What Hiring Managers Are Looking For In Your UX Portfolio
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I'm approached often with requests for portfolio reviews and the information I share for each review can be applied to every portfolio. For this chat, I welcome all levels of UX Designers and hiring managers. I welcome any and all questions regarding the field of UX and a career in UX Design....
I'm approached often with requests for portfolio reviews and the information I share for each review can be applied to every portfolio. For this chat, I welcome all levels of UX Designers and hiring managers. I welcome any and all questions regarding the field of UX and a career in UX Design. Topics that could be covered in this chat are:
- What makes a good UX portfolio
- How to get experience as an emerging designer and build your portfolio
- LinkedIn strategies
- Interview tips
- How to hire a UX Designer (for those looking to hire a UX Designer)
- Why UX is important and why this is a strong career choice
- Recommended resources
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What's the strategy to show internship projects on the portfolio? Thanks!
By: YangPosted on 2020-06-02 -
If my project is to business, which also involves a lot of specific domain knowledge. Does explaining clear about the domain knowledge important when showing the portfolio? How can we balance the content?
By: Yi, UX UIPosted on 2020-06-02 -
What's the strategy to talk about non-industry projects? Like school work. Thanks!
By: KoalaPosted on 2020-06-02 -
What are the most important things to present for Saas projects in a product design portfolio?
By: Licia, Product designerPosted on 2020-06-02 -
How to stand out from other candidates?
By: MustakimPosted on 2020-06-02 -
Speaking of storytelling of each case study, what is a hiring manager looking at? What is good storytelling to hiring managers?
By: LexiePosted on 2020-06-02 -
How can you land your first job us UX Designer when most of the work you showcase is mostly for UX Research? How to explain your strengths/expertise to hiring managers?
By: LauraPosted on 2020-06-02 -
What makes a good showcase?
By: CamilaPosted on 2020-06-02 -
Like to know more about, how to create an impactful UX portfolio
By: AjithPosted on 2020-06-02 -
How many case studies should I have on my portfolio when looking for my first UX job? Currently, I only have 2 projects/case studies. How impactful is including a project that's been shipped?
By: Michelle, UX UIPosted on 2020-06-01 -
Tips for portfolio review during onsite interview
By: ChelseaPosted on 2020-06-01 -
Any suggestions for first project to your portfolio?
By: Kristyna, Operations ManagementPosted on 2020-06-01 -
Is there any specific advice you can give to women entering this field and looking for a job?
By: AraseliPosted on 2020-05-31 -
What experience are most important to highlight from a previous career path in sales/marketing to bridge from a non-tech background?
By: JustinPosted on 2020-05-31 -
What is the best advice for someone transitioning to UX design and where to begin?
By: rudiPosted on 2020-05-31 -
How many projects should we showcase on our portfolios?
By: SrujanaPosted on 2020-05-30 -
What are some big red flags during interviews that you've experienced?
By: GaryPosted on 2020-05-30 -
How do you prepare your online portfolio for different users when they all have different objectives. recruiter, hiring manager, designer, VP
By: DucPosted on 2020-05-30 -
How can we show competitive analysis most effectively if we have a lot of content on it? For example, a lot of text in the SWOT section of one
By: GabrielPosted on 2020-05-29 -
Are personal projects in your portfolio a dealbreaker?
By: AnnaPosted on 2020-05-29 -
What kind of projects would make my portfolio stand out?
By: Anupama, UX UIPosted on 2020-05-29 -
Would you recommend building a portfolio with projects of a certain niche, or one that has more variety?
By: MarissaPosted on 2020-05-29 -
Which road do you recommend for beginners in UX?
By: MiguelPosted on 2020-05-29 -
I have over 10 years of experience in architecture and am looking to transition into product design. I'm currently looking for a junior product designer role. Is it detrimental to advertise that I...
By: Edna, Product designerPosted on 2020-05-29 -
What makes a stand out portfolio? I have been applying for the past 2 weeks but I havent had luck landing interviews.
By: Elizabeth, UX DesignerPosted on 2020-05-29 -
What are some of the biggest trends in the UX Design industry right now?
By: MariaPosted on 2020-05-29 -
What about user experience researcher. What type of portfolio do we need?
By: NikoPosted on 2020-05-29 -
As a recent graduate, what should an aspiring UX/UI designer do to make their portfolio stand out? If school projects are the only case studies you have worked on, how can you best incorporate...
By: AlonsoPosted on 2020-05-29 -
Should I include all of the artifacts in my portfolio (multiple personas, maps of data, usability test reports, etc) ? I'm wondering if putting them all in will make it too long, or is it better...
By: RachelPosted on 2020-05-28 -
What are the best methods to presenting portfolio project and prototypes
By: MiguelPosted on 2020-05-28 -
How should the resume look? Should I include my logo and brand or have a regular resume?
By: ShaziaPosted on 2020-05-28 -
What specific things are you looking for on an Interaction Designer Portfolio? Could you please provide a list of specific artifacts per say. Thanks!
By: Maribel, Product designerPosted on 2020-05-28 -
How do you find the balance of making a case study thorough enough to show your process and skills, but not so long that hiring managers won't read it?
By: Taylor, UX DesignerPosted on 2020-05-28 -
How we can be a creative UX designer
By: AwaisPosted on 2020-05-28 -
First thing hiring managers look at when reading CV and or portfolio??
