Pathrise is a career accelerator that helps you build real-world experience, pairs you with an industry leading mentor, teaches you how to crush your interviews, and guarantees you a job or internship.
Though I'm still on my journey towards landing a job, my experience with Pathrise has been nothing short of phenomenal. Their personalized approach, dedicated mentors, and extensive network of industry professionals have provided invaluable support and guidance, setting me on the path towards success. I've gained crucial skills, expanded my professional network, and feel more confident in navigating the job market than ever before. I highly recommend Pathrise to anyone seeking to accelerate their career growth. Thank you, Pathrise, for your unwavering commitment to my success!
As someone who's always been good at their job but terrible at selling themselves, this program was a lifesaver. The mock interviews were tough but so valuable. I went from fumbling through interviews to getting multiple offers. They taught me how to highlight my achievements and negotiate like a pro.
I would not recommend Pathrise. My review is based on my experience from a trial. As you are aware you sign an agreement with legal obligation to provide Pathrise with a portion of your salary should you secure a job within one year. Although pricey, I felt this was fair if this was a bespoke program that significantly elevated the job search experience. During the trial, I expressed concerns that as a seasoned professional the viewable material was very remedial. The company profiles and interview guides were sub-par to Glassdoor- a free platform. Take Google for instance, not one mention of the latest release of Gemini, or how Alphabet is divided into multiple practice areas to help a fellow understand the org structure as they research and apply. There is a job search tracker they ask fellows to use. It uses AI, supposedly. It is terrible. It is supposed to scan the job and help match hiring managers so you can follow up after applying. It doesn’t even scrub the company name correctly and that’s in the webdomain. I tried it with FAANG and other large publicly traded companies with issues every time.
I could go on about other disappointments but in general this platform and its services were not worth it to myself as a seasoned professional who was looking at the cap of Pathrise’s payout.
As mentioned I expressed my concerns that upon first glance I did not see value and requested assistance in modifying the program to meet my job search. The program manager withdrew my access and cancelled my trial. When I expressed concern she would copy and paste a blanket statement of how great Pathrise is, see our Trustpilot reviews instead of listening.
Between the poor customer service and the terrible platform and tight legal contact, I say RUN away. There is nothing of value here worth getting locked in a regrettable contract over.
Pathrise 回复2024-04-30
Hi Lyn, my name is Madalyn and I work on our customer operations team here at Pathrise. Thank you so much for taking the time to share more about your experience in our trial, I’m so sorry that it left you with these impressions! Our trial period is something that we’re constantly evaluating to make sure we’re accurately communicating what we offer and how it applies to you– a unique job seeker. While some of our more general resources are available during the trial, we have been able to place hundreds of job seekers at F/MAANG companies through one-on-one mentorship around your personal job search strategy and help from our network of experienced industry mentors. Unfortunately it seems that we did not do a great job of showing how our mentorship and resources could apply to your specific job search needs so you could make an informed decision about moving forward. We never want someone to leave our trial confused or without an agreement on next steps, and I’ve requested your information through Trustpilot so we can chat about your experience in more detail if you’re open to it. You can also email me directly at [email protected]. Thank you again, I hope to hear from you soon!
I did pathrise pro for about 6 months. It didn’t result in a job and after my career councilor was replaced 3 times, I requested to be let out of my contract. It was nice talking with people who are in the industry, but their main contribution was having me lie on my resume. But not the standard resume truth stretching, they were telling me to change job titles like “supply chain analyst” to “product manager” or “product marketing analyst” pretty disingenuous if you ask me. This may have worked a couple years ago when tech was booming, but now is a different story. Be warned, they are selling a phantasy.
EDIT: Response to Pathrise’s rebuttal
1) lying on resume: I had 3 career councilors. Absolutely all of them advocated for and basically made me lie on my resume. This came in the form of changing job titles to roles I didn’t have, and also in the form of a key word dump in the objective section of my resume. I typically don’t include an objective section but was urged to include one as they needed to stuff as many key words (skills I don’t have, softwares I’ve never used) in there to fool an ATS system. Lying on the resume was the first step of the program as you are not able to continue until your resume has been cleared with the higher ups. I’m not lying and to suggest I am in pathrise’s response is yet another example of this company’s flawed morals.
2) “Our program is built around using your existing experience + our resources and network” you actually do not have access to anyone’s professional network. I asked every single councilor and “mentor” for a referral, even a recommendation on LinkedIn, but was told no every time.
3) As soon as I wrote my review on trustpilot, I was contacted by the founder of pathrise, Kevin Wu, via email. They are in damage control mode. The whole program relies on their charade not being made public and they are trying to sweet talk me into taking this review down.
