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Job Hunting & Interview Prep
Land jobs — resumes, applications, interviews, and offers.
Utilize LinkedIn for Career Search (Coursera GP)
Coursera Guided Project: prepare LinkedIn profile for networking and job applications, build network with recruiters, create job alerts, develop profile for target positions, review with Jobscan. ~2 hours, desktop only, shareable certificate.
Preparation for Job Interviews (Coursera Short Course)
Coursera Short Course: preparation for job interviews — common questions, answers, STAR method, and practice.
Build a Professional Resume Using Canva (Coursera GP)
Coursera Guided Project: build a professional resume using Canva — templates, layout, content, and export.
Create a Departure and Personal Statement for Interviews (Coursera GP)
Coursera Guided Project: create a departure and personal statement for interviews — telling your story, framing transitions.
Indeed Career Guide
Indeed's free career-advice library with hundreds of step-by-step articles on every stage of job hunting, from resumes and cover letters to phone, video, and in-person interviews. Includes guides like How To Prepare for an Interview in 11 Steps, common interview questions with sample answers, and salary negotiation advice. Written for job seekers of all levels, searchable by topic, and completely free to read.
Interview Query
A practice platform for data science, analytics, and data engineering interviews featuring 500+ real questions collected from top companies, with solutions and an in-browser code editor. Free users can take a data science challenge and access a portion of questions; premium unlocks full question database, company guides, AI interviewer, and peer mock interviews. Ideal for candidates who want to actually rehearse technical and case interview questions before the real thing.
Big Interview Resources
The free resource library of Big Interview, a well-known interview coaching platform, packed with expert articles on common interview questions with sample answers, body language tips, resume advice, and job-search strategies. Includes a free downloadable interview prep course covering how to anticipate questions and deliver on-point answers. Written by hiring experts and aimed at job seekers at every career stage. The blog itself is free; the full simulation platform is paid.
AARP Job Search Toolkit
A free step-by-step job search toolkit covering the full hunt: resume and cover letter strategies, networking techniques, interview preparation, and guidance for career changers and older workers. Includes checklists, worksheets, and links to free courses and webinars. Practical studied material for anyone planning or executing a serious job search.
Glassdoor Interview Questions
A large database of real interview questions and interview experiences submitted by candidates at thousands of companies. Search by company and role to practice the exact questions asked for a target job, and read process overviews from phone screens to onsite rounds. Use it to rehearse answers before the real interview. Core access is free; some employer insights are gated behind premium. https://www.glassdoor.com/interview
Jobscan Blog (Resume & ATS Guides)
Free guides on resume writing, cover letters, LinkedIn optimization, and beating applicant tracking systems. Articles teach concrete techniques like keyword matching, bullet-point formulas, and tailoring strategies, with before-and-after resume examples to study. The blog is free; the Jobscan resume-checking tool itself is freemium. Read the methodology, then apply it directly to your own job hunt. https://www.jobscan.co/blog
University of Miami 8-Step Job Search Toolkit
A free self-paced workbook from the University of Miami Toppel Career Center that walks you through an eight-step job search: organizing your search, networking, interview techniques, tailoring your resume, using Handshake, handling rejection, and staying motivated. Each step has strategies and resources with a recommended one-week pace. Built for students and recent graduates preparing their individual job-search plan.
InterviewBit Coding Practice
Free coding practice platform with hundreds of curated interview questions, topic-wise tracks and company-specific problem sets. Solve problems in your browser with editorials, hints, discussion forums and progress tracking to prepare for technical interviews. Tracks for beginners through advanced levels. Free core practice with optional paid courses.
Pramp
Free peer-to-peer mock interview platform where you practice live coding and behavioral interviews with another candidate, then exchange structured feedback. Realistic timed sessions follow interview rubrics used for software engineering and general roles. Sign up free and practice as often as you like; the core mock interview loop is completely free.
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interviewing.io
Anonymous mock interview platform connecting candidates with real engineers from Meta, Google and other top companies for live technical interviews with written feedback. Includes an AI interviewer, a 200-problem question bank and interview guides. Free anonymous practice sessions available; paid plans unlock scheduling flexibility, coaching and more. Free with limits.
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Big Interview
Big Interview's free resources include interview question libraries, answer frameworks, articles and guides covering behavioral, technical and phone screens. Their paid tier adds AI-driven mock interviews, video practice and personalized feedback. Valuable answer templates for common questions like Tell me about yourself. Free articles and a limited free practice tier. Free with limits.
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Glassdoor Blog
Free career and interview guides from Glassdoor covering how to answer common questions, salary negotiation, resume tips and company research strategies. Includes real interview questions submitted by candidates and insights from employee reviews. Free to read and updated frequently by career experts, useful before any interview.
