What would qualify someone as a junior UX designer, apart from years of professional experience?


At 37signals, we don't have "UX" positions but we do hire UI designers.

I look for three key things (besides good character, the most important):

  1. You are very comfortable with HTML/CSS (at minimum) and you can build your ideas.
  2. You can write well.
  3. You have good taste and intuition about what matters in a design.

A selection of sample projects (personal/hobby projects) will demonstrate #1 and #2.

For #3, people can develop skill but they don't develop taste. It's there or it's not. When your taste is higher than your current skill level, you can bridge the gap by talking about who you love, who's work you look up to, and what gets you excited.

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