Every tool on this site¶
Every tool and resource the guides link to, in one place, grouped by the job it does. Free first in each table.
Tip: Prices and free tiers change. The figures here are as of Oct 2026. Check the tool's own pricing page before you pay for anything.
Official policy pages, news articles, single blog posts and company career pages stay on the page that cites them. Programs and fellowships are on Programs. Conferences and fairs are on Career fairs. Jugal's posts are on Every Ascend post by topic.
How to use this page¶
- Find the job you are doing right now, for example "verify an email" or "practice an OA".
- Pick the first free tool in that table.
- Open the page in the last column for the exact steps.
Job search¶
| Tool | Free/Paid | What it does | Where it's covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| SimplifyJobs Summer 2027 Internships | Free | Community list of open Summer 2027 internships with direct links, plus off-season and closed files. Check the newest rows every day in season | Finding and applying |
| SimplifyJobs New Grad Positions | Free | The same kind of list for new grad roles | Where to find jobs |
| SWEList | Free | Emails you when new rows land in the Simplify lists. Turn on daily alerts | Finding and applying |
| speedyapply 2027 SWE College Jobs and 2027 AI College Jobs | Free | US and international internship lists with a salary column. Outside the US, open the international file | Finding and applying |
| zapplyjobs Internships 2027 and New Grad Jobs 2027 | Free | Daily backup lists. Cross-check once a week for roles Simplify missed | Finding and applying |
| vanshb03 Summer 2027 Internships and New Grad 2027 | Free | Community lists with no commits from Aug 23 to Oct 4, 2026. Cross-check only | Finding and applying |
| NUFT 2027 Quant Internships | Free | Quant intern list by Northwestern FinTech. Use it as a company list, then apply on each firm's site | Finding and applying |
| Jobright 2026 SWE New Grad | Free | Auto-updated new grad list. Use it as a backup feed | Where to find jobs |
| Canadian Tech Internships 2027 | Free | Internship list for Canada-based students | Where to find jobs |
| HiringCafe | Free | Searches jobs pulled from company career pages, with an AI agent that watches for new matches. Filter by experience level and date posted | Where to find jobs |
| Handshake | Free for students | US school-linked internships, new grad roles and employer events. Finish your profile before fall | Where to find jobs |
| LinkedIn Jobs, new grad, past 24 hours | Free | A ready search sorted by newest. Change the keywords for your role and save it | Where to find jobs |
| Intern List and newgrad-jobs.com | Free | Jobright-run lists of internships and 0 to 2 year roles. Use them for data, PM and other non-SWE roles | Where to find jobs |
| YC Work at a Startup and YC Jobs | Free | One profile to apply to YC startups. Founders can contact you directly | Where to find jobs |
| Wellfound | Free | Startup jobs with filters for stage and visa support | Where to find jobs |
| Welcome to the Jungle | Free | Jobs in the US, UK and France. Otta merged into it. Good for startups | Where to find jobs |
| Built In | Free | Entry-level tech roles by US city, with salary ranges | Where to find jobs |
| TrueUp | Free | Jobs at big tech, unicorns and YC companies. Filter entry level | Where to find jobs |
| RippleMatch and WayUp | Free | Student job matching. Optional extras | Where to find jobs |
| UK boards: The Trackr, TARGETjobs, Bright Network, Gradcracker, Higherin | Free | UK internships, placements and graduate schemes. Use The Trackr to see which programs are open this week | Finding and applying |
| Europe boards: EuroTechJobs, Arbeitnow | Free | Tech jobs across Europe. On Arbeitnow, turn on the English-speaking and visa filters | Finding and applying |
| India boards: Internshala, Cutshort, Hirist, Unstop | Free to search | Internships, fresher jobs and hiring challenges. Ignore paid "placement" courses | Finding and applying |
| layoffs.fyi | Free | Tracks tech layoffs. Check a company before you weigh its offer | Roles to target |
| Naukri | Freemium | India's largest job board. Recruiters search it, so keep your profile current | Where to find jobs |
| Simplify | Freemium | Autofill extension, tracker, job matching and a resume builder. Review every autofilled answer before you submit | Where to find jobs |
