What Hiring Managers Are Looking For In Your UX Portfolio

What's the strategy to show internship projects on the portfolio? Thanks!

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?

What's the strategy to talk about non-industry projects? Like school work. Thanks!

What are the most important things to present for Saas projects in a product design portfolio?

How to stand out from other candidates?

Speaking of storytelling of each case study, what is a hiring manager looking at? What is good storytelling to hiring managers?

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?

What makes a good showcase?

Like to know more about, how to create an impactful UX portfolio

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?

Tips for portfolio review during onsite interview

Any suggestions for first project to your portfolio?

Is there any specific advice you can give to women entering this field and looking for a job?

What experience are most important to highlight from a previous career path in sales/marketing to bridge from a non-tech background?

What is the best advice for someone transitioning to UX design and where to begin?

How many projects should we showcase on our portfolios?

What are some big red flags during interviews that you've experienced?

How do you prepare your online portfolio for different users when they all have different objectives. recruiter, hiring manager, designer, VP

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

Are personal projects in your portfolio a dealbreaker?

What kind of projects would make my portfolio stand out?

Would you recommend building a portfolio with projects of a certain niche, or one that has more variety?

Which road do you recommend for beginners in UX?

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...

What makes a stand out portfolio? I have been applying for the past 2 weeks but I havent had luck landing interviews.

What are some of the biggest trends in the UX Design industry right now?

What about user experience researcher. What type of portfolio do we need?

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...

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...

What are the best methods to presenting portfolio project and prototypes

How should the resume look? Should I include my logo and brand or have a regular resume?

What specific things are you looking for on an Interaction Designer Portfolio? Could you please provide a list of specific artifacts per say. Thanks!

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?

How we can be a creative UX designer

First thing hiring managers look at when reading CV and or portfolio??

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...

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?

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...

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...

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?...

How much detail should we go in to on our case studies ?

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....

what tips do you have for someone who's transiting from a bachelor of advertising into UX Design as a fresh graduate?

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...

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...

I am a freelance UX designer. How should my portfolio look? Would it be any different from the one people seeking jobs?

Do you think portfolio's should follow a specific pattern?

What are your thoughts about portfolio websites vs. PDFs? What's been your experience - and are things changing?

What should we avoid mentioning to design/hiring managers when explaining our designs projects?

What is a high-level approach of showing storytelling in your case studies?

How much detail are you looking for on a resume - should there be a link to a non-specific resume in aportfolio?

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...

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.

Are employers interested more in the process of the atory rather than specific programs used?

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?

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...

can you share details about the differences in portfolios for UX and UI fields and expectations for front-end web development? thank you

What are 3-4 basic characteristics, skills, and qualifications the hiring manager is looking for in the right candidate?

I keep hearing differing opinions on what artifacts to include and what not to include. What are your thoughts?

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...

How do I find mentors in this field?

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...

Which website template is best for the portfolio? Ex. Wix, Squarespace etc...

What are good portfolio idea projects? How to implement them so they look professional?

What languages are most in demand with fortune 500 companies?

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...

Do hiring managers care about what platform your portfolio is on?