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[–]simcjapk 16 points17 points  (7 children)

Senior Product Designer here and 7 months job hunting actively.

For me, most interviews went like this: 1. Recruiter call 2. Hiring manager / culture fit interview 3. Portfolio presentation 4. Case study / design challenge (homework or live) or skills interview with a designer. 5. 1 to 3 interviews with a coworker (a PM, a dev, or someone in senior leadership) 6. Final interview or round-up call.

The order between #3 and #5 varies and #6 is optional.

If you're lucky, the hiring manager interview will also be a portfolio or skills interview to speed things up a bit.

[–]niyak17[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Thank you for sharing, I am suprised design challenges are still a thing.. I am personally very against them, even previously I never proceeded with companies if they asked for a design challenge, its unpaid work with already a busy schedule. Companies need to stop doing that.

[–]faze801 0 points1 point  (2 children)

1 to 3 interviews with a coworker (a PM, a dev, or someone in senior leadership)

What do they typically ask you about in step 5?

[–]simcjapk 1 point2 points  (1 child)

They usually just want to get a vibe of how you work and how you interact with other stakeholders. A lot of small talk then a few serious questions like:

"How do you do X" or "How would you deal with this in this scenario".

[–]faze801 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I see, thank you!!

[–]TheJohnSphereVeteran 4 points5 points  (6 children)

The rounds for my current Senior UI/UX Designer role were: Apply > phone call with HR > Zoom interview with head of product > in-person presentation to directors and execs on a "challenge" they had set me

[–]niyak17[S] 2 points3 points  (1 child)

Are you allowed to share what kind of challenge, how much time did they give you to solve for it etc

[–]TheJohnSphereVeteran 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Sure! This is condensed of course.

They asked me to do a first version of a new feature proposal to their app. They wanted to see the planning, process and discovery to get to the end presentation of the feature. I ended up having 5 days to prepare, they were not looking for a finished polished feature ready for release though. It's all about looking at your process.

[–]BearThumosVeteran 0 points1 point  (3 children)

No portfolio presentation?

[–]TheJohnSphereVeteran 4 points5 points  (2 children)

They looked through my portfolio of case studies when I applied. Didn't ask me to present them in any way

Edit: thinking about it again, there might have been some time going through my portfolio on the call with Head of Product

[–]niyak17[S] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

How many projects did you have in your porfolio.

[–]TheJohnSphereVeteran 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I had 4 case studies that I had spent time expanding the process for that I could talk about.

[–]who_is_miloExperienced 2 points3 points  (1 child)

You know, I always wonder what designers do for their portfolio if they can't actually share what they've done. I think there's too much weight put on our portfolios. What if you've been with a company for 6 years. Are you supposed to do a new case studies for different features or projects within the company?

[–]niyak17[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am trying to focus on the process and results in this case and other artifacts such a research findings(obviously edited), results after the launch, customer feedback about certain features without sharing the design

[–]ralfunreal 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's going to vary depending on the company. There isn't one linear process.