| Jobright | Freemium | AI job matching with H-1B filters. Still verify sponsorship yourself | Where to find jobs |
| Meteor | Freemium, built by Jugal | Job matching, resume tailoring, auto-apply and tracking. Review what it submits for you | Where to find jobs |
| Huntr | Freemium | Kanban job tracker. The free plan holds up to 100 jobs | Follow-up and tracking |
Resume¶
| Tool | Free/Paid | What it does | Where it's covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jake's Resume on Overleaf | Free | One-column LaTeX template, the default for US tech. Open as template, edit, download the PDF | Templates |
| Jake's template on resume.lol | Free (donations) | Jake's layout in a web editor, no LaTeX. Run the parse test after export | Templates |
| FAANGPath Simple Template | Free | One-column LaTeX template for students and new grads | Templates |
| Resume Template by Anubhav | Free | A4 LaTeX template for India | Templates |
| Harvard bullet-point template | Free | Word and Google Docs template. Click "Google Docs version" to copy it | Templates |
| Reactive Resume | Free | Open-source web builder. Pick a single-column template | Templates |
| OpenResume builder and parser | Free | A builder plus a parser that shows what an ATS reads. Upload your PDF and check every field | How ATS works |
| RenderCV | Free CLI; hosted app paid | Turns a YAML file into a PDF, so your resume lives in Git | Templates |
| sb2nov/resume | Free | The LaTeX template Jake's Resume is based on | Templates |
| Awesome-CV | Free | Design-heavy LaTeX CV. Use it only if it passes the parse test | Templates |
| Deedy Resume | Free | Two-column layout, listed as one to avoid because two columns break reading order | Templates |
| Europass | Free | Official EU CV builder in 31 languages. Use it when an EU institution or EU-funded program asks | Templates |
| Jugal's resume guide | Free | Jugal's Notion page on his template picks and how he improves a resume | Templates |
| Resume Matcher | Free | Open-source AI tailoring that runs on your own machine | Tailoring |
| Text Analyzer | Free | Word frequency. Paste 5 postings and note the terms that repeat | Tailoring |
| Poppler | Free | Its pdftotext command prints your PDF's text the way a parser sees it |
How ATS works |
| MIT CAPD action verbs and Georgia Tech CS Resume Guide | Free | Verb lists. Start each bullet with a different verb | Writing bullets |
| k6 and Locust | Free | Load-test an API before and after your change to get a real number for a bullet | Writing bullets |
| Lighthouse and PageSpeed Insights | Free | Measure web performance on the old and new version | Writing bullets |
| hyperfine and pytest-benchmark | Free | Time scripts, CLIs and Python functions | Writing bullets |
| pypistats.org | Free | Download counts for a Python package you published | Writing bullets |
| r/EngineeringResumes | Free | Public critique from engineers. Read the wiki and anonymize your resume first | Resume checklist |
| Overleaf | Freemium | Online LaTeX editor. The free plan is enough for a resume | Templates |
| Teal | Freemium | The free tier shows the top 5 job description keywords. Match Score needs Teal+. Also a job tracker | Tailoring |
| Resume Worded | Freemium | Automated resume flags. Fix the flags you agree with and ignore the score | Resume checklist |
| LanguageTool | Freemium | Grammar and spelling check. Paste the resume text and fix every flag you agree with | Templates |
| resume.io UK CV templates | Paid after a trial | UK CV builder | Templates |
| The Tech Resume Inside Out | Paid; free for developers without a job | Resume book by Gergely Orosz. Read the free sample chapters first | Resume rules |
| FAANGPath | Paid | Resume review service. Pay only after two free reviews | Resume checklist |
LinkedIn¶
| Tool | Free/Paid | What it does | Where it's covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| LinkedIn Job Search Guide | Free | LinkedIn's own guide to your profile, Open to Work and job search | LinkedIn profile |
| LinkedIn for students | Free | LinkedIn's student hub, with prompts for your first posts | LinkedIn content |
| Rock Your LinkedIn Profile | Free through 2026, per LinkedIn | A 72-minute LinkedIn Learning course. Watch at 1.5x with your profile open | LinkedIn profile |
| LinkedIn Step By Step | Free | Jugal's Notion guide to each profile step | LinkedIn profile |
