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Land Your Dream Design Job: A guide for product designers, from portfolio to interview to job offer — Holloway

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I have a confession to make. Early on in my career I was terrible at interviewing. I would take months obsessing over every pixel in my online portfolio only to fail in the last round of interviews. That is, if I got lucky to get to that final round in the first place. Most of the time, after submitting my application, I never heard anything back. As a designer I was comfortable generating ideas on a whiteboard with colleagues, but doing a whiteboard design challenge in front of an interview panel gave me performance anxiety. And don’t get me started on the take-home design exercise assignment. Trying to read the lines of what the company was looking for while balancing a looming work deadline always put me in a tight spot. Much has changed since then. Over the past decade I’ve personally interviewed with many companies, from small startups to large corporations. Beyond my own experience of interviewing, I had the privilege of being on the other side of the table. I conducted app criti

Land Your Dream Design Job: A guide for product designers, from portfolio to interview to job offer - Holloway Log in 🌞 🌛 Search Land Your Dream Design Job edition e1.0.3 Team Access and Referrals Share on Twitter hello@holloway.com This is a preview. Get full access. Land Your Dream Design Job A guide for product designers, from portfolio to interview to job offer Dan Shilov Whether you're looking for your first job or your fifteenth, you can find an opportunity that plays to your strengths, matches with your values, and provides support for professional growth. About this Book ► 250 pages

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