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Pricing

Choose ongoing support with Fellowship or Monthly, or start with one live mock and a gap report.

The Fellowship

$5,000

down, then portion of salary gain

Get unlimited expert support until you land a role, then pay we help you achieve.

Ideal if you're earlier in your job hunt

Must be eligible to work in U.S. or Canada

Incentive aligned, pay based on your

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Monthly Membership

$2,500

per month

Pay monthly, cancel anytime

Ideal if you're cramming for booked interviews

No work eligibility / experience requirements

Flat monthly fee

Start your prep

The Diagnostic

$299

one-time

One live mock and a gap report. Yours to keep.

60-minute system design mock with a senior engineer

Hiring verdict and the gaps that drove it

Timestamped moments, transcript and audio

Run your diagnostic

Start with the Diagnostic. Upgrade within 90 days and the $299 comes off the Fellowship in full.

What you get with Fellowship or Monthly

Included while your membership is active. The Diagnostic includes one live mock and a gap report.

Unlimited Mentorship

All the mock interviews and coaching you need with FAANG+ senior and staff-level engineers, tech leads and hiring managers to target your exact interview skill gaps.

Prep for Every Interview Type

From LeetCode-style rounds to AI-assisted design sessions, Formation adapts your prep to every format you’ll face.

Targeted Practice

Our adaptive prep tech reads your target companies, interview timeline, mentor feedback, and mock interview performance, aiming your reps at the skills top companies test now.

Unlimited Career Coaching

Unlimited resume review, negotiation coaching and algorithmically sourced open positions until you have a signed offer letter

Flexible Payment Plans

Cost shouldn't stand between you and your next move. Our financing options are designed to give you the flexibility you need, on your terms.

Description
Upfront
Pay the base fee upfront, directly to Formation. Pay the remainder once you land a role. Can be split into invoices.
Pay Over Time
Pay the base fee via monthly installments to Affirm for up to three years from the time you start. Do the same for the variable component.
Base Price
Upfront
$5,000
Pay Over Time
$5,000
Cost After Placement
Upfront
  • $1 — $20,000 Increase: $5,000
  • $20,001 — $40,000 Increase: $7,500
  • $40,001 — $60,000 Increase: $10,000
  • $60,001+ Increase: $15,000
  • Placement with no Increase: $2,500
Pay Over Time
  • $1 — $20,000 Increase: $5,000
  • $20,001 — $40,000 Increase: $7,500
  • $40,001 — $60,000 Increase: $10,000
  • $60,001+ Increase: $15,000
  • Placement with no Increase: $2,500
Typical Interest Rate
Upfront
None
Pay Over Time
0 to ~24%
Credit Check
Upfront
None
Pay Over Time
Soft credit check only
Geographic Eligibility
Upfront
U.S. & Canada
Pay Over Time
U.S.
Fellowship Cost
Upfront
$7,500 - $20,000
Pay Over Time
$7,500 - $20,000
Example
Upfront
You join Formation with a base salary of $150,000. You pay $5,000 upfront to join.

In 4 months, you land a role paying $175,000 in base salary. You then pay an additional $7,500 due to the increase in base salary we were able to help you achieve.

Pay Over Time
You join Formation with a base salary of $150,000. You take out financing with Affirm for your $5,000 upfront cost. You pay this off monthly, in addition to any interest accrued.

In 4 months, you land a role with a $175,000 base salary. You then pay an additional $7,500 due to the increase in base salary we were able to help you achieve — either through a new Affirm loan, or directly to Formation interest free.

Upfront
Pay Over Time
Description
Pay the base fee upfront, directly to Formation. Pay the remainder once you land a role. Can be split into invoices.Pay the base fee via monthly installments to Affirm for up to three years from the time you start. Do the same for the variable component.
Base Price
$5,000$5,000
Cost After Placement
  • $1 — $20,000 Increase: $5,000
  • $20,001 — $40,000 Increase: $7,500
  • $40,001 — $60,000 Increase: $10,000
  • $60,001+ Increase: $15,000
  • Placement with no Increase: $2,500
  • $1 — $20,000 Increase: $5,000
  • $20,001 — $40,000 Increase: $7,500
  • $40,001 — $60,000 Increase: $10,000
  • $60,001+ Increase: $15,000
  • Placement with no Increase: $2,500
Typical Interest Rate
None0 to ~24%
Credit Check
NoneSoft credit check only
Geographic Eligibility
U.S. & CanadaU.S.
Fellowship Cost
$7,500 - $20,000$7,500 - $20,000
Example
You join Formation with a base salary of $150,000. You pay $5,000 upfront to join.