| Photofeeler | Free with vote credits | Strangers rate your photo. Upload under Business and keep the top scorer | LinkedIn profile |
| Gemini app | Freemium | Google's Nano Banana image model can clean up a headshot. Keep your face real | LinkedIn profile |
| Resume Worded LinkedIn Review | Freemium | Scores your headline, About and experience. Run it before and after your edits | LinkedIn profile |
| Jobscan LinkedIn Optimization | Freemium | Compares your profile with 3 or more job descriptions. Add only the missing keywords that are true for you | LinkedIn profile |
| LinkedIn Premium Career | Paid, free trial | InMail and applicant insights. US$39.99 a month in the US. Buy one month for your heaviest outreach weeks | Finding people |
| LinkedIn Sales Navigator | Paid, free trial | 50+ search filters to find the exact recruiter or hiring manager. Start the trial for a 2 to 4 week outreach sprint | Recruiter search |
| LinkedIn Recruiter | Paid, for recruiters | The search tool recruiters use to find you. Read how it ranks profiles | Recruiter search |
Outreach and email¶
| Tool | Free/Paid | What it does | Where it's covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Holy Grail of Networking | Free | Jugal's Notion guide with connection notes, follow-ups and cold email templates | Message templates |
| Networking videos: Indeed, Jugal Bhatt, Greg Langstaff: tips, Greg Langstaff: the key, Emily Durham | Free | Short videos on starting conversations. Watch them in the order on the outreach page | Outreach strategy |
| Cold email videos: Muskan Agarwal, Avinash Singh | Free | Emails people answer, and template walkthroughs. Watch before your first cold email | Cold email |
| Truelist | Free | Email validation that resolves many catch-all results. Run every Accept-all result from Hunter through it | Finding people |
| MailTester.com | Free credits | 100 free verification credits on a new account. A second opinion on a guessed address | Finding people |
| mail-tester.com | Free | Spam score for a draft. Send your template to it before any mail merge | Cold email |
| ADPList | Free to start | Mentors from tech companies. Practice your chat ask and get resume feedback | Referrals |
| Toastmasters and TED talks on public speaking | Free as a guest; membership paid | Weekly practice for your 30-second pitch | Career fairs |
| Hunter and Hunter Email Verifier | Freemium | Finds work emails by company domain. The verifier is free up to 100 checks a month | Finding people |
| Apollo | Freemium | Contact finder with filters. A free plan exists | Finding people |
| Snov.io | Freemium | Backup finder when Hunter's credits run out. The trial plan gives 50 credits a month | Finding people |
| RocketReach and ContactOut | Freemium | Turn a LinkedIn URL into an email. Free allowances could not be confirmed (Oct 2026) | Finding people |
| FindThatLead and SignalHire | Freemium | More contact finders | Finding people |
| Mailmeteor | Freemium | Gmail mail merge from Google Sheets, 50 emails a day free. Jugal sends 10 to 15 a day | Cold email |
| YAMM | Freemium | Gmail mail merge, 20 recipients a day free | Cold email |
| Streak | Freemium | 50 mail merges a day inside Gmail; CRM pipelines are paid. Leave open tracking off | Follow-up and tracking |
| Refer Me | Freemium | Referral marketplace. A referral from a stranger you paid is still a cold referral | Referrals |
| GMass | Paid, 7-day trial | Gmail mail merge. Skip it unless you already pay | Cold email |
| Topmate | Paid per session | 1:1 calls with professionals. A paid call buys advice, not a referral | Referrals |
| Clearbit Connect | Discontinued | HubSpot shut down Clearbit's free tools on April 30, 2025. Older guides still list it | Finding people |
Automation¶
| Tool | Free/Paid | What it does | Where it's covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| n8n Academy | Free | Official n8n courses. Take N8N101 Essentials before you edit nodes | n8n automation |
| Jugal's n8n creator page | Free | Jugal's gallery templates, including template 9602 for the Job Search Workflow | n8n automation |
| Workflow files: Referral Engine JSON, Referral Engine sheet, Job Search JSON, Job Search sheet | Free | Import the JSON into n8n and copy the matching sheet | n8n automation |
| Docker Desktop | Free personal plan | Runs n8n on your own laptop | n8n automation |
