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How being a design interviewer made me a better interviewee
During this challenging time we are facing together as a global community, there are many companies that have unfortunately let go of parts of their workforce. At the same time, there are still companies that are hiring. If you are thinking about interviewing now or some time in the future, let my experience give you some insight into the product design interview process and hopefully you’ll pick up some good tips to help you land that awesome job.
I had an interesting experience of interviewing product designer candidates for my current company around the same time I was interviewing for a product designer role at different companies. I’ve also now had experience interviewing candidates at a small and large company. While I was interviewing candidates, I started to observe them and notice how they present themselves and their work during the interview process. I ended up taking notes on the good and bad and applied them to my own interviews as a candidate.
Every company’s product designer interview process differs in some way. Larger companies may have strict interviewing questions and measurements while smaller companies may leave it up to each individual to come up with their own questions. Some companies have each interviewer focus on a particular area while other companies have interviewers who focus on the…
