Early Engineering Interview Course

Nail Your Next Early Engineering Interview

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Designed for software engineers with less than three years of experience, this Early Engineering Interview course for entry-level software engineers is the boost you need to kickstart your career.

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Why choose this course?

Program designed by FAANG+ leads

Covering data structures, algorithms, interview-relevant topics, and career coaching

Individualized teaching and 1:1 help

Technical coaching, homework assistance, solutions discussion, and individual sessions

Mock interviews with Silicon Valley engineers

Live interview practice in real-life simulated environments with FAANG and top-tier interviewers

Personalized feedback

Constructive, structured, and actionable insights for improved interview performance

Career skills development

Resume building, LinkedIn profile optimization, personal branding, and live behavioral workshops

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If you do well in our course but still don't land a domain-relevant job within the post-program support period, we'll refund 50% of the tuition you paid for the course.*

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Meet your instructors

Our highly experienced instructors are active hiring managers and employees at FAANG+ companies and know exactly what it takes to ace tech and managerial interviews.

Omkar Deshpande

Head of Curriculum

15+ years experience

A typical week at Interview Kickstart

This is how we make your journey structured and organized. Our learners spend 10-12 hours each week on this course.

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Get Foundation content

Get high-quality videos and course material for next week’s topic

Covers introduction to fundamentals, interview-relevant topics on DSA and problem solving

Attend timed test and review session

1-hour timed test covering essential interview questions on the current week's topics

1-hour timed test review session to discuss the test solution and other best practices

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Attend online live sessions

Attend 5-hour sessions that cover topics from Sorting, Recursion, Trees, Graphs, and Dynamic Programming

A FAANG+ instructor will discuss various coding patterns, coding interview questions, and how to approach these questions

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Solve coding problems & MCQs

Practice concepts taught in live sessions to solve assignment questions

Attempt MCQs from foundation material to brush up on your learnings

Take help from academic support for your queries related to coding problems and MCQs

Live doubt-solving with FAANG+ Software Engineers by booking a technical coaching session

Everyday

1:1 access to instructors

Personalized coaching from FAANG+ Engineers

Individualized and detailed attention to your questions

Solution walkthroughs

Early Engineering Course details and curriculum

Data Structures and Algorithms

Sorting

Introduction to Sorting
Basics of Asymptotic Analysis and Worst Case and Average Case Analysis
Different Sorting Algorithms and their comparison
Algorithm paradigms like Divide and Conquer, Decrease and Conquer, Transform and Conquer
Presorting
Extensions of Merge Sort, Quick Sort, and Heap Sort
Sorting-related common interview coding problems

Recursion

Recursion as a Lazy Manager’s Strategy
Recursive Mathematical Functions
Combinatorial Enumeration
Exhaustive Enumeration and General Template
Letter Case Permutations, Subsets, Permutations, and Backtracking
Recursion-related common interview coding problems

Trees

Dictionaries and Sets, Hash Tables
Binary Search Trees, BST Search, Insert, Min, Max, Successor and Predecessor, and Delete
Tree Traversals and Constructions
BFS Problems
DFS Problems
Diameter of a Binary Tree and Count Univalue Subtrees
Tree Construction
Trees-related common interview coding problems

Graphs

Graphs: Overview
Problem definition of the 7 Bridges of Konigsberg
What is a graph, vertex and properties of vertex, Eulerian cycles and its properties
Adjacency Lists, Adjacency Matrices, Adjacency Maps
Graphs traversal BFS and DFS, BFS Tree, DFS stack-based implementation
Finding connected components of a graph
Graphs in interviews
Number of Connected Components in Undirected Graph
Graph Valid Tree, Is Graph Bipartite, Number of Islands, Snake and Ladders, Course Schedule
Graphs-related common interview coding problems

Dynamic Programming

Dynamic Programming Introduction
Top-down Memoization
Bottom-up Tabulation
Climbing n stairs, subsets of size k, unique paths in a grid, path sum, coin change
Unique Paths II, Word Break, Partition Equal Subset Sum, Edit Distance
DP-related common interview coding problems

Career Coaching

Interview Strategy and Success

Behavioral Interview Prep

Offers and Negotiation

Support Period

15 mock interviews

Take classes you missed/retake classes/tests

1:1 technical/career coaching

Additional topics covered during the Support Period

Linked Lists
Stacks and Queues
Binary Search
Arrays: Sliding Windows, Prefix Sums, Decrease and Conquer, etc.
Strings: KMP, Rabin Karp, etc.
Bit Manipulation
Greedy Algorithms
Number Problems (coding problems based on Math, Number Theory, etc.)
Interval Line Sweep
Monotonic Stacks
Trie
Segment Tree
Binary Index Tree
Advanced Graphs: Disjoint Set Union (union-find), Kruskal’s Algorithm, Prim’s algorithm, Dijkstra’s algorithm, A* Algorithm, DAG Problems, etc.