| Google Cloud Console | Free | Create the Google project and credentials that n8n uses for Gmail, Sheets and Drive | n8n automation |
| Greenhouse Job Board API, Ashby public job posting API, Lever Postings API | Free | Public job feeds. Pull postings from company boards without scraping | n8n automation |
| Google AI Studio | Free tier | Creates the Gemini API key the Referral Engine uses to draft emails | n8n automation |
| n8n | Free self-hosted; cloud paid, with a trial | Workflow tool that runs Jugal's Referral Engine and Job Search Workflow | n8n automation |
OA practice¶
| Tool | Free/Paid | What it does | Where it's covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| HackerRank Interview Preparation Kit | Free | Problem sets by topic on the platform many OAs use | OA platforms |
| HackerRank Sample Test | Free | A practice test in the real interface. Take it once to learn the layout | OA strategy |
| HackerRank skills certification | Free | Timed tests in problem solving, Python and SQL. Doubles as OA practice | Resume rules |
| HackerRank candidate support | Free | Official help on submissions, the execution environment and the AI assistant | OA platforms |
| Amazon OA practice test | Free | Two unscored HackerRank questions. Take it a week before your Amazon OA, in the same language | OA platforms |
| Amazon OA prep course and intern course | Free | Amazon's own OA prep, including the Work Simulation. Its six short videos start with What is Amazon Assessing | OA strategy |
| Goldman Sachs practice assessment | Free | Linked from Goldman's own guide. Take it before your Goldman OA | OA platforms |
| CodeSignal practice area | Free, login | One question per type with a 1-hour timer. Companies cannot see it | OA platforms |
| CodeSignal General Coding Framework and Industry Coding Framework | Free | Official specs for what each GCA and ICA question tests | OA platforms |
| Mock ICA repo | Free | A full practice ICA. Do it in 90 minutes | OA code quality |
| Codility Lessons and demo test | Free | Tasks graded on correctness and performance. Read the performance report on every task you fail | OA platforms |
| HackerEarth practice | Free | Practice on the platform common in India campus drives | OA platforms |
| SHL practice tests | Free | Aptitude sections with separate timers | OA platforms |
| Mettl test-taker guide | Free | System check and mock test before a Mettl OA | OA platforms |
| HireVue candidate FAQ and interview tips | Free | How recorded video interviews and games work | OA platforms |
| Karat candidate experience | Free | How Karat runs and scores its interviews | OA code quality |
| Leader-board OA guide | Free | Community OA guide with 2,500+ GitHub stars | OA code quality |
| LeetCode contests | Free | 4 problems in 90 minutes, weekly and biweekly. Use one as an OA mock | OA strategy |
| CodeSignal Learn | Freemium | DSA paths with an AI tutor. Do one module a day | OA platforms |
| LeetCode Mock Assessment | Paid (Premium) | Timed company-style problem sets | OA strategy |
Coding practice¶
| Tool | Free/Paid | What it does | Where it's covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| LeetCode study plans | Free | LeetCode 75, Top Interview 150, SQL 50 and topic plans | Problem lists |
| LeetCode Explore cards | Free | Short courses per topic. Do one when a topic is new | Coding |
| NeetCode | Free; NeetCode Pro is paid | NeetCode 150, NeetCode 250 and Blind 75 with a video per problem. The roadmap orders 18 topics | Problem lists |
| Grind 75 | Free | A week-by-week list you can resize. Grind 169 covers longer plans | Problem lists |
| Sean Prashad's LeetCode Patterns | Free | 179 problems tagged by pattern and company. Filter by pattern to drill a weak area | Problem lists |
| liquidslr/leetcode-company-wise-problems and snehasishroy/leetcode-companywise-interview-questions | Free | Company-tagged problem lists built from user-reported tags. Treat frequency as a signal, not a promise | Problem lists |
| Company Wise DSA patterns | Free | Jugal's Notion page of patterns by company, with problems | Coding patterns |
| Love Babbar 450 | Free | Legacy GfG-style list for Indian campus rounds | Problem lists |
| CSES Problem Set | Free | 400 problems for quant and HFT roles, with a free book | Problem lists |
| Codeforces, CodeChef, AtCoder | Free | Contests that build speed. Mainly for quant and HFT tracks | How to practice |
