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Winter Sprint

Win the placement season — Winter Sprint for 3rd & final-year students.

A 4-week, placement-laser-focused intensive every December–January. Aligned to campus placement calendars. Daily DSA + system design + mock interviews + capstone polish. By February — you are interview-ready.

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Duration: 4 weeks Batches: Dec 15 · Jan 1 Focus: Placement-aligned Mocks: 10+ interviews
Overview

Engineered for the campus placement window

Most engineering colleges run placement drives between Jan–April for final-year students and Jul–Sep for 3rd-year internship drives. Winter break is the last serious prep window before the storm.

Our Winter Sprint compresses 4 months of casual prep into 4 intense weeks. Daily DSA, weekly system design, daily mock interviews, behavioral coaching, resume + LinkedIn polish, target-company list building. By the end, you walk into the placement season armed.

Cohort batches start every December 15 and January 1. By the time your campus drives open, you have already done 30+ mock interviews and solved 200+ DSA problems with structured feedback.

Who is this for

Is this program right for you?

Final-year placement aspirants

Your campus drives are about to start. Get sharp in 4 weeks. Build offer-readiness.

3rd-year internship hunters

Pre-season prep for summer internship hiring (Jul-Sep). Crack the OA + tech round bar.

Pool campus / off-campus students

No on-campus drives? Build a target list + interview readiness for off-campus applications.

Higher studies + jobs hedge

Doing GRE/GATE but want a backup offer? This sprint gets you both options open.

Curriculum

4-week sprint structure

Every day = DSA + theory + mock prep. Weekends = mock interviews + system design.

M1 Week 1 — DSA foundations + resume rebuild Week 1

Lock the basics + ATS-friendly resume + LinkedIn audit before we hit interview prep.

  • Arrays, strings, HashMap, two-pointer drills
  • Resume rewrite to ATS standard
  • LinkedIn full audit + rewrite
  • Target-company list building (15–25 companies)
M2 Week 2 — DSA intermediate + behavioral prep Week 2

Trees, graphs, recursion + STAR-method behavioral story building.

  • Linked lists, stacks, queues, trees, BST
  • Graph traversals + shortest paths
  • STAR framework for behavioral answers
  • Story bank: leadership / conflict / failure / impact
M3 Week 3 — DP + system design + mock-1 Week 3

Hardest week. DP patterns + system design 101 + first round of mocks.

  • DP: 0/1 knapsack, LCS, MCM, tree DP
  • System design: scalability, sharding, caching
  • 3 mock interviews (DSA + HR + design)
  • Detailed feedback + targeted re-prep
M4 Week 4 — Company-specific drills + mock-2 + offers prep Week 4

Past-paper drills per target company + final mock round + offer negotiation training.

  • Company-specific OA (Amazon, MS, Google, etc.)
  • 5 final mock interviews — different mentors
  • Salary negotiation masterclass
  • Final review + post-program follow-up plan
What's included

What's in the Winter Sprint

Daily 3-hour live sessions

7 PM – 10 PM IST, perfect for students traveling home for winter break. Recorded if you miss.

10+ mock interviews

DSA, system design, HR, behavioral, managerial — across the 4 weeks with detailed scorecards.

Company-specific drilling

Pre-built question banks for Amazon, Microsoft, Google, Adobe, Razorpay, Flipkart, JPMorgan, Goldman, more.

Resume + LinkedIn polish

ATS-optimized rewrite + LinkedIn full audit, done in week 1 so you start applying immediately.

Direct referrals

Top performers get direct intros to hiring managers at 300+ partner companies.

Post-program follow-up

Slack support continues 60 days after the program. Until you crack an offer.

Tools & tech

Tools you'll work with

LeetCode HackerRank GitHub Excalidraw Pramp / mock platforms Notion (prep tracker)
Schedule

Program schedule

Week 1 — Foundations + resume ~22 hrs

DSA foundations, resume + LinkedIn rebuild, target-company list.

Week 2 — Intermediate DSA + behavioral ~24 hrs

Trees, graphs, recursion + behavioral story bank.

Week 3 — DP + system design + mock-1 ~26 hrs

DP patterns, system design basics, 3 mock interviews with feedback.

Week 4 — Company drills + mock-2 + offers ~26 hrs

Company-specific drills, 5 final mocks, salary negotiation.

Outcomes

By February you will have

200+ DSA problems solved

Pattern-recognized, not memorized. With detailed notes you can revise in 1 day before any interview.

10+ mock interviews completed

Across DSA, system design, behavioral. With scorecards + improvement plans.

ATS-friendly resume + LinkedIn

Recruiter-callback-ready. Tested against real-world parsers and recruiter feedback.

Company-specific prep plan

A custom drill for each of your top 15–25 target companies.

Behavioral story bank

8–12 STAR-format stories ready for any HR question.

Salary negotiation script

Word-by-word scripts for the day you get the offer call.

Eligibility

  • 3rd-year & final-year engineering / MCA students
  • Basic DSA familiarity (loops, arrays, recursion)
  • 20–25 hours per week available for 4 weeks
  • A laptop + reliable internet

Fee & certification

  • Members: ₹3,999  ·  Non-members: ₹6,999
  • Free for top-25 leaderboard members in the year
  • Pay-after-placement option for select tracks
  • 14-day money-back guarantee
  • Certificate of completion + post-program 60-day support included
FAQ

Frequently asked questions

What if I am traveling home during winter break?

Sessions are online + recorded. Most students attend from home with family — works fine. Hybrid sessions in select cities.

I have already done some DSA — too basic?

No. The pace is fast and the focus is on patterns + interview frameworks, not from-scratch learning. Even strong students see big gains in mock-interview confidence.

Can I crack a top company in 4 weeks?

Honest answer: 4 weeks accelerates you, but the foundation matters. If you have been steady through 1st–3rd year, this can be the final push. If you are starting from zero, 4 weeks is not enough — try our 3-month bootcamp instead.

What about non-tech roles?

This Sprint is tech-focused. For Product / Business Analyst roles, see our Job Counselling page.

Apply for Winter Sprint

4 weeks. Daily structure. Mock interview drills. Apply to grab a seat — cohort sizes capped at 50.

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