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Harvard Mignone Center for Career Success
Harvard's Mignone Center for Career Success publishes free guides and handouts on resumes, cover letters, interviewing, networking and job search strategy. Includes interview preparation worksheets, career field resources and industry-specific advice developed for students but useful to any job seeker. Most guides are free and publicly accessible.
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r/jobs
Large Reddit community with millions of members discussing job hunting, interviews, resumes, hiring practices and workplace issues in real time. Read recruiter perspectives, applicant tracking system advice and interview war stories from real candidates. Searchable archives of practical, first-hand experience. Free to browse and participate.
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Canva Resume Templates
Canva's resume template gallery offers thousands of professionally designed, customizable resume layouts with matching cover letters. Edit text, colors and layouts in the browser and export as PDF, including clean ATS-friendly designs. Free templates available for every role and style; premium elements require a Canva Pro subscription. Free with limits.
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InterviewBit
InterviewBit is a coding-interview practice platform with 800+ problems organized into a structured, level-based curriculum covering data structures, algorithms, dynamic programming, and system design. It features an in-browser IDE with a timer, video explanations, mock assessments, and free real-time mock interviews, plus referral opportunities to tech companies. You learn by solving problems under interview-like conditions. Free with limits.
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Behavioral Interviewing & The STAR Approach (Northwestern)
Northwestern University's guide to mastering behavioral interviews with the STAR method. Breaks down Situation, Task, Action, and Result with recommended time allocation (action should be 50% of your answer), plus two fully worked example responses. Explains why past behavior predicts future performance and how to prepare stories from your experience. Free university career guidance, no login required.
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Coding Interview University
The famous multi-month open-source study plan for software engineering interviews, created by a developer who used it to land a job at Amazon. Covers data structures, algorithms, Big-O, system design, and interview process advice with curated videos, books, and practice problems, plus a daily plan and progress checklist. Completely free on GitHub, with a huge community of contributors.
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Tech Interview Handbook Coding Interview Cheatsheet
Straight-to-the-point do's and don'ts for coding interviews from the free Tech Interview Handbook by the author of Blind 75. Covers interview formats at top companies, what to study, how to communicate while coding, and common mistakes, distilled from over a million readers' preparation experience. Pairs with the handbook's coding study plan and Grind 75 question list. Completely free.
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Levels.fyi
The largest free crowdsourced database of tech salaries and compensation, with self-reported and verified data broken down by company, level, location, and role. Use it to research salary expectations before interviews, benchmark offers, and understand total compensation including stock and bonuses. Includes interactive salary heatmaps, end-of-year pay reports, and company comparison tools. Free to browse and contribute.
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How to Write an Effective Cover Letter (MIT CAPD)
MIT Career Advising's guide to cover letters that get interviews, with structure, format rules, and tailoring tips. Explains the introduction-body-closing structure, how to cite examples that prove your fit, addressing hiring managers, and avoiding resume repetition. Includes links to sample cover letters across industries. Free expert guidance from a top university career center.
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Job Application Tracking Template (HubSpot)
Free downloadable Google Sheets template for tracking your entire job search: published salary bands, recruiter contacts, interview dates and notes, last points of contact, and job description details. Designed to keep every application organized so you never lose track of where you stand. Free download with no credit card required.
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NoDesk (Remote Job Board)
Free, long-running remote job board aggregating fully remote positions across engineering, design, marketing, customer support, sales, and more, including entry-level and part-time filters. Also curates remote work articles, books, and a newsletter that teach remote job hunting and remote work skills. Browsing and applying are completely free with no premium tier for job seekers.
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USAJOBS Help Center
Official help center for USAJOBS, the United States government's federal job portal. Step-by-step guides teach how to create a federal profile, build a federal-style resume, search and apply for federal positions, and navigate the government hiring process, including special hiring authorities. Free and authoritative for anyone targeting federal or government careers.
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How to Write a Job Interview Thank-You Email (Tufts)
Free guide with a ready-to-use template for post-interview thank-you emails. Covers why follow-up matters, timing (within 24-48 hours), subject lines that stand out, what to reference from the conversation, and how to reiterate your fit. Includes a fill-in-the-blank template and advice for handling missing interviewer contact details. Free career guidance from Tufts University Career Center.
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STAR Interview Method (The Muse)
Free career-advice article explaining the STAR method (Situation, Task, Action, Result) for behavioral interviews. Includes step-by-step guidance, example answers, common behavioral questions, and preparation tips. Part of The Muse's free advice library on interviewing and job hunting. No registration or paywall.
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