| AlgoMonster flowchart | Free; course paid | A flowchart to pick a pattern when you are stuck | How to practice |
| Anki | Free on desktop and Android, paid on iOS | Spaced repetition. Make one card per pattern | How to practice |
| Striver's A2Z DSA Sheet and SDE Pattern Sheet | Freemium (TUF+ paid) | Lists built for Indian placements. A2Z starts from zero | Problem lists |
| Hello Interview: data structures and algorithms | Freemium | Visual lessons for 16 patterns. Read a pattern's overview before you practice it | Coding patterns |
| DataLemur | Freemium | SQL questions for data roles | Problem lists |
| Interview Cake | Freemium | Free tips on what to say when stuck; the course is paid | Interview framework |
| LeetCode Premium | Paid | Company tags and timed assessments. $35 a month or $159 a year (sale prices). Buy one month before a loop | Problem lists |
| Grokking the Coding Interview | Paid | Pattern course, $197 lifetime. The free lists cover the same patterns | Problem lists |
Mock interviews¶
| Tool | Free/Paid | What it does | Where it's covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| interviewing.io AI Interviewer | Free | AI mock for coding and system design. Do your first 2 to 3 mocks here | Mock interviews |
| Free Mock Interview | Free | AI voice mock with a report | Mock interviews |
| CoderPad sandbox | Free | The editor many live screens use. Practice with autocomplete off | Mock interviews |
| Discords: cscareers.dev, CS Majors, NeetCode, Tech Interview Handbook | Free | Find mock partners and run the 60-minute format | Mock interviews |
| CodePath Technical Interview Prep | Free for eligible CS students | A 10-week course that teaches UMPIRE; the intermediate course includes mocks. Apply a term before recruiting season | Mock interviews |
| Aced Practice | Free monthly credits; paid for unlimited | Peer mocks, formerly Pramp. You and a partner interview each other | Mock interviews |
| interviewing.io mocks | Free replays; live mocks from $179 | Watch recorded mocks for free. Book 1 or 2 anonymous paid mocks in your last 2 weeks | Mock interviews |
| Aced coaching | Paid | Human coach sessions, formerly Exponent. Book one session in the last 2 weeks | Mock interviews |
| Meetapro | Paid | Interviewer marketplace. Filter by company and round, read reviews | Mock interviews |
| Preplaced | Paid, free trial | Long-term 1:1 mentorship, India-focused. Test a mentor in the trial | Mock interviews |
| Hello Interview Premium | Paid | AI guided practice for coding and system design. Its human mocks ended May 31, 2026 | Mock interviews |
| Final Round AI | Avoid | Its main product feeds you answers during live interviews, which breaks Google, Meta, Amazon, Microsoft and Anthropic rules | Mock interviews |
System design¶
| Tool | Free/Paid | What it does | Where it's covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| System Design Primer | Free | Concepts, latency tables, Anki decks and solved designs. Read its topics in order in week 1 | System design resources |
| Karan Pratap Singh: System Design | Free | A free textbook. Use it for any concept a paid course locks | System design resources |
| ByteByteGo system-design-101 | Free | One-page visual explainers. Skim before mocks | System design resources |
| System Design Lab | Free | Interactive simulations, no login. Run the failure simulations once a week | System design resources |
| Excalidraw | Free | Browser whiteboard used in design rounds. Draw every practice design in it | System design resources |
| Harvard CS75: Scalability | Free | One lecture on scaling, caching, load balancing, replication and partitioning | System design resources |
| systemdesign.one | Free | Written problem breakdowns | Design problems |
| YouTube: Hello Interview, ByteByteGo, Gaurav Sen, Jordan has no life, Arpit Bhayani | Free | Mock-style walkthroughs, short concept videos, distributed-systems depth and internals. Arpit Bhayani's courses at arpitbhayani.me are paid | System design resources |
| awesome-low-level-design | Free | LLD problems with solutions in several languages | Low-level design |
| workat.tech machine coding | Free | Machine coding problems like the first onsite round at many India startups | Low-level design |
| Concept && Coding (Shrayansh Jain) | Free | LLD and HLD channel. Watch after you attempt each problem | Low-level design |
