It Starts with a Conversation: A Guide to Interviewing UX Candidates
I believe that if asked, most people would say that they are good at conducting interviews. However, even the most experienced interviewers can get caught up in bad habits. We rarely take the time to assess our own interviewing skills or have others provide feedback on our technique.
There is no shortage of articles about how to ace an interview as a UX job candidate, but there has been little focus on how to be an effective interviewer. Assessing UX candidates can be particularly tricky because they can have highly diverse backgrounds, experiences, and skillsets. In this article, I will use several fictitious individuals to represent a variety of interviewer/interviewee situations and provide recommendations on how to avoid common interviewing pitfalls.
It Starts with a Conversation: A Guide to Interviewing UX Candidates
I believe that if asked, most people would say that they are good at conducting interviews. However, even the most experienced interviewers can get caught up in bad habits. We rarely take the time to assess our own interviewing skills or have others provide feedback on our technique.
There is no shortage of articles about how to ace an interview as a UX job candidate, but there has been little focus on how to be an effective interviewer. Assessing UX candidates can be particularly tricky because they can have highly diverse backgrounds, experiences, and skillsets. In this article, I will use several fictitious individuals to represent a variety of interviewer/interviewee situations and provide recommendations on how to avoid common interviewing pitfalls.
Back button fatigue
Let’s say I have two pages, a list of products "Product List" and the "Product Page" itself.
When I click on a product (e.g. a phone) I’d like to explore its variations (e.g. colour variation).
Case A:
Each colour varia…
How Novice Designers Can Improve Their Client Rosters
We offer advice on what all you young designers out there can do to get in on the more exciting and high-paying projects in the design industry.
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How Novice Designers Can Improve Their Client Rosters
We offer advice on what all you young designers out there can do to get in on the more exciting and high-paying projects in the design industry.
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10 Free Portfolio & Lookbook Templates for Adobe InDesign
These free InDesign portfolio templates will appeal to a wide audience while offering a convenient and beautiful way of presenting your work.
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3 Quick Ways to Grow Your Web Design Business
By following these simple methods, and seizing the right opportunity, you may be able to jumpstart growth and expand your web design business.
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3 Quick Ways to Grow Your Web Design Business
By following these simple methods, and seizing the right opportunity, you may be able to jumpstart growth and expand your web design business.
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Smart watch notifications when doing maintenance work
I’m looking to improve the notifications experience for a heavy duty smart watch that assists people working on maintenance activities in a factory environment (e.g. the room they are in might be getting too hot).
There’s been some feedbac…
How do you make a grid responsive so that on an 1366 px width desktop it will show 3 columns but on an 1440 px width phone only 1 column? [closed]
Previously, when all phones had lower resolution than desktops, you just defined a breakpoint, and it was solved.
But today the new Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra has an 1440 px wide screen, while the most prevalent desktop resolution is still 1…