For engineers affected by a recent layoff
A free senior system design mock, and a report on exactly what to fix.
A live expert diagnoses you under real interview pressure. You get a hiring verdict against the bar for your level, the two or three things that drove it, and the moments to replay.
The method · three beats
The Formation Method
It starts with a human reading you under real interview pressure, and ends with a report built from what they found.
Step 01
Start with an expert mock to diagnose your gaps.
A live, hour-long mock with a senior engineer who has run real hiring loops. You get what a real interview gives you — a hiring verdict — plus what it never does: structured feedback on exactly what drove it.
Diagnosis first, always.
Step 02
Get a detailed report outlining where you need to focus.
Your transcript and the interviewer’s structured feedback go through Nova, Formation’s AI. Out comes a gap report: the two or three things that actually moved the verdict, the evidence for each, and the moments to replay.
Not a scorecard. A short, ranked read with a reason attached to every claim — and the reason is always yours, never a template’s.
Step 03
Close the gaps, with us or without us.
Bring the report to the Fellowship and a mentor works the gaps it names with you until you land.
Or keep it and work them yourself. It’s yours either way.
What you get
What’s in your gap report.
Not a scorecard. The pattern a strong mentor would see after reviewing your session twice, laid out so you can act on it.
Your hiring verdict
A hiring call against the bar for your level — your mentor’s, not a score.
What moved it
The two or three things that drove it, ranked by how much each one weighed.
Where it happened
Every claim tied to a moment in the hour: transcript, audio, and what a strong answer would have sounded like.
Your readiness by skill
Every skill the hour could read, against the bar — and the ones it couldn’t, marked rather than guessed.
Who it’s for
Software engineers affected by a recent layoff
You were recently laid off from a software engineering role
You’re interviewing for senior+ backend, full-stack or infrastructure roles
You have the experience for a senior-level system design interview
What happens next
We’ll take it from here
Tell us a bit about you
Five quick fields. Takes a minute.
We make sure it’s a fit
A quick look at your background to match the mock to your level.
Book your mock, free
We email a personal sign-up link. Pick a time with your mentor; no payment needed.
Pricing
Request your free mock
The Diagnostic
NewRegularly $299 Free
For qualifying engineers affected by a recent layoff.
One live mock with a senior engineer at your target level, and a real hiring verdict
A gap report: the two or three things that drove the verdict, ranked by weight
Every concern tied to the moments it happened, with transcript, audio and what good looks like
Yours to keep. Nothing expires.