| refactoring.guru | Free; ebook paid | Design patterns explained with code. Read one pattern a day | Low-level design |
| iluwatar/java-design-patterns and faif/python-patterns | Free | Each pattern implemented in Java or Python | Low-level design |
| kumaransg/LLD | Free | More LLD questions and implementations. Code quality varies | Low-level design |
| mobile-system-design | Free | Framework for iOS and Android design rounds, with timings | System design resources |
| Google SRE books | Free | Monitoring and reliability chapters for infra and SRE loops | System design resources |
| AWS Builders' Library and AWS Well-Architected | Free | How Amazon builds and runs systems | System design resources |
| Patterns of Distributed Systems | Free | Catalog of patterns such as write-ahead log, quorum and heartbeat | System design resources |
| Use The Index, Luke, Jepsen: Consistency models, microservices.io: Saga | Free | Deep references on indexes, consistency and distributed transactions. Open one when a follow-up stumps you | Fundamentals |
| The Secret Lives of Data: Raft | Free | A visual walkthrough of Raft consensus | System design resources |
| Latency numbers by year | Free | Interactive latency chart. Learn the orders of magnitude | Fundamentals |
| MIT 6.5840 Distributed Systems | Free | Course labs on MapReduce, Raft and sharded key/value stores, for infra candidates | System design resources |
| MIT Missing Semester and devops-exercises | Free | Shell, git and DevOps questions for infra and startup roles | System design resources |
| Reading lists: kilimchoi/engineering-blogs, awesome-scalability, awesome-system-design-resources, InterviewReady system-design-resources, Papers We Love, awesome-distributed-systems | Free | Indexes of engineering blogs, papers and scaling articles. Read one topic at a time | System design resources |
| Machine Learning Interviews Book | Free | Chip Huyen's book. Skim the ML system design chapters for ML roles | System design resources |
| Made With ML | Free | MLOps and production ML lessons | System design resources |
| Stanford CS 329S | Free | ML systems design course notes | System design resources |
| Evidently AI: ML and LLM system design | Free | 800 real case studies. Explain 3 from your target company in 2 minutes each | System design resources |
| Eugene Yan: System design for recommendations and search | Free | The retrieval-then-ranking pattern. Read before any feed or search ML design | System design resources |
| AIMLInterviews | Free | ML system design template and common questions | System design resources |
| Hello Interview: System Design in a Hurry | Freemium | Delivery framework, core concepts and problem breakdowns by level. Use it as your main text | System design resources |
| AlgoMaster | Freemium | System design and LLD lessons (text free, videos paid), plus a newsletter | System design resources |
| ByteByteGo Newsletter | Freemium | Weekly system design posts. Read the free issue each week | System design resources |
| GreatFrontEnd: Front End System Design Playbook | Freemium | A front-end design framework. Most solved questions are premium | System design resources |
| Codemia | Freemium | Practice problems with feedback | System design resources |
| ByteByteGo courses | Paid | System design, ML design and GenAI design courses, with free preview chapters | System design resources |
| Grokking System Design Interview (DesignGurus) | Paid | $148 on Oct 4, 2026. The free stack covers the same problems | System design resources |
| Grokking System Design Interview (Educative) | Paid subscription | A different course with the same brand | System design resources |
| InterviewReady | Paid | Gaurav Sen's system design and AI engineering courses | System design resources |
| Designing Data-Intensive Applications, 2nd edition | Paid | 670 pages. Read only the chapter that fixes a gap | System design resources |
| Understanding Distributed Systems | Paid | A shorter alternative to DDIA for 1 to 3 years of experience | System design resources |
| Designing Machine Learning Systems and AI Engineering | Paid | Chip Huyen's books for ML and AI engineer loops | System design resources |
Behavioral¶
| Tool | Free/Paid | What it does | Where it's covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tech Interview Handbook: Behavioral interview | Free | Questions, rubrics and how to prepare | Behavioral interviews |
