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Article
A 30-day plan for your product design interview
With a month to go, the trick is not to learn everything. Spend each week on one thing: foundations, product thinking, your portfolio stories, then out-loud practice.
UknowUX guide
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Week 1: get your design foundations in shape
Research and problem framing, journeys and structure, wireframes and usability, accessibility: the base every product design interviewer expects you to reason from.
UknowUX guide
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Week 3: turn two portfolio projects into interview stories
Choose two projects and learn them deeply: the decisions, the trade-offs, the critique you can take. Add redesign practice so you can think on a blank page too.
UknowUX guide
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Showing confidential work without breaking an NDA
You cannot show everything, and you do not have to. Ways to present confidential work: ask permission, lead with role and process, redact, recreate, or keep it for the interview.
UknowUX guide
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What hiring managers want to see in a UX portfolio
Across surveys and interviews, hiring teams want process over polish, a clearly framed problem, research they can follow, and a portfolio that serves recruiters, managers and peers alike.
UknowUX guide
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Complete Guide to Building an Awesome UX Case Study (CareerFoundry)
Treat each project as a story with a clear shape, and keep the deeper process detail in your back pocket for the interview. A friendly walkthrough from raw project to finished case study.
careerfoundry.com
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Video
Why your UI/UX case study isn't working (UX Anudeep)
Common reasons case studies fail to land interviews and what a stronger structure looks like in 2026.
www.youtube.com
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Book
The Mom Test (Rob Fitzpatrick)
How to talk to customers and learn from them even when everyone is lying to be nice. A short guide to better interviews.
www.momtestbook.com
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Tool
Dovetail
A home for customer research: store interviews, tag and analyse them, and share insights with the team.
dovetail.com
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External course
UX Design Program (CareerFoundry)
A mentored online programme that takes beginners through research, wireframing, prototyping and a portfolio project.
careerfoundry.com
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External course
Foundations of User Experience (UX) Design (Google, Coursera)
The first course in the Google UX certificate: what UX designers do, the design process and how to start your career.
www.coursera.org
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Template
Customer interview play and template (Atlassian)
A step-by-step play for planning and running customer interviews, with prep notes and a question guide your team can reuse.
www.atlassian.com
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