Background questions
- What is your expected salary?
- Tell me about yourself
- Tell me about your ideal role
- Why are you interested in this role/company?
- What is the most interesting project you have worked on?
- Tell me about a project that you’re most proud of
- Why do you want to leave your current job?
Design knowledge questions
- What is an example of a site you think has bad user experience? Why?
- How would you define UX and UI design?
- How do you stay up to date with the latest design trends?
- What kind of usability testing methods have you applied in your projects?
- How do you ensure your design solutions are accessible?
- How do you know when your design is “done”?
- Imagine that we want to make our website responsive. How would you approach this?
- What is your favorite App or Website? Why?
- What is a common design opinion that you disagree with?
Process / Collaboration questions
- Tell me about your design process?
- How would you act upon receiving feedbacks on your design?
- How do you advocate for usability in your organization?
- Have you worked in an agile process before? How so?
- How do you deal with stakeholders (e.g., marketers) with really strong perspectives?
- Tell me about your experience working with product managers?
- What design tools do you use?
- How do you know something you designed is successful?
- Tell about a time you received an unrealistic deadline or turnaround time. How did you deal with the situation?
- Tell us about a UX project that didn’t go as planned.
- Tell me about an assignment that was too difficult. How did you handle the situation?
- If you design something and a developer told you “we can’t do that,” what would you do?
- How do you go about getting feedback from non-designers?
- Tell me about your experience working with developers/engineers
- Tell me about a time when you had a conflict at work
Career / Growth questions
- Where do you see yourself in 5 years?
- What would you say will be the next big trend in the UX Design industry?
- Who, in the industry, do you follow or read?
- What are the current challenges that you face as a designer?