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Practice and track progress on UpLevel

UpLevel will be your all-in-one learning platform to get you FAANG-ready, with 10,000+ interview questions, timed tests, videos, mock interviews suite, and more.

Mock interviews suite

On-demand timed tests

In-browser online judge

10,000 interview questions

100,000 hours of video explanations

Class schedules & activity alerts

Real-time progress update

11 programming languages

Get upto 15 mock interviews with

hiring managers

What makes our mock Interviews the best:

Hiring managers from Tier-1 companies like Google & Apple

Interview with the best. No one will prepare you better!

Domain-specific interviews

Practice for your target domain - Machine Learning

Detailed personalized feedback

Identify and work on your improvement areas

Transparent, non-anonymous interviews

Get the most realistic experience possible

More about mock interviews

1. Flexible schedule

Pick timings convenient to you

4. Technical and behavioral interviews

Uplevel your technical and behavioral interview skills

2. Remote interview experience

Mirrors the current format of remote interviews

5. Level-specific interviews

Because an L4 at Google can be quite different from an E7 at Meta

3. Feedback documentation

All the feedback you’ve ever wanted, recorded and documented

6. Interviewer of your choice

Choose based on domain

Career impact

Our engineers land high-paying and rewarding offers from the biggest tech companies, including Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Apple, Amazon, Tesla, and Netflix.

Kalpana Natrajan

Interview Kickstart is very helpful for working professionals. The format of the course is well designed. (Completing foundation material before a live class, and then follow up review class), giving ample time on a particular topic. It's not self-paced, but that's what made me chose it because it motivates us to complete the course in the timeframe, and not sign-up and forget.Special kudos to the Support team for being so prompt in responding to your queries and hopping on to a call and patiently, personally help you reschedule classes, and advise.

Shruti Sharma

Data Scientist II

Work at:

Interview Kickstart provides a comprehensive course that helps in interview preparation. I was part of Early Engineering Program and I found the course content to be of great quality. The video lectures, Live sessions and the overall structure of the course helps in better understanding of the concepts and provides a good hands-on coding experience.

Boyd Lever

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As a software development engineer, IK helped me secure competitive interviews at big tech companies. I look forward to working with them again in the future as I build expertise in system design.

David Espinosa

Placed at:

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 twice because of my grandmother's death and because a hurricane affected me, so they have been very helpful with that.

How to enroll for the Early Engineering Interview Course?

Learn more about Interview Kickstart and the Early Engineering Interview Course by joining the free webinar hosted by Ryan Valles, co-founder of Interview Kickstart. You can also talk to our program advisors to get additional program-related details.

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A Free Guide to Kickstart Your Back-End Engineering Career at FAANG+

From the interview process and career path to interview questions and salary details — learn everything you need to know about Software Engineering careers at top tech companies.

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Interview Strategy and Success

Interview Questions

Career Path

Salary and Levels at FAANG

Frequently Asked Questions

Early Engineering Interview Process Outline

The interview process at FAANG+ and other Tier-1 companies for entry-level software engineering interviews vary a bit for each company. However, the general structure is as follows:

Initial screening: Includes a telephonic interview and may include an online assessment. These rounds also test your understanding of DSA, problem-solving, and communication skills.
On-site: 3-5 on-site rounds, which include 2-3 rounds on DSA/Problem Solving and 1-2 rounds on soft skills (behavioral).

Our Early Engineering Course will cover all the best practices, skills, and tips you need to know to nail these rounds.

What to Expect at an Entry-level Software Engineer Interview

Coding Challenge

In this particular round, the candidate may receive a list of requirements and a skeleton code and would be asked to complete the code and submit it after completing the code in their own environment.

Phone/ Video Interview

There may generally be 1 to 3 phone/ video interviews, typically on data structures and algorithms.

On-Site

The questions in the on-site interviews are similar to the phone interview questions. In this final round, you will likely be coding on a whiteboard (a few companies like Snapchat may let you bring your own laptop to code on-site).