In 4 months, you land a role paying $175,000 in base salary. You then pay an additional $7,500 due to the increase in base salary we were able to help you achieve.

You join Formation with a base salary of $150,000. You take out financing with Affirm for your $5,000 upfront cost. You pay this off monthly, in addition to any interest accrued.

In 4 months, you land a role with a $175,000 base salary. You then pay an additional $7,500 due to the increase in base salary we were able to help you achieve — either through a new Affirm loan, or directly to Formation interest free.

Fixed price, flat fee Unlimited option available if desired. Chat with your recruiter to discuss the options that work best for you.

This information is for illustrative purposes only and should not be used to make financial decisions. Information can change at any time and may contain errors. Formation and its financing partners will provide specific financing options available to you after being accepted.

Calculate my potential compensation

Formation can pay for itself ten times over based on potential future earnings. Our average Fellow increases their annual compensation by over $89k*. See how much you could make with our income calculator.

Fellowship outcomes

Current compensation

$140,000

Your current compensation should include one year's salary, equity and bonuses.

Years of experience

3-5

Add your years of full-time, paid Software Engineering experience.

*Based on all placements in 2025 until 12/31. For illustrative purposes only and not guaranteed results. Read more.

Fellows like you have landed life-changing roles. You can, too.

Sofie

Software Engineer

“I walked out with three offers from FAANG companies. It’s a testament to the work that Formation did and the work that I did with them. I went from being a zero to hero in terms of my ability to perform in coding rounds.”

Shane

Software Engineer

“I don’t think I would have landed my Amazon role at the L5/SD2 level without it. The biggest takeaway is that all of this stuff is learnable.”

Aditya

Deployment Strategist

“This was an amazing program and it helped me prepare so well for this next role. I felt so confident and calm during my interviews.”

Sinuhé

Senior Software Engineer

“Formation made my job search a lot quicker and more efficient. I ended up getting two offers—one from Microsoft and another from Walmart—for senior roles.”

Drew

Senior Software Engineer

“The most value I gained was from practicing real interviews, being really vulnerable, and being willing to say, ‘Please tell me everything that was wrong with this and how I can improve.’”

Amaya

Software Engineer

“Prior to Formation I was mostly grinding out Leetcode problems, but I found that I hit a wall at some point, and it’s because I wasn’t really getting any feedback on what I was doing. Being able to gauge my performance via sessions and mocks helped me to break through that barrier.”

Mike

Software Engineer

“I was much more comfortable in the technical interviews. Being comfortable with the technical concepts meant that I could focus on solving the problem.”

Dalila

SDE II

“Before joining, I spent a year navigating the job hunt on my own, struggling to make meaningful progress. Formation connected me with a supportive community of peers and mentors who generously shared their knowledge and resources. Their guidance was instrumental in helping me succeed in my interview process.”

Brandon

Data Engineer

“Formation provided me with the skillset, community, and confidence to tackle my interviews. I never felt pressured to progress to another section if I didn’t feel ready, and I always got a lot of support when I got stuck.”
Will the Fellowship work for me?

The Fellowship is for experienced software engineers — most of our Fellows are 5-10+ years in — targeting senior, staff, or mid-level frontend, full-stack, or backend roles in the U.S. or Canada.

I’m ready to perform at my best and stand out

Get interview-ready

Not sure which?

Start with the Diagnostic.

Find out where you stand for $299. If you go on to the Fellowship within 90 days, the full $299 comes off the $5,000 down payment. You don’t pay twice.

  • Where you landed

  • What moved it

  • Where it happened

  • The full picture

See what’s in the report

Run your diagnostic

Questions, answered straight

Pricing questions

No. It’s a live session with a mentor and can’t be undone once it’s run, so Diagnostic purchases are non-refundable. If you need to move your interview, we work with you in good faith to reschedule — see the Diagnostic Supplement. The Fellowship and Monthly Membership have a 7-day full refund.
Same mentors, same practice, same coaching. Monthly is a flat $2,500 a month you can cancel anytime, built for cramming before interviews you’ve already booked. The Fellowship is $5,000 down and then a share of your salary gain, for as long as it takes to land. No work-eligibility requirement on Monthly.
Experienced engineers targeting senior, staff or mid-level roles in the U.S. or Canada. Monthly Membership and the Diagnostic have no work-eligibility requirement.
$5,000 down, then a portion of your salary gain when you land, from $2,500 with no increase to $15,000 at a $60k+ increase. Financing is available. Full terms in the payment plans below.
Then the Fellowship is the door: unlimited mentorship with senior engineers until you land. Your report tells you what to fix first; the Fellowship is where you train it.