The 4 Types of UX Interview Questions to Master
Prepare for your interview as a UX designer well. Here’s a great article I found on UXBeginner.com. Enjoy!
So can you tell me about KPIs you used to measure the outcome of this design?
I froze. Beads of sweat formed on my forehe1ad. I didn’t know how to answer the interview question and stumbled through with a half-assed response.
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Interviewing used to be one of those painful, tedious chores for me. That’s because I didn’t understand the underlying structure of interview questions.
But through practice and dozens of interviews over the years, and I spotted some patterns. Time and time again, I’ve found that the questions I was asked fell into 4 major question types.
Identifying this pattern not only helped me provide better answers, but it helped me understand the questions in the first place.
[insert diagram: disparate information -> brain doesn’t work. but disparate information -> buckets -> brain = better]
Note: This article covers only verbal questions, not design exercises nor portfolio-specific questions, which we’ll cover in-depth in the future.
For the impatient, these are the four question that I’ll explain in detail:
- Basic screening questions
- Technical (UX specific) questions
- Behavioral questions
- Curveball questions
This article won’t guarantee you a UX job. But for those looking to land their first UX gig, understanding these 4 question types can make all the difference between offer and no offer.