Build The Practical Tech Experience Employers Value Most
Gain Knowledge. Practise the work. Build evidence. Prepare for your next career step.
At Definition of Ready, we help aspiring tech professionals build the skills today’s roles demand. Join a simulated product team, tackle real challenges and produce portfolio work that hat shows employers you’re ready to excel from day one.
The Quartet
Four roles at the heart of every strong product team.
Choose your seat at the table
You don't just learn about the job. You actually do it.
You join a company and its product team. A stakeholder emails you before your coffee, your manager needs a decision by lunch, and a customer call changes your plan. You handle it, produce the work and get feedback, just as you would in the job.
// YOUR FIRST DAY
Arrive at the company, open your first inbox and meet your team.
// what courses leave out
- ›You watch someone else make the calls.
- ›Certificates prove attendance, not capability.
- ›No stakeholder pushback, no customer calls, no trade-offs.
- ›You finish with notes instead of work you can show.
- ›Interviewers ask what you've done, and you talk about modules.
DoR closes that gap: you leave with calls you made and work you can show.
Why traditional courses aren't enough.
Courses teach the theory. Employers want people who've actually done the work.
Work the way modern product teams do.
Teams that own outcomes, not just ship features. You talk to customers often, map opportunities and test assumptions before anything gets built.
You'll gain experience working with industry recognised tools like Figma, Jira, GitHub and BigQuery, the tools product teams use every day. Everything you produce goes into your portfolio, so you leave with work you can actually show.
You'll also use go-to AI tools like Claude and ChatGPT as part of your journey to work faster, think sharper and get more done.
// outcome_orchard
Product work is a continuous learning cycle, not a linear checklist.
// ai_product_coach
Hints in the moment, not answers.
AI supports your learning and feedback. It does not replace your thinking.
Your AI Coach.
Product, Design, Data and Engineering Coaches. Thinking partners that guide you by asking the questions an experienced colleague would ask you.
We assess how you think, not how much you can memorise.
The question isn't “did you remember the correct framework?” It's “can you make a good product decision?”
// how_you_think
Feedback is a learning aid. It supports your judgement rather than replacing it.
Leave with proof you can do the job.
Everything you walk away with when you complete our Business Quarter package.
01 Portfolio
Portfolio of completed work
Real product work from across the quarter, from strategy and discovery to delivery and review, ready to show in interviews.
02 Reference
Professional reference
A written reference from a real industry lead, based on the work you did and how you handled it.
03 Mentoring session
1:1 mentoring session
Review your portfolio, CV and interview prep with a working industry professional.
04 Certificate
Certificate of completion
Proof you did the job, from first inbox to quarterly review. Ready to add to LinkedIn.
All previews are examples only.
Prepare for the role
Turn the work you did into how you present yourself.
CVs
Portfolios
Interview questions & answers
STAR examples
Explaining product decisions
Discussing practical scenarios
Building confidence
// career_readiness
Practise mock interviews and CV prep with feedback as you go.
Want personal guidance? Book optional 1:1 mentoring as a separate add-on. One 20-minute session is included in the Business Quarter.
Explore MentoringStart free. Stay for the quarter.
The free taster shows you what the job is. The Business Quarter proves you can do it: you own the outcome and work from problem to impact.
Free Taster
Join the team and see if the role is for you.
- Arrive at the company and get your bearings
- Open your first inbox
- Meet your manager and product team
- Get a first look at the product you'll be working on
Business Quarter
Starts with your first full working day + full access to everything.
Own the outcome and work from problem to impact, exactly what turns employers' heads.
what you'll do
- Start with your first full working day in the team
- Take on a quarterly challenge from leadership
- Work as part of a product team alongside design and engineering
- Talk to customers regularly and uncover the real problems
- Map opportunities, test your assumptions and shape the solution
- Handle shifting priorities, stakeholder pushback and trade-offs
- Present your results to leadership
what you'll leave with
- A professional and modern product portfolio
- A certified reference
- A certificate of completion
- A 20-minute 1:1 mentoring session
One-off payment. Start with the free taster first if you like.
Built by experienced leaders - on the most effective practices - used by today's leading product teams.
// in short
DoR isn't about learning theory. It's about joining a product team, doing the work and making a real impact.
On your first day in the job, nobody hands you a neat backlog. You get an inbox, a manager, customers, pressure and a problem to solve.
Your CV stands out. Your job interview now transformed.
// do the work before you get the job.