Very disingenuous company
Pathrise 回复2024-04-30
Hi Ashton! My name is Madalyn and I work on our customer operations team here at Pathrise. Thank you so much for taking the time to share more about your experience with us. I want to be clear that as an organization we do not advocate for lying on your resume – it goes against our core values, it isn’t an effective job searching strategy, and we take this feedback about your experience with your mentors very seriously. Our program is built around using your existing experience + our resources and network to help you find a job that suits your unique career goals. One of our team members is going to reach out when we can to see if we can help resolve any issues you had during your time Pathrise.
This is possibly the worst trend in job searching ever. Sure, there are resources and coaching but nothing is worth 3-7 percent of your first year salary. This is exactly what employers want. Passing on the cost of hiring candidates is the ultimate insult. I am very sad to this organization exists.
Pathrise 回复2024-04-23
Hi Frank! My name is Natalie and I'm Head of Customer Operations here at Pathrise. Thanks for taking the time to share your thoughts. I wasn't able to find you in our database with the name and email you provided, so I did request your information through Trustpilot so that we can hopefully figure out how you came to interact with Pathrise, which will give us a great idea of where the misinformation came from. Offhand, it looks like there may be some confusion about what Pathrise does: we don't work with employers, we work on behalf of the job seeker; we provide 12 months of one on one mentorship tailored to each individuals' experience and goals, supporting them in areas of opportunity and helping them lean into their strengths -- with the shared goal of getting them placed in a job they love! If they're not placed during those 12 months, they owe us nothing for the time we worked together. Frank, I hope to connect! Please share your info with Trustpilot, if you will, as a first step.
Applied for the SWE track on 3/5/24 and received an almost immediate email that said the following:
"After reviewing your application, we believe you are a high-potential candidate, but with the limited information we had available, we could not get complete clarity on your fit with your industry and the fellowship."
This was after supplying my extensive resume. I was invited to complete a course, a coding challenge, and upload videos. I completed all of it and heard nothing. I reached out a few weeks later and the person who responded essentially sent me the same email requesting I complete the videos again. I informed them this was already done and I uploaded them again just in case. I was told they received them and I would hear back from an "admissions specialist" within 7 days. That was 3/19/24 and a month ago.
There is never an excuse to ghost someone, ESPECIALLY after they completed work for you.
Pathrise 回复2024-04-18
Hi Mike. My name is Natalie and I'm Head of Customer Operations here at Pathrise. I want to start by thanking you for taking the time to write this review. I've gotten a dialogue going internally with our Head of Admissions and Head of Growth to take a look into why your experience was so convoluted and why you were left "on read". You're right, there is NEVER an excuse to ghost someone...period! Anything beyond this statement would be a sorry excuse, so I'll leave it at that and ask you to look out for an email and a resolution from me and the other folks I mentioned in this reply by the end of the day tomorrow. I'm very sorry your experience left you feeling bewildered, frustrated, and unsupported -- not cool, not what we're going for, and not fair to you. Talk to you very soon!
I was with the SWE Pathrise Pro program for 46 days. I really liked the program. After joining Pathrise, I felt like I had people with me to help me. Some of their mentors were really helpful. I was happy with Pathrise, but the end wasn't good, and I am still not sure why it went that way since I was clear about my situation from the beginning.
I told everything to the admission person, Ronaldo Cristobal, before signing the contract. I mentioned that I had my first child right after my graduation, therefore, I took one and a half years off from searching for jobs. I also did not have any prior internship experience, which is also very clear on my resume. I also mentioned to Ronaldo that I am only open to remote jobs. With everything known, Pathrise accepted me as their fellow. They assigned Fed as my career mentor. She was nice to me every time we met. She also helped me to build up my resume. Everything was going smoothly. Then one day I mentioned to my mentor that in my job search plan, it should only have remote jobs instead of hybrid/remote. Then the next day, her manager, Jen Schwechten, contacted me to schedule a meeting with her. I did not like the way she talked to me. She mentioned that it is not possible for Pathrise to find me a job in 12 months. It made me feel like I would not be able to find a job ever. She told me Pathrise would withdraw me from the plan without any penalty. After this meeting, I thought maybe it is because I want only a remote position. I changed my mind to a hybrid position and emailed her that I can also take hybrid. Guess what? It wasn't about the remote/hybrid problem. It is a problem with my experience that I do not have any. It was very clear from the beginning that I do not have experience. My question is, why did it take them 46 days to figure out that they cannot help me with my current situation? After having a meeting with Jen, I was a little bit heartbroken and lost my confidence.
