Based off more than 30+ interviews at places like Flipkart, Oracle, Google, Razorpay, to Adobe and Atlassian, this guide is meant to help design graduates and those shifting into UI/UX understand the interviewing pattern and trends of the industry.

While there are plenty of guides on crafting portfolios and resumes, knowing what to say during interviews is a whole new challenge! This zine looks at common questions, how to answer them, helpful resources, do's and don'ts, principles for approaching each round, as well as templates for solving whiteboarding round challenges.

Here's an overview of the zine contents:

1. An introduction: UX Design interviews
2. Tailoring your resume (General tips, Layout do’s and don’ts, Content do’s and don’ts, FAQs)
3. Tailoring your portfolio (General tips, Resource links)
4. Round 1: HR Call (What are HRs trying to find out, Commonly asked questions (and how to answer them), What questions can you ask)
5. Round 2: Exploratory Call (What are interviewers trying to find out, Types of questions and answers for them, Situational/ Cultural, Technical, Portfolio-related)
6. Round 3: Portfolio Round (What you should be prepared with, Commonly asked questions (and how to answer them), General tips, Helpful Resources)
7. Round 4: Design Task (General tips)
8. Round 5: Whiteboarding round (Template for blue-sky problems, Template for defined problems, What to avoid: Common mistakes, Helpful resources)
9. Product Manager round (Common questions (and how to answer them), Hiring Manager round, Common questions (and how to answer them))