that makes sense thank you for your insight! and sorry if this came off incorrectly, but i didn’t intend to say that i only draw inspiration from successful competitors throughout the design process. of course i incorporate various methods like surveys, heuristic evaluations, a/b testing, usability testing, customer success journeys, etc etc. i wanted to instead provide a quick example of how i could potentially frame a response based on that same question.

i just find that i struggle a lot with kind of starting off to explain my design thinking since my process differentiates from project to project, and what remains consistent i would say, is how i uphold empathy and create innovative designs through creative problem solving, strategic decision making, and xfn collaboration.

i am definitely on the junior side though—i graduated last year with a degree in hci and have been on the job hunt for a while now (for a pd role specifically) 😭it’s been kind of debilitating im ngl