A candid reflection of my long search for a summer internship

How the job-search process can impact us psychologically.

Esme Xu
UX Collective
Published in
7 min readJun 16, 2020

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If you are an aspiring UX designer or researcher, or someone who recently entered the field of UX, you are likely familiar with the stress, anxiety, and pressure associated with finding a job or internship, as the field has become extremely popular and rather saturated in recent years.

Having just gone through the recruiting season myself, I am writing this article to reflect on my job-search experience…

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Research enthusiast fascinated by human motives and behaviors — currently studying experience research and design @ UW HCDE.