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Practice your product design and UX skills. Prepare for your next job interview.

Redesign the NYC metrocard system. Design a dashboard for a general practitioner. Redesign an ATM.

Learn how to solve and present exercises like these, that top startups use to interview designers for product design and UI/UX roles.

Today top companies are looking for business-minded designers who are not just focused on visuals. With this book, you can practice this kind of mindset, prepare for job interviews, learn how to interview other designers and find concepts for projects for your portfolio.What will you learn from this book:Prepare for the design interview — prepare for the design exercise and learn more about how tech companies hire product designers.Improve your portfolio — use product challenges to showcase in your portfolio instead of unsolicited visual redesigns.Step up your design career — practice your product design skills to become a better designer and prepare for your next career move.Interview designers — learn how to interview designers to evaluate their skills in the most efficient and scalable way.What’s inside?A 7-step framework for solving product design exercises30+ examples of exercises similar to exercises used by Google, Facebook, Amazon etc.5 full solutions for product design exercises5 short interviews with design leaders that worked at Apple, Google, Pinterest, IDEO etc.

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A practical guide to growing your UX design career and getting promoted Practice your product design and UX skills. Prepare for your next job interview. Maximize your impact to build a better UX career Find ideas for your new next business, side hustle, or indie startup.

Knowing every Figma trick doesn’t get you promoted. Learn 12 skills that do, like presenting, mentoring, giving feedback, and improving processes. Learn how to solve and present exercises companies like Google and Microsoft use to interview designers for product design and UX roles. The best designers are effective outside of Figma. Learn how they do that. Learn how to find ideas for your next business, side hustle, or indie startup using 17 highly actionable techniques.

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An industry-backed approach to growth. Based on how more than 50 companies evaluate designers and employees similarly to how it works at Etsy, Medium, Dropbox, Square, Figma, Zendesk, Intercom, and Coursera. Based on real challenges used by companies like Google. The book has became an industry-standard used by both candidates and hiring managers. 27 actionable lessons on communication, persuasion, influence, decision-making, productivity, and more. Featuring chapters by design leaders who worked at Etsy, Stripe, Webflow, Shopify, Adobe, The Wall Street Journal, etc. 17 actionable techniques for finding business problems through scientific research, web search analysis, market trends, your own experience, open data sets, unrelated industries, business model patterns, etc.

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Designers working at companies like Google, Spotify, Meta, Nintendo, Shopify, General Motors, etc. Tens of thousands of designers employed at every major technology company, including Apple, Google, Dropbox, Uber, Airbnb, IDEO, Adobe, and others. Professionals working at companies like Meta, Quora, Square, Product Hunt, Mailchimp, Twitch, Carnegie Mellon University, etc.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Independently published (February 7, 2018)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 171 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1977000428
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1977000422
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 5.6 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.25 x 0.43 x 8 inches