Behavioral – Typically done over the phone with a recruiter or the hiring manager for the role. In this round, the recruiter wants to figure out if the appearing candidate would be a good fit for the role, both based on experiences as well as the ability to communicate.

Entry-level Software Engineering Interview Questions

Let us look at some interview questions involving data structures (arrays, linked lists, trees, hash tables, queues, strings, etc.) and algorithms (search, sort, etc.). We will also look at some behavioral interview questions below.

Entry-level Software Engineering Data Structures Coding Interview Questions

Find the minimum (or maximum) element of an array.

Given a sorted array, return the index of a given value or -1 if the element cannot be found.

Merge two sorted lists.

Delete the node in a linked list.

Insert a node into a sorted doubly linked list.

Convert sorted array to binary search tree.

Merge two binary trees.

Given the root of a binary tree, invert the tree, and return its root.

Count the number of subarrays having a given XOR.

Implementing our Own Hash Table with Separate Chaining in Java.

Find whether an array is a subset of another array.

Implement stack using queues.

Remove all adjacent duplicates in the string.

Evaluate the value of an arithmetic expression in Reverse Polish Notation.

Compute the running median of a sequence of numbers. That is, given a stream of numbers, print out the median of the list so far after each new element.

Given an integer array nums and an integer k, return the kth largest element in the array.

Entry-level Software Engineering Algorithms Coding Interview Questions

Given an undirected graph, determine if it contains a cycle.

Given a reference of a node in a connected undirected graph, return a deep copy (clone) of the graph.

How many numbers are smaller than the current number.

Given an array of integers nums, sort the array in ascending order.

Given the head of a linked list, return the list after sorting it in ascending order.

Get maximum in the generated array.

Longest increasing subsequence.

Given n, calculate the Fibonacci sequence.

Entry-level Software Engineering Interview Questions on Behavioral Skills

Tell me about yourself.

Why software engineering?

Tell me about a time you made a mistake.

Tell me about your project, x, and what you contributed.

Tell us about a time when you received criticism about your work and how you handled it.

If you have to deliver negative feedback to members of your development team, how would you do it?

Tell me about your favorite development project to date and what it was like from start to finish.

What is your experience with GoTo, and do you prefer structured programming?

For more, check our article on Behavioral Interview Questions for Software Developers.

Entry-level Software Engineer Career

So you’ve decided to be a Software Engineer. It’s important to know what’s expected of the role and what skills you need to have to excel in it. We’ll also discuss salary and levels to clear any nagging doubts you may have in those areas.

Entry-level Software Engineer Job Requirements: Roles and Responsibilities

An early engineer can be referred to as an entry-level engineering professional who reports to and learns from a Senior Engineer. These engineers are responsible for the execution of original/ maintenance works and maintenance of material accounts and public assets with which they are concerned.

An early engineer can also be termed as a Junior Engineer who essentially carrier out the following roles and responsibilities:

Identifying problems and discovering solutions

Working on ongoing projects based on specifications

Collaborating with teams of other engineers

Staying up to date with international engineering trends

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Making improvements to existing products and software etc.

Implementing solutions and designs

Skills that’ll help you as a Software Engineer:

Excellent verbal and written communication ability

Ability to comprehend and follow directions

DSA Skills

Coding Fluency

Problem Solving

Don’t forget to thoroughly read the Technical Program Manager job description for the specific role you’re applying for. The Technical Program Manager job description differs depending on the position, level, and the company.

Required qualifications to become a Software Engineer:
Basic qualifications:

B.S. in Computer Science (CS), Information Technology (IT), Information Systems (IS), Electrical Engineering (EE), Computer Engineering (CE), Informatics, or Software Engineering (SE)

Knowledge of basic computer science concepts, programming, and Information Systems

Interest and willingness to travel and relocate

Preferred qualifications:

0-2 + years of professional experience

Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills

Solid coding practices

Career Roadmap for a Junior Software Engineer

The typical career progression for a junior engineering role looks like the following:

Junior Engineer -> Engineer/ Senior Engineer -> Technical Design Architect/ Senior Engineering Partner -> Senior Architect/ Enterprise Architect

For more information on career paths, check our article on Best IT Career Paths for Software Professionals.

Entry-level Software Engineer Salary and Levels at FAANG

The average Entry-level Engineer salary in the US is $67,503, but the salary range typically falls between $47,493 and $78,676. Salary ranges can vary widely depending on many important factors, including education, certifications, additional skills, and professional experience.

