Bengaluru, India · Full time · Posted Oct 22, 2026
What does the role entail?
Connecting with customers to understand their needs and challenges as they prepare for upcoming tech interviews.
Providing guidance and support to candidates on course selection and prerequisites.
Effectively communicating product offerings and how they align with candidate goals.
Offering personalized strategies and resources to help candidates succeed.
Maintaining relationships with candidates throughout their preparation journey.
Tracking candidate progress and providing feedback for improvement.
Staying abreast of industry trends and interview processes to provide the most relevant advice.
Contributing to developing training materials and resources for candidates.
What could excite you?
Complete ownership; there is minimal management and extreme autonomy
High pedigree, high calibre team
Contribute directly to the success of the business & the top-line impact
Top-of-the-line compensation
Requirements
1 - 5 Years of experience in a customer-facing or advisor role, preferably in education or career services.
Strong understanding of technical interview processes and preparation strategies.
Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
Ability to build rapport with customers and provide tailored support.
Experience with CRM software and managing candidate databases.
Ovii Interpretation
The Program Advisor guides candidates preparing for technical interviews, helping them choose suitable courses and build a personalized preparation plan. The role combines candidate relationship support, progress feedback, and clear communication about learning offerings.
Role at a glance
Candidate advisingTechnical interview preparationCourse guidancePersonalized supportCandidate progress trackingCustomer-facing role
Understand candidates’ interview goals, needs, and preparation challenges.
Recommend courses and explain relevant prerequisites and product options.
Develop tailored preparation strategies and share useful resources.
Maintain candidate relationships throughout the preparation process.
Monitor progress and give feedback to support improvement.
Keep current with technical interview practices and industry trends.
Contribute to training materials and candidate resources.
Good fit signals
Has 1–5 years in a customer-facing or advising role; education or career services experience is preferred.
Understands technical interview processes and preparation strategies.
Communicates clearly in writing and conversation and can build rapport with candidates.
Can tailor guidance to individual goals and provide ongoing progress support.
Has experience using CRM software and maintaining candidate databases.
Meet Interview Kickstart
Interview Kickstart is a career-upskilling and technical interview preparation company founded in 2014 for experienced technology professionals. Its programs cover software engineering, AI and machine learning, data, product management, engineering management and other technical domains, combining live instruction, projects, mock interviews, resume support, career coaching and salary negotiation. The company says it has helped more than 25,000 professionals and works with hundreds of instructors and mentors from major technology companies. It also develops AI-powered career tools and enterprise AI-training offerings. In 2026, the business began transitioning the Interview Kickstart consumer brand to Dexity, operated by the same parent company, Upward and Onward Inc.
Founded
2014
Company size
201-500 employees
Company stage
Not known
Headquarters
Wilmington, USA
Why work here
Interview Kickstart offers candidates exposure to AI-powered education, career technology and large-scale technical upskilling. Current engineering roles involve production agentic-AI systems using Python, Django, FastAPI, LangChain, LangGraph, OpenAI, Gemini, Anthropic and vector databases, alongside Next.js and Playwright. The company says it has supported 25,000+ tech professionals and works with hundreds of instructors from major technology companies. Its careers material highlights ownership, rapid progression, flexible work and health and home-office benefits. Candidates should also weigh recent organizational change: the company restructured parts of its workforce in 2026 and is transitioning the Interview Kickstart brand to Dexity as it becomes more AI-focused.
Industry
AI & Technology Career Upskilling and Interview Preparation
SMSoham MehtaCo-Founder and Chief Product & Technology OfficerView bioHide bio
Co-founder and Chief Product & Technology Officer. Mehta previously worked at Microsoft and eBay and was an early engineer and Director of Engineering at Box. He studied computer science at the University of Southern California and founded Interview Kickstart around technical skill development and interview preparation.
Co-founder and CEO. Valles has more than two decades of entrepreneurial and management experience. He previously served as Entrepreneur in Residence at Accel Partners, was CEO of Dealsandyou.com and founded ventures including RYSA and Urbanspace. He studied Economics at St. Stephen's College and leads growth and external strategy at Interview Kickstart.
ODOmkar DeshpandeHead of Technical CurriculumView bioHide bio
Leads technical curriculum and teaching. Deshpande earned a PhD in Computer Science from Stanford and previously worked at Kosmix, which became part of Walmart Labs. He also co-founded education startup The Young Socratics and has developed extensive computer science and machine-learning curriculum at Interview Kickstart.
RJRaghav JainHead of Interview Prep BusinessView bioHide bio
Leads Interview Kickstart's interview-preparation business. Jain is an IIT Bombay alumnus with experience managing businesses across e-commerce, food technology and education technology. His previous roles include leadership responsibilities at BYJU'S, Swiggy and Quikr.
Interview Kickstart began transitioning its consumer brand to Dexity while retaining the same team, programs, instructors and learner accounts. Dexity positions the offering around AI-era career acceleration, technical interview preparation and AI-powered career tools.
Blume-Backed Interview Kickstart Lays Off Nearly 50 Employees Amid AI Automation Push
Inc42·
Interview Kickstart carried out a restructuring affecting fewer than 50 employees according to co-founder Soham Mehta. The company was increasing automation and expanding AI-focused businesses; Mehta said its AI business had grown 90% in the previous year and was up 26% year over year through March 2026.
Interview Kickstart, a profitable startup, raises maiden funding to tackle tech talent crunch
TechCrunch·
Interview Kickstart raised $10 million from Blume Ventures in its first external funding round after operating as a bootstrapped and cash-flow-positive company. The capital was earmarked for expanding AI offerings, additional career domains and global growth.