By: MarioPosted on 2020-05-28 -
Any advice on transitioning from UX/UI design for websites, marketing, and editorial to UX/UI for product/app design? I have 5+ years of experience. How can I best demonstrate I’m capable of...
By: Heather, DesignerPosted on 2020-05-28 -
Besides a portfolio, what other qualifications are UX employers looking for? I'm taking an online UX course for beginners and would like to know if bootcamps or a degree gives others an advantage?
By: PaulinePosted on 2020-05-28 -
Everything that I read says the junior designer market is pretty saturated right now. Do you agree? What can junior designers do to help them stand out from the crowd to hiring managers to get...
By: DevinPosted on 2020-05-28 -
What if you are applying to a company in an industry that is not covered by any of your case studies in your portfolio? How do you explain your work in a way that shows them these case studies are...
By: EricaPosted on 2020-05-28 -
Hi Jill! Can you talk about the potential differences in UX portfolio evaluation between a candidate with formal training/education, and a candidate coming from a more non-traditional background?...
By: MichellePosted on 2020-05-28 -
How much detail should we go in to on our case studies ?
By: DeePosted on 2020-05-28 -
Any advice for a graphic design professional looking to get into the field? I’ve redone my portfolio/website, started up LinkedIn, and I’m reading, watching videos, taking courses with IDF....
By: JacobPosted on 2020-05-28 -
what tips do you have for someone who's transiting from a bachelor of advertising into UX Design as a fresh graduate?
By: RubeccaPosted on 2020-05-28 -
How many portfolio projects/case studies are ideal? What are some good formats? And should they be a summary? Or go into all the details? What about sharing proprietary work for the current...
By: JENPosted on 2020-05-28 -
How much ”design thinking” process we should show in case studies? From raw sketches to high fidelity prototypes/ animations? How can I find a balance so that my case study doesn't disengage a...
By: MayraPosted on 2020-05-28 -
I am a freelance UX designer. How should my portfolio look? Would it be any different from the one people seeking jobs?
By: SatyenPosted on 2020-05-28 -
Do you think portfolio's should follow a specific pattern?
By: MariePosted on 2020-05-27 -
What are your thoughts about portfolio websites vs. PDFs? What's been your experience - and are things changing?
By: KarimPosted on 2020-05-27 -
What should we avoid mentioning to design/hiring managers when explaining our designs projects?
By: Eva, Product designerPosted on 2020-05-27 -
What is a high-level approach of showing storytelling in your case studies?
By: IrenePosted on 2020-05-27 -
How much detail are you looking for on a resume - should there be a link to a non-specific resume in aportfolio?
By: EvanPosted on 2020-05-27 -
Another UX Portfolio website suggested that hiring managers don't really read your portfolio, they scan it --so how detailed should I be when writing the explanations of my case studies? I want to...
By: EmilyPosted on 2020-05-27 -
What to include in your portfolio beside case study and how long case study should be . Should it be wordy or more pictures to tell your story given if they scroll through portfolio.
By: RichaPosted on 2020-05-27 -
Are employers interested more in the process of the atory rather than specific programs used?
By: Kelsey, UX UI DesignerPosted on 2020-05-27 -
What is the possibility of catching a hiring manager's eye when we do not have a bunch of a real or live projects in our portfolio?
By: HimaniPosted on 2020-05-26 -
It seems very difficult to have 2-3 case studies in your portfolio without having proper UX education either in University or Bootcamp. Is self-tough UX portfolio making realistic? Would you have...
By: Haruka, Web DesignerPosted on 2020-05-22 -
can you share details about the differences in portfolios for UX and UI fields and expectations for front-end web development? thank you
By: Florence, Web developerPosted on 2020-05-21 -
What are 3-4 basic characteristics, skills, and qualifications the hiring manager is looking for in the right candidate?
By: Mounir, UX UI DesignerPosted on 2020-05-21 -
I keep hearing differing opinions on what artifacts to include and what not to include. What are your thoughts?
By: maile, UX UIPosted on 2020-05-21 -
What is the best tool for making a portfolio site and is it important for hiring managers which platform you use? And also, instead of having all case studies on a site, can I just provide links...
By: AlisaPosted on 2020-05-21 -
How do I find mentors in this field?
By: Ogechi, Frontend DeveloperPosted on 2020-05-21 -
Can a Portfolio made up of 'dummy' projects be strong enough to get a UX job? Is there a way to utilize these items to show potential (if so, how best to do this?), would a UX hiring manager take...
By: Lacey, Product designPosted on 2020-05-16 -
Which website template is best for the portfolio? Ex. Wix, Squarespace etc...
By: Cindy, UX UIPosted on 2020-05-14 -
What are good portfolio idea projects? How to implement them so they look professional?
By: Malina, Fullstack DeveloperPosted on 2020-05-12 -
What languages are most in demand with fortune 500 companies?
By: Nelly, MarketerPosted on 2020-05-10 -
I know portfolios need to be super niche, especially for the job you apply. What other things *might* we add to the portfolio so that it highlights other usable, transferrable skills? I've heard...
By: Hope, DesignerPosted on 2020-04-29 -
Do hiring managers care about what platform your portfolio is on?
By: Lisa, UX DesignerPosted on 2020-04-29
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