RS School. EPAM Short track

• To enroll, students must successfully pass an interview with a mentor
• Goals of the Short Track training:
  • Students acquire knowledge and experience working with JavaScript, TypeScript, React or Angular
  • Students acquire knowledge and experience in developing UI components
  • Preparing students for technical interviews
  • Preparing students for presentations in English
• Training time: 14 weeks
• Format:
  • Self-study + webinars + communication on Telegram.
  • Practical lessons are checked and evaluated by a mentor.
  • Cross-interviews - two slots every week
  • Training interviews are held with different mentors during the course.

Training Program

Week #1 May 11–17, 2026 (JS Basics)

• Monday 11.05.2026
  • Start of auto tests [St1] Test Algorithms & Data structures
  • Self-study materials JS-Basic-1
  • Start of practical task Autocomplete Task
• Thursday 14.05.2026
  • 19:30 UTC+5 Lecture JS-Basic-1
• Sunday 17.05.2026
  • Cross-interview Slot 1 Questions for Cross-interview #1

Week #2 May 18–24, 2025 (JS Basics)

• Monday 18.05.2026
  • Start of auto tests [St1] JS Scope & Functions, [St1] Clean-code
  • Cross-interview Slot 2 Questions for Cross-interview #1
  • Deadline for last week's practical assignment Autocomplete Task
• Tuesday 19.05.2026
  • Start of practical assignment Deep-copy Task
• Thursday 21.05.2026
  • 19:30 UTC+5 Lecture JS-Basic-2
• Saturday 24.05.2026
  • Cross-interview Slot 1 Questions for Cross-interview #2

Week #3 May 25–31, 2026 (TS Basics)

• Monday 25.05.2026
  • Start of auto tests [St2] TS Advanced [EN]
  • Study materials for the lecture TS-Basic-1
  • Cross-interview Slot 2 Questions for Cross-interview #2
  • Deadline for last week's practical assignment Deep-copy Task
• Tuesday 26.05.2026
  • Start of practical assignment TS-custom-lodash Task
• Wednesday 27.05.2026
  • Mentor interview Questions for Mentor Interview #1
• Friday 29.05.2026
  • 18:30 UTC+5 Lecture TS-Basic
• Sunday 31.05.2026
  • 20:00 UTC+5 Cross-interview Slot 1 Questions for Cross-interview #3

Week #4 June 1–7, 2026 (OOP, JS-Classes)

• Monday 01.06.2026
  • Start of auto tests [St1] OOP Test
  • Study materials for the lecture OOP
  • Cross-interview Slot 2 Questions for Cross-interview #3
  • Deadline for last week's practical assignment TS-custom-lodash Task
• Tuesday 02.06.2026
  • Start of practical assignments: JS-Classes Task, TS-Auto-complete-Trie Task
  • Start of Codewars tasks: Codewars OOP, Codewars FP
• Thursday 04.06.2026
  • Lecture OOP
• Sunday 07.06.2026
  • 20:00 UTC+5 Cross-interview Slot 1 Questions for Cross-interview #4

Week #5 June 8–14, 2026 (Asynchronous JS)

• Monday 08.06.2026
  • Start of auto tests [St2] Async JS Test
  • Study materials for the lecture Async-JS
  • Cross-interview Slot 2 Questions for Cross-interview #4
  • Deadline for last week's practical assignments: JS-Classes Task, TS-Auto-complete-Trie Task
• Thursday 11.06.2026
  • 19:30 UTC+5 Lecture Async JavaScript
• Saturday 13.06.2026
  • Cross-interview Slot 1 Questions for Cross-interview #5

Week #6 June 15–21, 2026 (Node.js Basics, Testing)

• Monday 15.06.2026
  • Start of auto tests [St2] Testing
  • Study materials for the lecture Node.js Basics and Testing
  • Cross-interview Slot 2 Questions for Cross-interview #5
• Tuesday 16.06.2026
  • Deadline for Codewars tasks: Codewars OOP, Codewars FP
• Tuesday 17.06.2026
  • Start of practical assignment basic-testing
• Wednesday 18.06.2026
  • Mentor interview Questions for Mentor Interview #2
• Thursday 19.06.2026
  • 19:30 UTC+5 Lecture Node.js Basics and Testing
• Sunday 21.06.2026
  • Cross-interview Slot 1 Questions for Cross-interview #6

Week #7 June 22–28, 2026 (Network, Security, Team Development)

• Monday 22.06.2026
  • Start of auto tests [St2] Web Security, [St2] Scrum. Kanban, [St2] CI/CD
  • Study materials for the lecture Network and Security, Team development
  • Cross-interview Slot 2 Questions for Cross-interview #6
• Thursday 25.06.2026
  • 19:30 UTC+5 Lecture Network and Security
  • Deadline for last week's practical assignment basic-testing
  • Start of practical assignment Team task Async Race
• Sunday 28.06.2026
  • Cross-interview Slot 1 Questions for Cross-interview #7

Week #8 - #13 June 29 – August 9, 2026 (React Basics)

• Monday 29.06.2026
  • Deadline for team-task
  • Presentation of team-tasks

Week #14 August 10–16, 2026 (AI Tools Basics)

The study materials will be updated later.

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