Exponent Alternative
At MentorCruise, it's our quest to get you to your professional goals in the best way possible. Mentorship is amazingly combined with other programs and services to help you achieve your goals.
About MentorCruise
The leader in 1-on-1 relationships
A global network of mentees and mentors with the goal to get you where you need to be. MentorCruise offers mentorship in over 4,000 skills and topics within the tech industry, from web development, over product management and customer success management.
“Michelle is a thoughtful and responsible mentor. Within a month, she helped me to get to a better spot with my project. I had an actionable plan after every session with her, and Michelle helped to find the gaps I had and advised me on how to circumvent my blockers.”
When you work with MentorCruise, you get direct access to our ever-expanding network of mentors from the best companies in the world.
- Risk-free trial. Make sure a mentor is a match for you, with our risk-free 7-day trial and affordable introduction calls. If it ends up not being a match, end the mentorship with one click.
- Affordable pricing. The cost of having and keeping a mentor can be up to 80% cheaper than comparable offers at similar success rates.
- Blazingly fast success. On average, it takes our mentees 100 days from start to finish to reach their self-imposed goals with a mentor.
Whatever your goal, from career growth to starting a business, mentors can help you get there faster in a flexible, personalized and effective way.
About Exponent
Career and interview coaching
Exponent is an interview preparation service that helps job seekers improve their interview skills and increase their chances of landing their dream job. The service is available through the website tryexponent.com and offers various tools and resources to help users prepare for interviews.
Exponent's approach is based on the belief that interview preparation should be a personalized experience, tailored to each individual's strengths and weaknesses. To achieve this, the service offers a personalized interview coach to every user, who provides customized feedback and guidance throughout the preparation process.
Users can practice for interviews using Exponent's platform, which offers realistic interview simulations with industry-specific questions and real-time feedback. The platform also provides access to a library of interview resources, including articles, videos, and podcasts, to help users improve their interviewing skills and build confidence.
Exponent offers various pricing plans to suit different needs and budgets, with options for both individuals and businesses. The service has received positive reviews from users who have found it helpful in improving their interviewing skills and securing job offers.
Comparison
Find the right match for you
Comparing both programs, you can make up your mind whether you want to go with a MentorCruise mentor, a different program, or both.
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MentorCruise
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Exponent |
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| Type |
1-on-1 mentorship
network
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Interview coaching |
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| Personalized program | Yes |
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| 1-on-1 advisor | Yes | ||
| Topics |
From career change to
growth and leadership,
explore all
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Career growth and interviewing |
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| Satisfaction |
97%
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50% (per ProductHunt.com) |
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| Pricing | |||
| Starting cost |
$39 for an introduction call
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$9 for content |
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| Average cost |
~$300/mo for weekly calls & chat
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~$300 for a coaching call |
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| Free trial / money-back | Yes | ||
| Easy to cancel | Yes | ||
| Student discounts | No | ||
| Financing options | No | ||
Not yet convinced? Don’t just take our word for it
We’ve already delivered 1-on-1 mentorship to thousands of students, professionals, managers and executives. Even better, they’ve left an average rating of 4.9 out of 5 for our mentors.
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"Naz is an amazing person and a wonderful mentor. She is supportive and knowledgeable with extensive practical experience. Having been a manager at Netflix, she also knows a ton about working with teams at scale. Highly recommended."
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"Brandon has been supporting me with a software engineering job hunt and has provided amazing value with his industry knowledge, tips unique to my situation and support as I prepared for my interviews and applications."
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"Andrii is the best mentor I have ever met. He explains things clearly and helps to solve almost any problem. He taught me so many things about the world of Java in so a short period of time!"
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"Greg is literally helping me achieve my dreams. I had very little idea of what I was doing – Greg was the missing piece that offered me down to earth guidance in business."
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"Anna really helped me a lot. Her mentoring was very structured, she could answer all my questions and inspired me a lot. I can already see that this has made me even more successful with my agency."
Unleash your potential
There’s no match to having a trusted go-to source for addressing your career-specific needs. MentorCruise comes in to give you access to industry-veterans who have been in your place and know exactly what you need.
- 25,000+
- Registered mentees worldwide
- 2,000+
- Available mentors right now
- 97%
- Success and satisfaction rate for mentees
- 4,500+
- Topics, skills and industries available for mentorship