Meta Entry-level Engineer Salary

The average Meta Entry-level Engineer earns $184,000 annually, which includes a base salary of $122,000 with a $21,000 bonus.

Entry-level Engineer at Meta

Average compensation by level

Level name

Total

Base

Stock (/yr)

Bonus

US$184K

US$122K

US$42K

US$21K

Amazon Entry-level Engineer Salary

The average Amazon Entry-level Engineer earns $166,000 annually, which includes a base salary of $126,000 with a $20,000 bonus.

Entry-level Engineer at Amazon

Average compensation by level

Level name

Total

Base

Stock (/yr)

Bonus

US$166K

US$126K

US$22K

US$20K

Apple Entry-level Engineer Salary

The average Apple Entry-level Engineer earns $163,000 annually, which includes a base salary of $125,000 with a $16,000 bonus.

Entry-level Engineer at Apple

Average compensation by level

Level name

Total

Base

Stock (/yr)

Bonus

ICT2

US$163K

US$125K

US$26K

US$16K

Netflix Entry-level Engineer Salary

The average Netflix Entry-level Engineer earns an estimated $226,000 annually, which includes an estimated base salary of $206,000 with a $20,000 bonus.

Entry-level Engineer at Netflix

Average compensation by level

Level name

Total

Base

Stock (/yr)

Bonus

New Grad SW. Engineer

US$226K

US$206K

US$19K

US$20K

Google Entry-level Engineer Salary

The average Google Entry-level Engineer earns $191,000 annually, which includes a base salary of $131,000 with a $21,000 bonus.

Entry-level Engineer at Google

Average compensation by level

Level name

Total

Base

Stock (/yr)

Bonus

US$184K

US$122K

US$39K

US$21K

FAQs on Early Engineering Interview Course

What should an entry-level software engineer know?

An entry-level software engineer should have DSA and problem-solving skills. They should at least be skilled in one object-oriented programming language and know how to implement the principles of object-oriented design. They should also have good communication skills and should be able to communicate technical concepts.

What should a beginner software engineer do?

A beginner software engineer should aim to get really good at debugging, and code documentation, improve their programming skills, learn from the more experienced, and gain experience while learning.

Which language is the best for software engineers?

<div>C++, Java, and Python are the most popular choices for programming languages among software engineers.</div>

What qualities should a programmer have?

<div>Problem-solving ability, creativity, curiosity to upskill and learn, patience, logical thinking, and self-discipline.</div>

What are some rules new Software Engineers should try to follow?

<div>Follow coding standards, avoid technical debt, use the resources and tools at your disposal, and gain clarity about the task required first and foremost.</div>

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Why choose this course?

Program designed by FAANG+ leads

Individualized teaching and 1:1 help

Mock interviews with Silicon Valley engineers

Personalized feedback

Career skills development

50% Money-Back Guarantee*

Next webinar starts in

Meet your instructors

Omkar Deshpande

A typical week at Interview Kickstart

Thu

Sun

Mon-Wed

Everyday

Early Engineering Course details and curriculum

Sorting

Recursion

Trees

Graphs

Dynamic Programming

Interview Strategy and Success

Behavioral Interview Prep

Offers and Negotiation

15 mock interviews

Take classes you missed/retake classes/tests

1:1 technical/career coaching

Additional topics covered during the Support Period

Next webinar starts in

Practice and track progress on UpLevel

Get upto 15 mock interviews with

hiring managers

Hiring managers from Tier-1 companies like Google & Apple

Domain-specific interviews

Detailed personalized feedback

Transparent, non-anonymous interviews

1. Flexible schedule

4. Technical and behavioral interviews

2. Remote interview experience

5. Level-specific interviews

3. Feedback documentation

6. Interviewer of your choice

Career impact

Kalpana Natrajan

Shruti Sharma

Boyd Lever

David Espinosa

How to enroll for the Early Engineering Interview Course?

Next webinar starts in

A Free Guide to Kickstart Your Back-End Engineering Career at FAANG+

Early Engineering Interview Process Outline

What to Expect at an Entry-level Software Engineer Interview

Entry-level Software Engineering Interview Questions

Entry-level Software Engineer Career

Entry-level Software Engineer Salary and Levels at FAANG

Netflix Entry-level Engineer Salary

Entry-level Engineer at Netflix

Level name

Total

Base

Stock (/yr)

Bonus

Google Entry-level Engineer Salary

FAQs on Early Engineering Interview Course

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