- Exponent This link opens in a new window
Learn to beat tech interviews directly from the FAANG employees who ask them. Sign up for an account with your Kellogg email to access custom tools for acing the tech interview built by experts for future experts, including interactive lessons and a peer mock interview matching platform.
- Wall Street Prep This link opens in a new window
Wall Street Prep has partnered with Kellogg School of Management to offer students unlimited access to Wall Street Prep’s entire catalog of online self-study courses, including Excel & PowerPoint crash courses, financial modeling and LBO modeling, and technical finance interview prep.
Register for an account with your Kellogg email address to access the largest online catalog of Applied Finance courses used by over 150 investment banks, private equity firms, investment funds, and Fortune 1000 companies to train their finance professionals every year.
Once you have registered for an account, view and select courses from the Full Course Library dashboard.
Who is this for?
Students pursuing careers in investment banking, private equity, asset management, corporate finance, business development, capital markets, equity & credit research, and sales & trading.
- RocketBlocks (Kellogg Portal) This link opens in a new window
All-in-one interview preparation drills and key concept reviews for Consulting, Product Management, Strategy & Biz Ops, Product & Data Analytics, Product Marketing Management, and Tech & Consulting Behavioral Interview Prep. Select the best module for you, or combine any together if you're exploring multiple career paths.
If you are a NEW USER the School Code is: kelloggcmc
Please email cmclibrary@kellogg.northwestern.edu if you need assistance getting access.
Also check out the RocketBlocks Blog! Features general and company-specific interview prep and advice for breaking into Consulting, Product Management, Product Marketing Management, & Strategy & Biz Ops, with advice from industry leaders.
- LinkedIn Learning at Northwestern University This link opens in a new window
All Northwestern faculty, staff, and students have unlimited access to LinkedIn Learning, an online library of thousands of on-demand, self-paced courses and videos taught by industry professionals, covering creative, personal and business/professional skills for learners at all levels. See Northwestern HR's site for more info.
How to Register For LinkedIn Learning:
- If asked for an email address, enter your school ".edu" email address.
- Sign in with your NetID and password.
- You will be presented with the option to connect your personal LinkedIn profile to your learning account OR continue without connecting. (You can always connect at another time in the future.)
- NU IT: Training and Learning
Northwestern IT Research Computing Services collaborates with campus partners to offer members of the Northwestern research community opportunities to develop data science and computing skills, as well as learn about the services and resources that support research activities on campus.
Workshop topics include: R, Python, data visualization, SQL, Bash, high-performance computing (HPC), and more.
- O'Reilly Learning This link opens in a new window
O'Reilly Learning brings you expertise from some of the world’s foremost innovators in technology and business, including on-demand courses, eBooks, eAudiobooks, and videos from 200+ respected publishers, including O’Reilly, Pearson, Wiley, Packt, and Wharton Digital Press.
NOTE: Select "Institution Not Listed?" and register with your Northwestern (Kellogg) email address.
Not sure what to read? Check out these lists:
- GCFGlobal
From Microsoft Office and email, to reading, math, and more—GCFGlobal.org offers more than 300 topics, including more than 6,000 self-paced lessons, more than 2,000 videos, and more than 50 interactives and games, completely free. A great resource for brushing up on your Microsoft Office skills quickly!
- EdX
EdX is a nonprofit offering 1900+ courses from the world's best institutions including Harvard, MIT, & Microsoft. Learn computer or data science, business, engineering, finance, history, language and more. Take advantage of flexible learning on your schedule.
- Explorable Explanations
A hub for learning through play, from a disorganized “movement” of artists, coders & educators who want to reunite play and learning. Check out the explanation of the evolution of trust in societies using game theory!
- Coursera
Join for free and build skills with courses, certificates, and degrees online from world-class universities and companies, offered in collaboration with 190+ universities and companies.
- General Assembly
Free workshops, classes, and events in marketing, design, career development and more, available in person and online.
- Microsoft Learn
Start with the basics, then move to advanced methods that address real-world challenges. Microsoft Learn meets you where you are and takes you where you want to go.
- MIT OpenCourseWare
MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW) is a web-based publication of virtually all MIT course content. OCW is open and available to the world and is a permanent MIT activity.
- Alison
Alison is one of the world’s largest free platforms for education & skills training, dedicated to making it possible for anyone to study anything, anywhere, at any time, for free online, at any subject level.
- Class Central
Class Central is a search engine and reviews site for free online courses popularly known as MOOCs or Massive Open Online Courses. Aggregates courses from many providers to help you find the best courses on almost any subject, wherever they exist.
- Amazon Web Services: Machine Learning Training
Built on the AWS Cloud. Developed for Amazon developers and engineers.
- Codecademy
Learn to code for free! Codecademy offers free coding classes in 12 different programming languages including Python, Java, JavaScript, Ruby, SQL, C++, and Sass, as well as markup languages HTML and CSS.
- Product School Micro-Certifications
Access free Micro-Certifications classes from the Product School providing product management training.
- Institute for Brand Marketing
Offering marketers complimentary interactive courses and live educational experiences to help cultivate the skills to advance in a disruptive marketplace.
- Northwestern Executive Learning & Organizational Change Courses
Stay ahead of the field in methods of coaching and designing for continuous learning & change with flexible and efficient courses designed for the modern learner.
- Norris University Center Mini CoursesThe Norris Mini Course program offers a wide variety of non-credit, recreational classes for adults four times a year, beginning in October, January, April, and July. Registration is open to the Northwestern community and the public.