JAP is a high-quality learning program designed to accelerate your journey towards getting a job in the industry. The program helps upgrade your skills from entry-level to junior in less than a few months.
JAP is a high-quality learning program designed to accelerate your journey towards getting a job in the industry. The program helps upgrade your skills from entry-level to junior in less than a few months.
JAP is Mistral’s fully paid training made for talents who have the basic technical knowledge but lack the industry experience necessary to join project teams.
- Full compensation
- Dedicated senior mentor
- Personalized curriculum
- Individualized approach
- Real work environment
- Access to Mistral perks
- Remote, live or hybrid
- Employment opportunity
Ideal JAP Candidates
- Technical university students or graduates (3rd, 4th, 5th year)
- Entry-level engineers with not enough practical experience
- Self-taught talents with no industry experience
JAP Tracks
Mistral offers 3 different JAP tracks. No matter what track you’re aiming for, we expect you to already be familiar with the Software Development Life Cycle, Object-oriented Programming, Agile Methodologies (mainly Scrum and Kanban), and that you have a solid technical background.
Dev JAP
Duration: 2 months
On the Dev track, you will upgrade your skills in the following technologies:
- .Net Core
- Angular or React
- SQL, Swagger
- Git, Jira, Postman
QA JAP
Duration: 1 month
On the QA track you will gain the following testing and technical skills:
- manual testing
- test planning and test execution
- test case and bug management
- backend testing, SQL
- automation testing (optional)
DevOps JAP
Duration: 3 months
On the DevOps track, you will acquire the following abilities:
- practical skills (in AWS)
- general DevOps engineering skills (troubleshooting, assessment, analytical thinking, problem solving, budgeting)
- soft skills (communication, presentation)
JAP Concept
Each JAP track has the same flow and working principle. Here is what awaits you:
Personalized learning plan reveal
Upon passing the selection process and meeting your mentor, you receive a personalized learning plan that includes carefully selected tech courses that are best for you.
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Guided study and mentor feedback
You then go through each course, one by one, and solve follow-up assignments given by the mentor. The mentor guides you every step of the way and gives you continuous feedback.
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Bringing it all together
After completing all the courses, you receive a final assignment that carries the most weight in assessing your progress with a fair deadline. The mentor remains available here as well.
3
Safety net and support
In case you don’t meet the required level, the program can be extended by 1 extra month, giving you enough time to learn those few final details. Your success and confidence in your work are important to us.
4
The grand finale
At the end of your JAP journey, mentors assess your overall performance, taking everything in consideration. If you have completed the program successfully you will get a job offer from Mistral!
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Selection and Interview Process
JAP candidates go through the same selection process as other Mistral employees. This way, once you successfully complete the program, you have no additional interviews and procedures.
Please note that we’re not currently accepting JAP applications. Once we start a new cycle, we will communicate it publicly.
Screening
We review your application in detail and ask for additional info if necessary. We then send you feedback.
HP Interview
If your background fits with JAP requirements and we have an open JAP spot, we schedule an introductory meeting.
Task
After meeting a member of our HP team and learning more about Mistral, you receive a task to complete.
Technical Interview
Upon task completion, you get to meet with the senior JAP mentor to talk about your task solution and prior experience.
Offer
If everything went well, you receive the official JAP offer via email with all engagement details. This is the final step of the process.
Welcome to JAP
After getting back to us with your decision, you receive your personalized JAP plan and so the journey begins!
JAP Alumni Reviews
During 2021 and 2022, we had 60+ candidates go through JAP. Now, they are an integral part of Mistral community. Here is what they say about their JAP experience.
Valida Bašić
QA Engineer @Mistral
The selection process was so pleasant and simple. You feel the positive, inviting atmosphere of Mistral right from the start. Everyone is so warm, trusting, and respectable. This inspired me to really give it my best to become a part of this crew. I was lucky to have two fantastic JAP mentors who were an absolute support both in transferring technical knowledge and the culture of Mistral. The knowledge was passed on to me in a simple way, so I learned very fast. I wouldn’t change a thing and I would recommend JAP to everyone!
Semra Čelik
QA Engineer @Mistral
The JAP selection process was straightforward. I was introduced to the company’s culture and values in the first interview, and then the technical interview and task brought me closer to what is expected from me in the program. It was a great experience! I had exceptional mentors, Dženan and Enes, who used every opportunity to share their knowledge and expertise with me. The base for learning was well-organized and I was pleasantly surprised by how everyone is understanding and supportive. JAP was a fantastic introduction to my full-time engagement on the project that came afterward!
Mirza Čeligija
Software Developer @Mistral
The program focuses on mastering the latest technologies and specific tools while adhering to best practices, which is quite different from what we did at university. I especially like the program’s flexibility as it allows you to work at your own pace and with the guidance of an expert mentor. After receiving the job offer, I gladly accepted as I consider Mistral to be one of the healthiest work environments.I am amazed by the company culture and the people here. I would highly recommend JAP to final year students or those who want to enhance their skills before starting work on a commercial project.
Nadir Kalajdžić
Software Developer @Mistral
I really enjoyed the technical interview. The senior engineer didn’t just test my technical knowledge and review my projects, but he gave me valuable input and lessons. I learned so much even there. During JAP I had a phenomenal experience with my mentor. From day one he was determined to never let me take a wrong turn, gave me constant feedback, and guided me every step of the way. He taught me how to do things in a correct way following the best practices from the industry. That is exactly what I needed after faculty and before confidently starting the full-time job at Mistral.
Mehmed Ćatić
Software Developer @Mistral
JAP is perfect for people who need that extra step to be completely ready to engage in real projects. On JAP Dev, we followed a fully developed plan for full-stack developers divided into a couple of sections. After each section, there was a personalized task created according to real-life scenarios. The intensity and the learning curve are high, but if you give it your best you will gain amazing skills and progress quickly. It was, overall, an amazing experience. Career opportunities and the place for growth in Mistral are huge. I feel truly blessed to be given a chance to start my career in such an amazing company.
JAP Origin Story
The concept was originally introduced in 2021 as a pilot program by two of our QA architects, Ammar Kevilj and Enes Kühn. After they had to turn down many job applicants with great potential but limited practical experience, they came up with a way to turn things around and give such candidates an opportunity to get that missing piece: practical experience. That is how our first (QA) JAP came to be, and it was a major success! The Dev and DevOps JAP tracks were introduced soon after.
JAP Logo Explained
A lot of thought went into creating the unique JAP logo. We didn’t want it to be dramatically different from Mistral’s, which is why we kept the outline style, but we needed it to tell a different story. A story of potential, drive, and success. Here is what the JAP logo hides within its lines:
Star Symbol
While in JAP, you are Mistral’s rising star. Everything you learned up to that moment is getting put into practice. Once you sharpen your skills, only the sky is the limit to what you can accomplish next.
Letters J, A and P
Although they look a little funky, the letters are there. The Junior Accelerator Program is something we’re very proud of, so the acronym of the official name had to be integrated. JAP ftw!
Success Pose
Having a dedicated senior mentor who gives you daily guidance is a recipe for successful learning. Everything in JAP is set up in a way that enables your professional triumph. The success pose can easily be the JAP pose.
Frequently Asked Questions
If you have a question that you cannot find the answer to, feel free to write to us directly via email jap@mistral.ba.
Contact form
If you have any additional questions regarding JAP, please let us know through our lovely contact form. The dedicated JAP team will answer them shortly.
