | O'Reilly author | JSON Schema TSC | Award-winning University of Oxford alumnus at sourcemeta. API Governance, Technical Writing, Engineering Management
  • Arun Kumar Singh — Site Reliability Engineer at google. AI Agents, Stakeholder Management, Site Reliability Engineering
  • Manami Rej — Global Career Coach | Leadership Advisor | Personal Branding Strategist at hellomonday. LinkedIn Coach, LinkedIn Trainer, Career Development Coaching
  • Seda Elibol — Career Coach | Product Manager at sedaelibol.com. Product Management, Product Strategy, User Research
  • Yoan Rock — Unreal Gameplay & UI Engineer at freelance. Career guidance, Handling layoffs and job loss, Growing into senior roles
  • Pranay Khatri — Senior Manager, Software Development Engineering at zillow. Building scalable systems, Career guidance, Handling layoffs and job loss
  • Neel Bhatt — Software Engineering Manager at rtl netherlands. Understanding generative AI, .NET, Improving system reliability
  • Mayank Bhasin — Principal Product Manager at microsoft. Ai, Cloud, Product Management
  • Pradeep Panigrahi — Principal Software Engineer at microsoft. C#, Microsoft Copilot, Large Language Models (LLM)
  • Rahul Bagai — AI and SaaS expert at assemblyai. Career guidance, Career transitions, Software development guidance
  • Madhukar Sharma — Staff Engineer, IoT Product Lead at qualcomm. C, C++, Linux Kernel Internals
  • Akanksha Gupta — Engineering Manager at amazon. Career guidance, Engineering beyond software, Career transitions
  • Anshika Bansal — Software Engineer 2 at amazon. Career guidance, Planning next career moves, Growing into senior roles
  • Alex Velazquez — Software Engineer & Interview Coach at work with alex v. Mentoring, Interview Preparation, Coaching
  • Kruti Shah — Staff Software Engineer at netflix. JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3
  • Mudra Senjaliya — Senior Software Engineer at aviv group gmbh. JavaScript, TypeScript, Python
  • Suiyao Chen — Applied Scientist at amazon. Career guidance, Career transitions, Switching roles or domains
  • Paras Shah — Senior Vice President (Tech) at bank of america. Software architecture, Career Coaching, Interviewing
  • Priyanka Gyawali — Chief Technology Officer at upplft. Technical Leadership, Enterprise Architecture, Artificial Intelligence (AI)
  • Marco Ferra — Career Coach | Consultant | Director | Senior Program Manager | Senior Project Manager at bright consulting. Career guidance, Career transitions, Switching roles or domains
  • Pratibha Singh — Career Coach at interview kickstart. Mentoring, Coaching & Mentoring, Screening Resumes
  • Roman Dahl — CEO & Managing Director at aeonda partners. Business operations, Strategic projects, KPI design
  • David Guida — Senior Software Engineer at microsoft. Design patterns, Software architecture, System programming
  • Siddharth Ray — Principal Engineering Manager at microsoft. Distributed systems, System design, Artificial intelligence
  • Fatima Taj — Senior Software Engineer at yelp. Software engineering, Technical interviews, Behavioral interviews
  • Lakshmi Mantena — Data Science Manager at ex-meta. Data science, Experimentation, Causal inference

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