A collection of ideas, tips, and helpful tools to make hiring great designers a little easier and a lot more effective.
When I built my first team as a Product Design Manager, I hired 36 designers in 10 months. My interview process was simple for all levels and disciplines: a quick 15-minute screening call, and if that went well, a one-hour in-person portfolio review.
I recently interviewed a designer who used AI to create a prototype for her portfolio. On the surface, that was fine, AI can be a powerful tool for designers. But when I asked why she made a specific design decision (the placement of
Whiteboard activities have become a staple in design interviews especially for UX and product designers. Done well, they give you a window into how a candidate thinks, collaborates, and approaches problems. But here’s the catch: done poorly, whiteboard activities can feel intimidating, biased,
Screening calls may seem old-fashioned in an age of AI recruiting tools, but they’re still one of the most valuable steps in the hiring process. Why? Because in less than 30 minutes, you can figure out if a candidate is worth moving forward
Hiring a great designer starts long before the first interview. It starts with your job description. Too often, job postings for UX, product design, design research, and UX engineering roles read like a laundry list of tools and buzzwords. The result? You don’t
When we think about job interviews, especially in competitive fields like product design, the focus often falls on rigorous evaluations, tricky whiteboard exercises, or clever questions meant to test a candidate’s abilities under pressure. Here is the real secret. The most successful interviews
When I built my first team as a Product Design Manager, I hired 36 designers in 10 months. My interview process was simple for all levels and disciplines: a quick 15-minute screening call, and if that went well, a one-hour in-person portfolio review.
Your resume is the first design project a hiring manager will see. I’ve reviewed thousands of resumes over the past 10 years, and it still surprises me how many designers don’t apply UX principles to their own careers. In this scenario, the hiring
When I built my first team as a Product Design Manager, I hired 36 designers in 10 months. My interview process was simple for all levels and disciplines: a quick 15-minute screening call, and if that went well, a one-hour in-person portfolio review.
Your resume is the first design project a hiring manager will see. I’ve reviewed thousands of resumes over the past 10 years, and it still surprises me how many designers don’t apply UX principles to their own careers. In this scenario, the hiring
I recently interviewed a designer who used AI to create a prototype for her portfolio. On the surface, that was fine, AI can be a powerful tool for designers. But when I asked why she made a specific design decision (the placement of
Whiteboard activities have become a staple in design interviews especially for UX and product designers. Done well, they give you a window into how a candidate thinks, collaborates, and approaches problems. But here’s the catch: done poorly, whiteboard activities can feel intimidating, biased,
Screening calls may seem old-fashioned in an age of AI recruiting tools, but they’re still one of the most valuable steps in the hiring process. Why? Because in less than 30 minutes, you can figure out if a candidate is worth moving forward
Hiring a great designer starts long before the first interview. It starts with your job description. Too often, job postings for UX, product design, design research, and UX engineering roles read like a laundry list of tools and buzzwords. The result? You don’t
When we think about job interviews, especially in competitive fields like product design, the focus often falls on rigorous evaluations, tricky whiteboard exercises, or clever questions meant to test a candidate’s abilities under pressure. Here is the real secret. The most successful interviews