it pays to be prepared by now you should have found a job that you want to apply to
prepared your cv applied your portfolio applied and secured an interview congratulations
you've come a long way since the start of this series but we're not at the finish line yet
preparing for a ux design interview begins with thinking about some of the questions
you could be asked and how you might then answer them in this video i'm going to talk
about the types of questions to prepare for in your interview and tips on how to answer them
interview questions can fall into different types of categories such as technical general
or value-based. Technical questions are asked to gauge your knowledge and level of expertise
general our experience questions are about you your work and your professional experience
value-based questions help determine if you will be a good match at the company and that both yours
and the company values are in line with each other now the first question you may be asked in a n
interview is tell us about yourself this question is a great opener and gives you the opportunity
to talk about how you got into ux design and why you're a good fit for this specific role
but remember keep it brief focus on what makes you a unique candidate do you have any skills to
bring to the table that make you stand out things like coding researching great workshopping skills
things like that you can touch on your previous role and responsibilities and how they might apply
to the current position another question could be walk me through a project in your portfolio
or tell us about a project that you're proud of i don't think i've been to an interview where they
haven't asked this question so be prepared to walk an interviewer through a project
that you're proud of and can talk them through the whole design process from start to finish
make it clear the problem that you're trying to solve and the process that revealed the solution
use this as an opportunity to demonstrate key skills such as research and analysis or conducting
workshops again keep it brief so you open the floor for opportunities to have questions another
question could be tell us about a challenge you faced on a project and how you handled it here you
are looking to give answers or an example of a project that perhaps didn't go so well
talk about the lessons learned and how you would implement improvements going forward
it could also be an opportunity to talk about how you worked with difficult stakeholders who may
not have valued ux design talk about how you worked with them to educate them through the
analytics and data to bring them on side another question could be have you experienced working
in a lean or agile environment if yes provide a brief explanation of when and how you worked
in that environment if no perhaps explain your understanding of the agile process
and explain why you do not have experience perhaps your current company works in a waterfall method
but demonstrate you have an understanding and interest all the same maybe this is a
driving factor for why you're applying to this role what is your ux design process
this question ties in nicely to answer walk me through a project in your portfolio and could be
answered in the same breath if you haven't done so already talk about your process how do you
approach problems what tools do you typically use who do you work with in the design process could
it be researchers developers project managers be mindful that this question can get long fast
so think about it in a couple of different stages and keep the answer concise while providing a
solid outline you'll soon see how questions become interlinked as another question they could ask is
what ux tools do you use? This one is fairly simple so talk about the design tools that you used on a
day-to-day basis and any particular favourites that you may have given that a lot of people
are working remotely touch on working with some tools that are great for remote collaboration
as that would go down nicely. Another question is how do you react to negative feedback?
Here the interviewer is looking at how you take negative feedback on as creative or constructive
criticism which is a very important part of being a designer never take criticism
personally and always try to detach yourself from the designs in the feedback given always seek out
actionable steps that you can use to improve the design a more topic-specific question
could be how do you ensure designs are accessible? The interviewer here is looking to gauge your
understanding of accessibility best practices you can demonstrate this by talking about how
you would consider accessibility as part of your design process from the start of a project so it's
not an afterthought but something that is to be addressed from the very beginning talk about any
tools that you would use and how you would enhance the designs to meet accessibility requirements
this could be done by things like checking the color contrast the layout and so on
so the more challenging questions could be things like tell us about a ux project that failed
what could you learn from this or what made you want to leave your current role with the first
question talk about what you learned from the failed project identify why it failed and what
you would do differently moving forward with the second question what makes you want to leave your
current job avoid saying anything negative about your current company or co-workers it's best to
talk about the new challenges and opportunities this role that you're applying for would bring
the opposite question to what makes you want to leave your current job would be why are you
interested in this company think about why you responded to the job listing originally
was it the company culture the opportunity for growth or leadership to work in a different way
express your motivations for joining clearly and if there is something that the company does well
tell them they will appreciate the positive feedback questions to ask the company now don't
forget an interview works both ways not only are the companies seeing if you would be a good match
for the role but you are also figuring out if the company is a good match for you too keeping this
in mind will help you shake off any pre-interview nerves at the end of the interview an interviewer
should ask do you have any questions for us or something along those lines and be sure to include
some questions towards the end of the interview to ask the panel that will help you know more about
the company if you want to know more about company culture you could ask how the different teams work
together collaboratively and if you want to know who is responsible for conducting user research
you could ask questions like how involved would you be in the research stage of the process
and finally remember to be honest keeping your answers simple and always backing them up with
real examples where you can relate your answers to the company where you are interviewing if you
have any questions about ux interviews or would like to share some of the questions you've been
asked drop them in the comments below i hope all your preparations for interviews are going so well
tune into my next video for remote interview tips and i will see you in the next video
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