Hiring Manager Screen

1 hour - product designer 45 min - brand designer

Product Designer

Competencies Evaluated

• Design Execution: Interaction Design, Visual Design
• Leadership: Vision & Strategy / Conceptual Thinker
• Facilitator
• Humility
• Research & Analytics
• Teamwork & Collaboration
• Communication

Agenda

1. Walk me through your design process at your current role/day-to-day? How would you describe your design process? What UX artifacts (Ex. journey map) do you use? How? How do you included others within your process? What’s your current design team situation like?
   1. DESIRED ANSWER: Research, Facilitation (Design Thinking) of Workshops, High collaboration with engineers/devs, Multiple Prototypes, Testing Designs, UX artifacts mentioned - journey maps, adaptable based on context*
2. How do you know when your designs are done? How do you measure the success of your designs?
   1. DESIRED ANSWER: “never done”, Focus on function / solving problem not visuals, accomplishing user goals, success metrics, user testing (to gather qualitative data)
3. What would your current boss say are your strengths and areas for improvement? Look for understanding of areas for growth, identify environments not meant for them
4. Which of your Design skills you are strongest and where do you want to grow most? (UI, UX, Research, Product Strategy) *Look for self awareness of skills that are later validated, look for where they’re passionate and where they want to grow)
5. Conduct Design Execution Screen
6. Time for candidate’s questions
7. Product Demo

Brand Designer Agenda

1. Walk me through your design process.
2. Are you typically involved in the strategy or ‘concept’ phase of a project?
3. How do you typically get feedback? How do you respond?
   1. How do you handle negative feedback?
4. How do you hand off a project? Look for someone that takes responsibility of delivery even to the extent to code
5. What do you think the next big design trend will be? Tests the candidate’s knowledge of the latest trends.
6. Who is a brand that inspires you? Why?
7. What would your current boss say are your strengths and areas for improvement? Look for understanding of areas for growth, identify environments not meant for them
8. Brand Critique
9. Candidate’s questions

References

1. https://tech.buzzfeed.com/crafting-the-product-design-hiring-experience-part-one-65c924bc7a41
2. https://tech.buzzfeed.com/crafting-the-product-design-hiring-experience-part-two-add787570f8f
3. https://github.com/buzzfeed/design/blob/master/recruiting/interview-questions.md