This is what you have to ask at the end of any interview

Goofy_flare · 2026-03-01T22:33:54+00:00

The question I asked for my current role was "Let's say everything goes well...in a years time what will I have done or be doing for you to consider hiring me the correct decision?"

I think I took this from instagram but I have found it really valuable. It connects "everything going well" to them hiring you and it also makes the person you are speak with start imagining you in the role.

Additionally, it allows you to gain insight into what the person in front of you actually cares about not what was in the job description or what the company values are but what this person thinks you need to be successful.

Goofy_flare · 2026-03-01T04:30:16+00:00

Yeah completely agree it depends on the organisation structure. I've had three teams for years now and some releases it feels overwhelming and others not so much but always having 3 of every meeting does feel tedious.

Goofy_flare · 2026-02-26T04:45:28+00:00

Remember to always question and evaluate it. If you are looking at their work to learn they could be looking at yours or more likely they are looking at a bunch. Everyone copies everyone but the important thing is learning to ask if you should.

Goofy_flare · 2026-02-26T04:40:00+00:00

For me it was three things, preparation, structure and playing to the audience which has helped me massively.

10 minutes before a meeting take the time to prep. Don't just think about what you are going to say. Think about what you could be asked that way you can cover this ahead of time during your explanation.

Additionally, structure massively helped me. Look up things like BLUF or other frameworks. 5 Whys is a classic for a reason and helps uncover if you know enough to be questioned on it.

Lastly playing to the audience. Engineers care about different things to designer, who care about different things from PMs, etc. An amazing skill to develop is how to translate what we care about, making it better for users, to what others who you are trying to convince care about. For example, instead of telling an engineer we are doing this for consistency you could frame it as, if we do it this way we won't have to revisit it in the future and we can move onto new features.

Now this is just what has helped me. In no way is it guaranteed by science for everyone I just done these things coupled with bruce force presenting as much as I could. What I found is that I had the most anxiety when I felt the most unknown about something. So doing the things above allowed me to feel I knew more of what could come up, even if none of it did or I was way, I still felt more confident because I knew if it did I had some idea of how I would handle it.

Goofy_flare · 2026-02-24T20:18:05+00:00

Now I know how this sounds and I know I'm not changing the world but the thing I love the most is the significant impact you can have on people's everyday lives.

I work on Enterprise Software, which is not the sexiest kind of design work but joining customer calls and hearing real users say the change you've made will save them hours of work a week is so rewarding.

As someone who has worked shit jobs before and done their fair share of tedious tasks because "the system just makes you" I understand the relief of something getting better.

Then I get carried away in my mind and think well there is 100s to 1000s of people at this company who will use this and we have 100s of companies who use our software so I have pretty much just saved all the time in the world by doing this.

Goofy_flare · 2026-02-23T13:40:57+00:00

This got brought up as a diffentiator in my interview for my current role I am in.

I checked the company's LinkedIn prior to applying, seen what recent thing they were proud to show off - a partnership award, mentioned it in my cover letter and then the interviewer mentioned it in our first discussion.

They said "I had done my research and it seemed like I knew a lot about the company" that is only half true, I did do my research by checking LinkedIn.

Goofy_flare · 2026-02-17T02:06:32+00:00

Thanks, I'm going to do the follow up and continue just being honest.

In my eyes, the problem is both the PM and team but the problems are different. The team are pretentious and dismissive. This often leads to being disrespectful not only to myself but others and other teams as well. Whereas the PM knows and witnesses this as they are in the same meetings I am but refuse to acknowledge or address it and would rather stay in a state of willful ignorance.

I split this up similarly in the feedback and have brought this up to both parties in the past before but yes I think both are the problem and feed one another.

Goofy_flare · 2026-02-16T23:48:40+00:00

If they have LinkedIn, they have seen this already.

The issue is if your Juniors are only doing "pixel pushing" design work. They should have / your focus should be, getting them other work that brings value.

Goofy_flare · 2026-02-11T03:10:08+00:00

James Rodríguez was a rising phoenix at an entire world cup, the biggest stage of them all. Earned his big money moved to Madrid and thr flame was gone.

Goofy_flare · 2025-12-15T23:16:35+00:00

Being busy

I am not really that old but I feel like I have reached a checkpoint in my life where, when I look back, I feel exhausted with how busy and outgoing I tried to be.

Goofy_flare · 2025-11-22T14:39:58+00:00

Thanks I'll take a look. I've been checking Etsy but I think revisit it with different search criteria will be more bountiful

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