Would you take a workshop/bootcamp to prepare for interviews?

1. By far the best part about a small community like this is the ability to ask questions to real human (otherwise I'd just find some youtube series), so it'd resonate more with me if it's offering "24/7 access to a person working at FAANG company and has performed 500 interviews."
2. Most coding bootcamps offer essentially this service as the last month of a 3-month course. So the cohort of people who learned to code together then all learn to interview and cheer each other on. That model makes sense to me because these are people who have never gotten an offer to be a developer before. Could you go after self-taught developers who didn't take a bootcamp? I'm skeptical that people who have already succeeded in getting a tech job would then need to pay for this workshop. Not exactly what you're asking, but just some thoughts.

To continue #2, I'd consider looking at the coding bootcamp payment plan as well. Instead of charging upfront, they instead take X% of your first year's salary as a developer. I like the idea of "we only get money when you succeed" so you could consider only at the end of the course, and then could probably charge more money at that point too.

Good luck!

Hi there,

I think I'll start with (2) first.
I've sat on both sides of the interview table on various occasions, and what I learnt is that people can be rejected for all kinds of reasons, even personality dynamics (which in my opinion is highly valid). Also, getting accepted isn't always a good thing, especially if the company later appears to be a bad match. Therefore, I don't believe in "preparing for interviews" and the like. I don't idolise landing a job or getting rejected, because that part of it can be somewhat a numbers game. I be very clear with what is wanted in the industry, pick it up, and sign up for companies that I think I can have a win-win match with. I think the point I'm trying to make then, wouldn't be that "preparing for interviews is bad", it'd be more of "I'm not sure if they'll influence me the right way, or just share opinions that go against what I know". This applies to the topics of interview strategy (if any), technical preparation, soft skills (groups who don't know any better can adversely affect the confidence/assertiveness each member has in their soft skills) etc. I guess in short, I wouldn't know if the group is good or bad influence. There is no standard way to land a job (because a lot comes down to chemistry), using standard ways instead of authentic behaviour can sabotage the otherwise natural chemistry, and so I'd be wary of anyone who says there is a standard way, or tries to thrust it upon me.
That being said, I'm a more independent and highly driven person, probably not your perfect target audience, so my points should be taken with a pinch of bias salt.

(1) hmm there's a lot. Firstly there should be no "you should do X like this" kind of behaviour in the group. Changing jobs is hard work, but if the group is so opiniated and I get pulled into the wrong direction, then it's not worth all the hard work I put in.
Next, maybe you can have an internal wiki accessible only by paid members, where hard skill and soft skill resources/guides are shared and reviewed for the members' specific use cases (changing job in the middle of another; limited time). Thirdly I think it's important to be placed in groups where I can be of the suspicion that I'm competing with someone inside. This leads to competitive behaviour, in which not joining the group is better. Probably a group should only have one person per destination job category or interest. This can also have the benefit of diversity where if someone's interviewing for a job I've been to I can share my experience (but the group rules should discourage me from forcing ideas on them).

All the best!