đź“ŤÂ Interview Guide for Designers
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How to ace your interview
- Tell a story. Concentrate on delivering a concise and engaging story of your past experience. Read the room if you’re going on too long.
- Focus on challenges. When describing your past work, bring up the challenges you faced and decisions you made to resolve them. This is the stuff interviewers want to hear about.
- Not sure? Think — then talk it out. If you're faced with a difficult question, take a moment to think, and then share your thought process. Interviewers are far more interested in your ability to think critically than getting a correct solution right away.
- "I don't know" is a valid answer. If you don't really know how to answer a question, don't try to guess. Better to be honest — and move on to questions you feel more comfortable answering.
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Sample questions for practice
Practice answering these real questions from past mission interviews with designers:
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- How do you deal with feedback?
- Tell us about the work you’ve done that you’re most proud of — and why.
- How do you control the impact of your work with metrics?
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- What’s your creative process?
- What’s your design approach?
- How do you make feature-related decisions?
- Could you share an experience where you dealt with research and usability testing?
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Best questions to ask your interviewer
Always prepare questions for the end of the interview. The interviewer can learn a lot from what questions you choose to ask. Take a look at our best questions to ask your interviewer:
- What phase of development is the product in?
- What’s the biggest challenge with your product?
- What keeps you up at night?