| awesome-behavioral-interviews | Free | Questions, tips and a story grid, also as a Notion template | Story bank |
| IGotAnOffer | Free articles | Leadership Principle questions and answer guides | Amazon Leadership Principles |
| interviewing.io company guides | Free | Hiring process guides by company, including Amazon's Leadership Principles | Amazon Leadership Principles |
| tombetthauser/amazon-behavioral-interview | Free | One candidate's Leadership Principle notes with questions (2022) | Amazon Leadership Principles |
| Jeff H Sipe on YouTube | Free | Googleyness and Leadership videos. Watch 2 in your prep week | Googleyness |
| Google re:Work: structured interviewing | Free | How Google scores every answer on the same rubric | Behavioral interviews |
| The Behavioral: mock interviews | Free | A former Meta hiring committee chair on running behavioral mocks. Send it to your mock partner | Behavioral interviews |
| Hello Interview behavioral course | Freemium | A course built on CARL. Read the free chapters | Behavioral interviews |
| PracHub | Freemium | Candidate-reported behavioral prompts by company. Use the prompts and write your own answers | Meta behavioral |
| Scarlet Ink | Freemium | An ex-Amazon Bar Raiser on good and bad answers | Amazon Leadership Principles |
Compensation and negotiation¶
| Tool | Free/Paid | What it does | Where it's covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Levels.fyi | Free | Pay by company, level and city. Compare offers in the calculator and check intern pay on internships | Negotiation resources |
| Blind | Free | Anonymous verified-employee forum. Search Offer Evaluation for recent packages. Some members offer referrals | Negotiation resources |
| Glassdoor | Free | Company reviews and reported interview questions. Weak on tech equity | Negotiation resources |
| LeetCode Discuss | Free | The Compensation tab has US and India offer posts in a fixed format | Negotiation resources |
| TechPays | Free | Tech pay data for the UK and several EU countries | Negotiation resources |
| AmbitionBox | Free | India salaries, reviews and offer discussions | Negotiation resources |
| r/developersIndia | Free | India offer and notice-period discussions. Search "[Company] offer CTC" | Negotiation resources |
| ClearTax salary calculator | Free | Converts an India CTC to monthly in-hand pay | Negotiation resources |
| BLS wage data | Free | Official US wage estimates by occupation and area | Negotiation resources |
| Hello Interview: salary negotiation | Free | Four chapters by former FAANG recruiters and hiring managers | Negotiation resources |
| Candor salary negotiation guide | Free | Scripts and data sources. Level is the biggest lever | Negotiation resources |
| Haseeb Qureshi: Ten Rules and Patrick McKenzie: Salary Negotiation | Free | Classic negotiation essays (2016 and 2012). Use the rules, ignore the dollar figures | Negotiation resources |
| Josh Doody: negotiation emails | Free | Email templates for counters, multiple offers and time requests. His book is paid | Negotiation resources |
| Open Guide to Equity Compensation | Free | Options, RSUs and taxes, in a free GitHub edition | Negotiation resources |
| Holloway Guide to Equity Compensation | Freemium | Read the free preview before any startup offer | Comp basics |
| Levels.fyi negotiation services | Paid | From $1,250 for one offer, with a money-back threshold. Needs at least 1 year of industry experience | Negotiation resources |
| Rora | Paid | The fee is a percentage of the increase. Aimed at AI researchers, senior engineers and fresh-grad PhDs | Negotiation resources |
| Never Split the Difference | Paid | Chris Voss's negotiation book: labeling and calibrated questions | Negotiation resources |
| Grokking Comp Negotiation in Tech | Paid | Educative course listed on Tech Interview Handbook. Optional | Negotiation resources |
Visa and sponsorship¶
| Tool | Free/Paid | What it does | Where it's covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub | Free | Official H-1B approvals by employer. Check a company before you tailor for it. Bulk files cover FY2009 to FY2023 | International students |
| h1bdata.info | Free | H-1B base salaries filed by employer, title and city | International students |
| DOL FLAG wage search | Free | Prevailing wage levels I to IV for a job code and county | International students |
