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I joined Pathrise 2019 November cohort in my sophomore year and thanks to the program, I was able to land my first internship as a sophomore, which I at first thought was impossible. My mentor helped me (through 1-on-1 sessions) throughout the whole recruiting process - from how to talk in school career fair, express my abilities better in my resume, to how to do well in technical and behavioral interviews. The insights and knowledge I gained during the program has lasted even until now and in my junior year, I was able to score my second internship at a larger company. Everyone at Pathrise are very approachable and I really felt they genuinely wanted to help me. I can't express my gratitude enough to Pathrise!

I joined a coding bootcamp and did not have luck finding my first software engineer job several months after I graduated from the bootcamp. Then I joined Pathrise program, which helped me improve my technical and non-technical interview skills a lot. I started to get more interviews and eventually I took one of the two job offers I got. I’ve had my first software engineer job almost one year now and I really love it. And I really appreciate Pathrise’s help!

Loved my mentor, got a lot of support from him and the program to get to my current interviewing proficiency. Happily employed now!

LIFE CHANGING. Join this program as soon as you can. I was lucky to join Pathrise in my sophomore year of college and all the stuff I learned is still helping me in my job search! They are a brilliant bunch of helpful people. The fee is slightly steep but pays itself off in the long run.

Being a Pathrise Alumni, I would highly recommend joining Pathrise if you want to surround yourself with like-minded people be it, mentors or students, just like you, who are dedicated to land you the best job you can possibly have. Group coding sessions, pair programming sessions, and mock interview sessions with your mentor are really helpful to develop your skills for the real world. It was one of the great decisions I made and I am thankful to Pathrise for guiding me in a tough time.

Before I joined Pathrise, I had done some reading up on Pathrise by looking online. Because PathRise was still relatively new, there wasn’t a lot of public information/reviews out there from former users (except for the ones on the Pathrise website, which I didn’t know if I could trust ). I turned to Reddit, the front page of the internet. So here’s where it gets interesting - there are a lot of posts about folks asking about the program, followed by other users berating Pathrise! The complaints range from moderately/arguably true (“Pathrise didn’t give me 1000 referrals!” ) to outright lies ("Pathrise is a predatory program which is feeding on the insecurities of international students "). What’s more important is that I almost did not join Pathrise because of all this noise. But thankfully, I chose to discover it myself, and that was the best decision I took in my job hunt! There is a two week trial period where Pathrise gives you all the resources that they give to their signed fellows, which lets you make a decision. I was hooked, right from day 1! There are one-on-ones with my technical mentor and career mentor, Pair Programming sessions, Interview reflection sessions, Software workshops, and a plethora of resources. Before Pathrise, I was getting a lot of rejections, and though I knew this was the norm, I couldn't point my finger at what I was doing wrong (or right). That made me doubt every single thing I did and was eating up a lot of my mental space. My career coach took off this load - by reviewing my resume, my application pipeline, and working with me to come up with a plan. My results improved overnight! My technical mentor helped me identify silly mistakes I was making while doing interviews, and helped me focus on my weak points. Long story short, I got two offers (one of which was Amazon) within 3 months of joining the cohort! I had another last round interview lined up, which I was very confident about, but decided not to pursue it since I was ready to take up one of the previous offers! My mentors also helped me during the negotiation phase, and that in itself paid for the 9% cut that Pathrise takes on my salary later. I was more than satisfied with the program, and I made a lot of valuable relationships along the way, with other people from the program - who themselves got offers from really good companies. If you are someone like me who was worried about joining, I'd recommend joining the two week trial period. I'm sure you'll love it, and find it extremely useful!

The advisors are really great! I found the 4-week core program to be super helpful. Recruiting is a bit of a blackbox and Pathrise provides you with industry professionals who are able to point you to the right places and shape you into the candidate you want to be! They prepare you for your (likely) first job out of college by helping you improve your technical skills and other soft skills. The support from other students in the community is great too!

The advisors do care about every fellow and provide support from every aspect. As a new grad without industrial experience, finding a full-time job can be very daunting but Pathrise definitely makes it easier.