"Before the Accelerator, I had no internships, no hackathons, no clubs, nothing on my resume. I also had no referrals or network and am an international student which makes things even more difficult. And just 6 weeks into the program, I was able to land an amazing 8-month paid software engineering internship offer at MacroHealth."
Before joining the program, I submitted over 200 applications with 0 interviews, my resume was 2 pages long, and I just felt stuck. After joining the accelerator, I landed a $50/hr internship with one of the leading AI companies in the country as just a sophomore in college!
In just four months with the Accelerator, I went from feeling underprepared for LeetCode and behavioral interviews to confidently landing a highly competitive Capital One software engineering internship through their Tech Incubator program. The mock interviews, behavioral frameworks, and feedback made all the difference.
After being laid off just three months into my first role and sending 200+ applications with almost no interviews, I felt completely stuck. By following the Accelerator’s resume revamp, networking playbook, and interview frameworks, I finally stood out and landed a software engineering job at a Minneapolis startup just 45 minutes from home — easily one of the best decisions I’ve made.
In about two and a half months with the Accelerator, I went from feeling lost in the U.S. hiring process, anxious about interviews, and scared to even open LeetCode to landing a remote full-time AI engineering role at Intelpeer.ai working on interactive voice response. The resume and LinkedIn revamp plus the structured interview prep made the difference and turned a stressful job search into a life-changing opportunity.
Even with prior internship experience, I knew I was missing structure and accountability. The Accelerator’s resume and LinkedIn reviews from real recruiters, referral system, and constant mock interview support helped me level up and land Capital One’s Technology Internship Program at about $65/hr plus housing/stipend. It was 100% worth it to get to that next level.
I was frustrated and worried about being unemployed — I even hated going on LinkedIn because everyone around me was getting offers. The program gave me structure and accountability — it felt like a real roadmap with homework and coaching calls that pushed me to stay consistent. The resume + LinkedIn feedback and mock interviews made a huge difference, and I used the coaching to prep specifically for PlayStation. It happened really fast — I interviewed last Friday and got the offer in less than a week. Now I feel relieved and excited — it’s PlayStation, and I love PlayStation.
Before the Accelerator, I started recruiting late and wasn’t confident I’d land the kind of offer I wanted — so I joined to maximize my chances. The biggest game-changer was the mock interviews — I did ~15–20 because I wanted to kill the nerves before the real thing. I got super clear guidance from the coaches on what Google looks for and how they grade, and that helped me prepare the right way.
Before the Accelerator, I had submitted around 100 applications as a freshman with no internships and still had zero interviews. The program helped me fix the real bottlenecks — the resume/LinkedIn feedback taught me how to stand out, the referral strategy helped me get 10–12 referrals, and the mock interview prep taught me how to communicate clearly while solving problems. I used those exact techniques in my real interviews and finally landed my first paid SWE internship — it honestly felt like a huge weight got lifted.
Before the Accelerator, I had sent 100+ applications and still had no interviews or OAs. The program helped me figure out what I was missing, from rebuilding my resume and learning how to use referrals, to getting real behavioral and technical mock interview practice. I went from not knowing what steps to take to landing my first paid software engineering internship at Ericsson. The biggest change was finally having a clear path and the confidence to execute it.
After getting let go from my last role, I realized I couldn’t keep trying to figure everything out alone. The Accelerator helped me rebuild the way I approached the search, from my mindset, to my LinkedIn and resume, to how I prepared for interviews and negotiated. I went from feeling stuck and unsure of my next move to landing a $145K developer role in New York. I’m glad I asked for help when I did, because I don’t think I would’ve reached this outcome without the Accelerator.
After graduating in Canada, I had applied to 100+ companies and was getting stuck at the online assessment stage because I didn’t have a strong LeetCode/interview process. Inside the Accelerator, I rebuilt my resume and LinkedIn, started reaching out for referrals, and got real technical + behavioral mock interview practice with the coaches. One referral turned into an interview almost immediately, and the mocks helped me stay confident and keep explaining my thought process during real interviews. That consistency helped me land a full-time software engineering offer in Canada, and now I have a system I can keep using to level up even further.
Before the Accelerator, I had strong experience from Nepal, but in the U.S. job market I was getting zero responses and wasn’t even landing OAs. The biggest unlock was rebuilding my resume with coaches who knew what recruiters look for, then using technical mocks to build real confidence for interviews. That process helped me go from almost giving up to landing a Tesla internship at $58.89/hr, plus housing and relocation support.
Before the Accelerator, I had the experience on paper, but I kept getting stopped in technical rounds and wasn’t converting interviews into offers. The biggest shift was learning how to prepare with intention — using mock interviews, slowing down on LeetCode, practicing how to explain my thinking, and getting clearer on how to position my background. That helped me turn the same experience into a much stronger interview performance and land a $110K full-time offer.