| E-Verify employer search | Free | Confirm a STEM OPT employer is enrolled before you accept | International students |
| Study in the States: practical training and STEM OPT Hub | Free | Official DHS guides to CPT, OPT and STEM OPT. Read before you ask your DSO | International students |
| Presidents' Alliance D/S tracker | Free | Status of the court case on the D/S rule. Check it monthly and before travel | International students |
| USIEF | Free | Fulbright for Indian students | International students |
| EU Blue Card | Free | Germany's official Blue Card page with the salary thresholds | International students |
| MyVisaJobs | Freemium | H-1B and green card filings by employer. Check filings for your role over the last 2 years | International students |
Learning¶
| Tool | Free/Paid | What it does | Where it's covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tech Interview Handbook | Free | Study plans, topic cheat sheets and guides for each round | Start here |
| Coding Interview University | Free | A full CS study plan. Skip the full plan unless you lack CS basics | Coding |
| Princeton Algorithms, Part I and Part II | Free (no certificate) | A university algorithms course in Java | Coding |
| MIT 6.006 Introduction to Algorithms | Free | Full course with lectures and problem sets. Watch the lecture for the topic you are stuck on | Coding |
| DSA on YouTube: NeetCodeIO, Abdul Bari, William Fiset, Aditya Verma, Striver, Kunal Kushwaha | Free | Topic playlists for algorithms, graphs and DP. Watch one when a topic is new | Coding |
| VisuAlgo and Python Tutor | Free | Step-through visualizers for data structures and for your own code | Coding |
| Big-O Cheat Sheet | Free | Operation costs for common data structures. Review it the night before | Topics |
| CP-Algorithms and USACO Guide | Free | Algorithm references and time-limit rules of thumb | Topics |
| Language docs: Python collections, Java java.util, C++ containers, PEP 8, Google Python style guide, Python TimeComplexity wiki | Free | Keep the docs for your language open while you practice. The wiki lists the cost of every list, deque, set and dict operation | OA code quality |
| Google eng-practices | Free | What Google code reviewers look for | Code quality |
| Pitt CS Zero to Offer | Free | A student-written guide to the whole recruiting process | Finding and applying |
| 3-month internship search roadmap for international students | Free | Jugal's networking and content actions in two-week blocks | Finding and applying |
| Jugal's videos: How I cleared Amazon Technical Interview, This Resume Got Me Into Amazon | Free | Jugal's own walkthroughs of his Amazon interview and resume | Interview framework, Resume rules |
| CS50x | Free | Intro CS course with a free certificate when you pass | Resume rules |
| freeCodeCamp | Free | Project-based certifications for web roles | Resume rules |
| Good First Issue and Up For Grabs | Free | Beginner issues in open-source projects for your first pull requests | Writing bullets |
| GitHub guide to your first open source contribution | Free | Step-by-step first pull request | Programs |
| Hackathons: MLH 2027 season and Devpost | Usually free | Hackathon listings. Enter one and finish a demo to get a team project and a demo video | Finding and applying |
| build-your-own-x | Free | Guides to rebuilding Git, Redis, a database and more as projects | Writing bullets |
| Hacktoberfest | Free | The 2026 edition no longer rewards pull requests and centers on open-source AI | Writing bullets |
| r/cscareerquestions and r/csMajors | Free | Career and student communities. Search old threads first and anonymize before you post | Resume checklist |
| The Pragmatic Engineer | Freemium | Gergely Orosz's newsletter. This post gives four dimensions to score your stories | Amazon Leadership Principles |
| AWS Skill Builder | Freemium | Free cloud courses; the subscription and exams are paid | Resume rules |
| Google Skills | Freemium | Cloud and AI skill badges, with some free monthly lab credits | Resume rules |
| Cracking the Coding Interview and Elements of Programming Interviews | Paid | The two books in Jugal's FAANG plan resource lists. Optional | Coding |
| Beyond Cracking the Coding Interview | Paid; 9 chapters free | The sequel to CTCI. Read the free chapters first | Coding |
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