However, that is the experience I had with Pathrise. I did not lose anything except my confidence. I would still say it is a good program, but I was not lucky enough to have a good mentor. My guess is maybe my mentor was not confident enough to help me find a job with my current resume.
Pathrise 回复2024-04-08
Hello Mahmuda! My name is Natalie and I'm Head of Customer Operations here at Pathrise. I just sent you a note via email but wanted to pop in here, as well. Mahmuda, I'm so sorry that this experience didn't turn out as you expected and as I stated via email, I hope you know this is only a reflection of what we're confident Pathrise's capabilities are after working with you for a few weeks and NOT what you're capable of. As also noted in my email to you, we do our best to work with folks from a wide array of backgrounds and as of late, have had to take a hard look at who we are internally setup to support in order to respond to the ever-changing market conditions. This entails an audit of our systems, our Platform, and our mentors. While it's a tough call, if we don't think we're able to support folks, we're transparent as soon as possible but only after we believe it's clear that Pathrise is not a high value prop to them. Because working with us requires that our fellows work with third-party financing providers, we don't take the commitment lightly and as previously noted, if we're not confident in our abilities, we always try to do the right thing and make the tough call. Mahmuda, the line is open for dialogue and I'll be standing by to chat further! On behalf of the team here, we wish you nothing but the best.
Pathrise is as advertised. They don't pull any punches, tell you what you need to hear and are committed in finding you your next job.
They were very helpful to me in my job search.
My experience with Pathrise has been nothing short of great! My resume has completely transformed since starting, and I feel more confident when applying and interviewing for roles. My mentor has supported me in so many ways, and I'd recommend the program to anyone who needs support on their dream job journey!
Pathrise have been a huge part of my job search journey since joining them last year August! Making sure I’ve all the right connections and support I need, from industry mentors to greats career advisors! Cathlyn has so amazing on this journey with me.
I have been a Pathrise fellow since September, 2023. I really value all of the resources I get from this service. The best aspect is the people, who are incredibly knowledgeable and supportive. There is no way I would have access to these folks without Pathrise. I am also in love with their pipeline tracking tool and the support I get at every stage of interactions with each job application. Their recent software upgrade is impressive and makes my life so much easier when I'm applying. My only concern is that the fee is not going to be made up by the pay increase I'd like to earn. It is not the fault of Pathrise, though, it is more the fault of this broken job market, which is just brutal these days.
My experience with Pathrise as a software engineering fellow had its highs and lows. While the program's impact in my specific case was limited, I still gained valuable resume and job search insights. What truly stood out, however, was Pathrise's response in the face of my financial challenges.
Despite some initial hurdles and communication issues regarding my ISA, the Pathrise team demonstrated a genuine willingness to help, particularly in accommodating my unique circumstances. Their efforts to collaboratively find a mutually agreeable resolution for my contract showcased an impressive level of customer care, support, and adaptability.
For those seeking a boost in their career journey, Pathrise's commitment to their fellows is definitely authentic and noteworthy.
I am new to Pathrise, joined in December but in this short span of time I can see the positive effect it has made to my job search. They provide many services like Resume crafting, weekly coding sessions, mentor sessions etc. Overall it has been a good experience.
I landed a job within a month of joining Pathrise. They provided valuable insight into my resume and my LinkedIn profile. I enjoyed working with everyone, especially Stephen Jarrett. Phenomenal mindset coach! Really helped me see me for who I really am. He was able to quickly get me out of a depressed state of mind and back into the "I CAN find a job and I WILL love a job" mood.
I am so glad I joined Pathrise. They helped me in so many ways emotionally. They helped me more than find a job. They helped me find myself again.
I highly recommend Pathrise! You will not regret!
The various workshops by experienced professionals from reputed companies on navigating the job search process are very beneficial. Additionally, the platform has many helpful and friendly mentors who are well-versed in their field.
It was completely stuck with the US job market. I joined Pathrise to switch to a new position. I am very much interested with the procedure Pathrise is following compare to other consultancies. Having conversation with the industrial mentors is a plus point. I am looking forward to have good career with Pathrise.
As someone that lives abroad and is currently an entrepreneur looking at a second foray into 9-5 life, Pathrise has been an immense support system. They have a clear, innovative approach with systems and processes that make applying to roles efficient.
I commend my mentor, Dominic for his patience and for the attention given to me (even with my busy work and life schedule). I would strongly recommend Pathrise to anyone in the job market. I am still on the journey and enjoying every bit of it.
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