As a freshman, I didn’t really understand how recruiting worked, I was applying without a real system and going into interviews blind. The Accelerator helped me build the foundation early: improving my resume and LinkedIn, learning how to reach out to alumni, and building around 60 referrals. Even starting seriously in March, I was able to land my first software engineering internship at $28/hr. Now I have both the offer and a system I can keep using every recruiting cycle.
Before the Accelerator, my internship search felt messy. I had applied to 20–30 companies without a real system, no referrals, and no clear way to improve my LeetCode or interview prep. The program helped me rebuild everything: my resume, my networking strategy, my technical prep, and my confidence through mock interviews with people from top companies. That structure changed how I approached recruiting and helped me land a Capital One software engineering internship.
Before the Accelerator, I didn’t have a clear roadmap, no strong projects, no polished LinkedIn, and I wasn’t sure how to actually stand out for internships. The program helped me turn that around step by step: improving my resume, building real projects, learning how to reach out to engineers, and getting support from coaches who knew what companies were looking for. Even after 100+ rejections, I stayed consistent with the process, and that helped me land 4 internship offers, including a NASA software engineering internship.
Before the Accelerator, my job search felt all over the place. I was doing LeetCode, applying, and trying to get referrals, but I didn’t have a real structure or confidence that I was focusing on the right things. The program helped me organize the process, time-box my prep, get personalized resume feedback, and practice through mock interviews. One of the system design questions I practiced with a coach was almost exactly what I got in the real interview the next day. Within about 20 days, I went from feeling anxious and scattered to landing my EA software engineering offer.
Before joining, I was throwing applications everywhere and hoping something would work, I sent out 583 applications and still didn’t have the results I wanted. The Accelerator helped me completely change how I approached recruiting. Instead of mass applying, I learned how to be intentional: research companies, tailor my positioning, connect my skills to the role, and prepare through realistic mock interviews. That shift helped me turn one recruiting cycle into 12–15 interviews, 2 offers, and an internship.
Before the Accelerator, I had applied to nearly 600 companies and hadn't landed a single interview, I didn't even understand how recruiting worked. After joining, Aman's advice to "be as outrageous as you can possibly defend" on my resume, plus hands-on mock interview coaching, changed everything. I landed an offer as a Full Stack Development Engineer at Tesla, at $45/hour. Four months ago I couldn't get an interview, now I'm telling people at networking events that I'm an engineer at Tesla.
Before the Accelerator, I had submitted around 500 applications on my own and landed only one or two interviews. After being laid off and briefly trying a role at Accenture, I enrolled within two weeks of quitting. Yvonne called my first mock behavioral answer "horrible" and made me rework it, that same answer came up almost word-for-word in my real interview. Just five weeks into the program, I had an offer as a Software Engineer at Lighthouse: $135,000 base plus a $5,000 sign-on bonus. You have to leverage your network, people will help you even if they're strangers.
Before the Accelerator, I was stuck at entry-level after 3 years of experience, a couple hundred cold applications over a year, zero referrals, almost no responses. I finished the program's modules in my first two weeks and went from zero referrals in a year to four or five in my first month. One of those referrals became my offer: Mid-Level Backend Engineer at Justworks, $150K, up from around $100K at entry-level. My coach even helped me negotiate the number higher. As Ahad put it, "time is money" landing the offer sooner than he would have alone made the program pay for itself. Sometimes you just need external criticism on what you're doing right and wrong.
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Before the Accelerator, I was heading into my final year of school and hit a rough patch: past internships fell through, and a strong summer went by without landing anything. I ended up in a government internship that fall, which wasn't a great fit either. The Accelerator helped me rebuild my LinkedIn, structure my behavioral answers using the STAR method, and sharpen my outreach. I landed a one-year contract role through TCS, placed at Bank of Montreal, starting around $83K, with the possibility of extension or conversion to permanent.
Before the Accelerator, I had only submitted about 15 applications and felt anxious about not landing a role that would move my career forward. Through resume reviews, office hours, and community feedback, I strengthened my materials and added a research position to my resume, the transformation was "day and night." A turning point was realizing the job search is a numbers game, not just referrals, which pushed me to nearly 300 applications. I landed a software engineering internship offer at Klaviyo in Boston for summer 2026, at an estimated $50/hour plus a $5,000 sign-on bonus, and gained real confidence marketing myself and networking on LinkedIn.
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Before the Accelerator, I was a second-year software engineering student at McGill and had submitted around 60 applications without landing an internship. I joined for the discipline and structure I was missing: my resume, LinkedIn, and job search were disorganized. Mock interviews, especially the behavioral sessions, were the most valuable part for me; they helped me get past my shyness and learn to promote myself. I secured my offer through a cold application: a 16-week, full-time software engineering internship at Rocket Lab in Toronto, working on star trackers and reaction wheels, at $30/hour CAD plus a $2,400 relocation stipend.
