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Product designer

Covers problem framing, interaction design, accessibility, design systems, working with engineers and product managers, and measuring results. Suits mid-level and senior product and UX designers. Follow-ups push for the reason behind each decision and what evidence backed it.

Suits: Product designer, UX designer, Interaction designer, UX/UI designer

Questions
7 of 18
Length
32 min
Format
Voice or typed
Levels
Mid to Senior
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Example

  1. Interviewer: Tell me about a time you changed someone's mind at work. How did you go about it?

  2. Candidate: Our team wanted to rebuild the billing page from scratch, and I thought it was the wrong call, so we put together a plan to…

  3. Follow-up

    Interviewer: You said "we". What did you say yourself, and what finally changed their mind?

  4. Scored on

    • Problem framing25%
    • Interaction design and craft25%
    • Use of evidence20%
    • Collaboration15%

    Score, reasons and recording. Your team decides.

An example exchange. This interview's own questions open when you use it.

What it listens for, and how much each part counts.

Every answer is scored against this guide, with the reasoning written beside the score. You get the recording or the written answers too, and your team makes the call.

  • Problem framing25%
    Finds the real problem and the user behind a request.
  • Interaction design and craft25%
    Designs clear flows and handles states, edge cases and access.
  • Use of evidence20%
    Tests ideas and judges results with users and data.
  • Collaboration15%
    Works through trade-offs with product and engineering.
  • Systems thinking15%
    Keeps the product consistent and the design system healthy.

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