{"id":539,"date":"2015-07-01T22:34:07","date_gmt":"2015-07-01T22:34:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/heyleslie.com\/wordpress\/?p=539"},"modified":"2026-01-12T15:48:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T15:48:06","slug":"interview-questions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/heyleslie.com\/wordpress\/2015\/07\/01\/interview-questions\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview questions"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Questions<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Philosophy<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What is your design philosophy?<\/li>\n<li>Where is the future of design going?<\/li>\n<li>What is the future of the designer?<\/li>\n<li>Tell me about something you learned recently.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Design<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What&#8217;s the weirdest thing you&#8217;ve ever designed?<\/li>\n<li>Why is &lt;pick a random element&gt; the way it is? What options did you look at?<\/li>\n<li>What are some of your favorite user experiences? Why? (does not have to be digital)<\/li>\n<li>What excites you about working here?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Process<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What is your process?<\/li>\n<li>What makes your approach to solving problems unique?<\/li>\n<li>How did that process work on your most recent project?<\/li>\n<li>What part of that process do you scale back on or feel most comfortable skipping during a crunch.<\/li>\n<li>How did you come to that [design] decision?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Research<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What do you think of [competitor product]?<\/li>\n<li>What other products\/apps\/sites have you looked at or used like ours?<\/li>\n<li>When doing the research for this project\n<ul>\n<li>a) What&#8217;s something that surprised you about the users you worked with and<\/li>\n<li>b) How did that realization impact the design<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Leadership<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Describe a situation when a team member was stuck<\/li>\n<li>Tell me about a time when two members had a broken relationship that negatively affect the work. How did you keep the team moving forward?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Technical<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>How much do you know about the impact of responsive design on the build side?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Design exercise examples<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You have 15 minute to design a travel app with a focus on managing expenses while traveling<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><strong>Question for employers<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>What does success look like at the company?<\/li>\n<li>How will you be assessing my success in six months? 1 year?<\/li>\n<li>What will I have been expected to have accomplished during my 1st year?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><strong>Articles of interest<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/salesforce-ux\/10-questions-youll-be-asked-in-a-ux-interview-f93f0c78f31d\" target=\"_blank\">10 Questions You\u2019ll Be Asked in a UX Interview<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/lizryan\/2014\/07\/05\/how-to-probe-for-pain-in-a-job-interview\/\">How to probe for pain in a job interview<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Questions Philosophy What is your design philosophy? Where is the future of design going? What is the future of the designer? Tell me about something you learned recently. &nbsp; Design What&#8217;s the weirdest thing you&#8217;ve ever designed? Why is &lt;pick a random element&gt; the way it is? What options did you look at? 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