Before the Accelerator, I had applied to around 100 internships without landing a single interview. After working with the program's recruiters and engineers to rebuild my resume and focusing on mock behavioral and technical prep, I went from zero interviews in late September to six within a few weeks, including a final round with Morgan Stanley and interviews with Macy's and CGI. I accepted a software engineering internship offer at Wells Fargo in Charlotte, $48/hour. The skills I built around resumes, strategic applying, and interviewing are ones I'll use for the rest of my career.
Before the Accelerator, I had no real roadmap for landing an internship, I needed structure and accountability. The program gave me guidance on my resume, LinkedIn, and outreach, plus a "staircase" mindset: start at the bottom and work your way up. I competed in Code for Good, a selective 24-hour hackathon for nonprofits, which became my practical interview process, it led directly to a software engineering internship offer at JP Morgan, at an estimated $50/hour plus a signing bonus. If you don't have an existing network in tech, this program is worth the investment.”
Before the Accelerator, I was a Software Engineer II at Walmart who got laid off and spent 7-9 months submitting around 1,500 applications with no results. After Aman's team helped me overhaul my resume and push back into my existing network, "the companies were coming flying." I ended up with two offers at once, Peraton and Actifai and used one to negotiate the other into a stronger package worth roughly $118K-$120K base. Turns out I wasn't doing anything wrong. I just didn't know the game.
As a sophomore at UCF and a member of the Army Reserves, I wasn't sure my background fit the traditional software engineering path, my parents were skeptical too. MITRE rejected me twice before a third interview came through, and I almost removed my Army Reserves experience from my resume before applying. Yvonne stopped me, that experience is likely what got me the offer. I start as a Software Engineering Intern at MITRE Corporation this summer at $28/hour. Doing it on your own just takes longer to learn.
I started working with Aman as an international student with no internship experience, hundreds of applications, and no interviews or results. I was lost before the Accelerator. After joining, I landed my first paid internship at $34/hour and then eventually an outstanding offer at Google (YouTube on the AI team). From the bottom of my heart, this would not have been possible without the Accelerator. This program truly changed my life.
As a student in Canada, I honestly didn’t know the Accelerator could help me break into the U.S. market — especially at a FAANG-level company like Bloomberg. But once I had the right structure, resume/LinkedIn positioning, outreach strategy, and mock interview prep, everything became much clearer. I went from not knowing if that kind of opportunity was realistic to landing Bloomberg in NYC, with relocation and housing support.
"I was one of Aman's first students. Before joining the Accelerator, I had submitted over 200 applications and didn't get a single interview. After completing the program and applying the Accelerator framework, everything changed. I landed offers from Amazon, Boeing, Oracle, and Costco, plus more than 25 interviews. This program truly changed the game for me and was 100% worth it."
Before the Accelerator, I had a solid internship at Nutanix but no full-time offer, my OAs kept blocking me, and the market was brutal. After going through the Accelerator and using Aman’s interview framework and mock interviews, I passed three rounds at Amazon and landed a full-time SWE offer in Bellevue with over $200,000 in total compensation. It genuinely became the best investment of my life and I don’t think I would’ve passed the interviews without the Accelerator.
Before the Accelerator, I had no internships and had submitted over 100 applications with no luck. After the program, I used the systems Aman taught me to land over 30 interviews and eventually secure multiple offers -- including one at an amazing company like IBM. I couldn't have done it without the Accelerator, and I'm so glad I joined!
Before the Accelerator, I was an international student hearing the same thing over and over: the market is bad, sponsorship is hard, and most people don’t get anything. But once I joined, I stopped guessing and focused on what actually mattered — line-by-line resume feedback, LinkedIn positioning, recruiter messaging, and company-specific Amazon prep. The coaches helped me prepare for behavioral questions and LeetCode patterns that were extremely close to the real interview, and I ended up landing an Amazon internship in San Francisco — one of the biggest wins of my career so far.
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Before the Accelerator, I was doing cold applications with no real plan. Then someone in the community connected me to the right person—and I had my first interview within 24 hours. When it came time to negotiate, I had expert help in my corner and raised my offer by 12%. I ended up landing a $180K base salary + 1.5% equity as employee #2 at a startup. The biggest shift was realizing I didn’t have to do this alone—I just had to leverage the right people and process.
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Before the Accelerator, I’d sent ~230 applications and still wasn’t getting consistent interviews. Once I stopped mass applying and focused on referrals + networking (hundreds of targeted outreaches), interviews started coming in reliably. Then I used the mock interviews to sharpen my answers fast. I ended up landing 3 internship offers — including LinkedIn (Systems & Infrastructure) at ~$70/hr + $8K relocation.
Before the Accelerator, I was a Cornell grad student who honestly avoided real technical interviews — I was lazily applying and only getting tiny-company offers through my network. After joining, I built a real system: fixed my resume, started applying early, worked referrals, and drilled both technical + behavioral prep through mocks until the nerves went away. I ended up landing a Capital One TDP new-grad SWE offer in Virginia — $123K base + $25K sign-on + ~$5K relocation (about $155K–$160K first year). The Accelerator gave me the structure and reps I was missing.
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