More information about Mark K.

Mark K.

Engineering manager, Site reliability engineer

Google

307 clients (43% rebook rate)

5.0 (139 reviews)

About

2005-19: Google, Engineering Manager, Boulder

*Interview coaching* Mark is a former Google Engineering Manager (13+ years) with over 20 years of experience in the Tech Industry hiring, managing, and coaching software engineers and engineering managers in addition to individuals in adjacent disciplines such as product and program managers. At Google, he was responsible for teams developing large-scale distributed storage and payments systems serving millions of queries and storing petabytes of data. He interviewed hundreds of candidates and regularly facilitated offsite leadership training for high-performing engineers. However, please note that Mark does not do coding interviews. *Leadership coaching* Mark has experience helping people get clarity and confidence about their situation and next steps. In particular he can help you in the following areas: 1. How to thrive as a leader and manager 2. How to influence without authority 3. How to balance business with team and individual employee needs

Services

Offers: Interview coaching, Leadership coaching, Mentoring

Public review comments

GuyNov 06, 2024 - Interview coaching

I wanted to practice with Mark after watching him do mock interviews on YouTube. I didn't quite know what to expect. I got everything I could have expected and more. Mark is exceptionally professional. I felt that on the one hand I was getting the authentic experience of an interview that I wanted to practice, and on the other hand I was getting feedback at a higher level, with professional attention to the small details. Mark was super nice, and flexible with my times and needs. I practiced with Mark Mock System Design interviews and also a presentation of a personal technology project, two things I wanted to improve. I felt I came away with relevant tips for both. Highly recommended!

Guy got an offer at

Microsoft

LiaAug 07, 2024 - Interview coaching

Mark was an excellent coach - he went above and beyond to ensure I had all my questions answered. If you’re not sure whether to book a session, don’t hesitate, he is clearly seasoned at providing useful and tactical feedback on how to improve your interview skills.

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BrendanJul 15, 2024 - Interview coaching

Mark is observant, supportive, and provides highly actionable feedback. Every minute I spend with him is tremendously valuable and I feel much more confident about my path forward as a result of my conversation with him.

Brendan got an offer at

Netskope

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BenApr 19, 2024 - Interview coaching

Mark was excellent and really gave me a massive confidence boost and belief that I was good enough going into a system design interview the follow day. I was offered a role at the company I interviewed for a few days later. Thanks Mark! 🙏

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CarlosOct 25, 2023 - Interview coaching

I had seen videos of mock interviews with Mark and always liked his style but being coached 1:1 was another level. It was a System Design mock interview, the question was great, it was a good dialogue and gave me a couple of super useful hints to nudge me in the right direction. The feedback in the end was great and I can't wait to apply it in my real interviews!

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