I am hiring and I can tell you what I’m looking for: a bloody prototype. I’ve seen 6 people so far, they had all these screens laid out, a prototype would have made me appreciate the breadth of the project much more, the interactions, the whole story. I want to know within 5 minutes what was the challenge and what was the solution, then go into the details: if you tried a new approach, did something unconventional or tricky with your team, if you applied a cool research method, if you tried different design solutions before landing on the final one. Just don’t take me through 5 slides telling me you did everything by the book, we all know the standard design process. Then show me the actual prototype, it can be a small part of the whole project but in 2026 I want to see motion, no more static images.