It was one of the best interviews I had and one of the key reasons I joined. Most design interviews have you work on design problems on the actual product of the company, which in most cases can only be a lose-lose situation because you have much less context than the interviewee and it can feel like you are providing free UX consultation, especially when non-designers are interviewing you. Instead, I was given a related case-study to address within a set amount of time and then we went through my work so they could understand my process and my approach to design, and we both in the process could understand if this would be a good fit. What was very clever was that they had me use employees as user research subjects to see if I could gather the right key information from participants to do the design exercise correctly. Very well done and showed that they had a deep appreciation for user research which is key method within user experience design.

A few days after an initial screening call with a recruiter. I was asked to block out the most of the day in the upcoming week for a series of interviews with various stakeholders. A significant ask given I have already full-time job and on-going projects. Additionally, I was asked to accommodate a few schedule changes. The initial interview itself went smoothly, the questions asked were clear and straightforward. I was not a good fit for the role in terms of my experience and I was not moved forward to the next round of interviews. I was disappointed, but only by the fact that no one informed me and I was left waiting on the zoom call for the next interviewers.