The platform seems like its mostly useful for people who are already good at technical interviews, or at least good at solving technical problems, and just need practice writing code in front of other people or in a live setting.
Has anyone used interviewing.io with good/great results?
I think you mean this as a minor criticism, but this seems to be exactly the point of the service. To figure out a way to find people that are actually competent at the work itself, but not in the somewhat uncorrelated skill of public speaking & live coding w/ an audience.
Also a good way of identifying people that haven't gone to top tier elite schools but are just as good or better as those graduates: Recruiters at a FAANG might disregard a graduate from Generic State University w/ 2-3 years of experience under normal conditions, but if you get one that is willing to place a $1024 bet on themselves and then passes the tech interview with flying colors, it's a much easier sell.
Now, with all that said, after 6 years I'd still really like to know what their long-term outcomes are. What's their typical tenure at that job, where do they land for $job +1, +2, etc.?
e: I wanted to add that my mentor and I decided that we would do 4 pure teaching sessions, and then the remainder would be partial mock interviews that would transition over sessions from them doing most of the talking to me doing most of the talking. I found this format to be good for building my own confidence.
Having the coach be upfront about some being teaching and some being mock interviews is helpful. The FAQ doesnt really address HOW they are going to coach or help you get better and in my experience it was, "Do a lot of leetcode".
I guess saying, "We will help you with the last 20% of interview prep" or polishing doesnt sounds as good.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1d7mJDPkEykKzSYjj-Wmza-UX...
After 3 unsuccessful/unfruitful coach matches I asked for the refund.