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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.
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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.
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Week 2: think like a product designer, not only a screen designer
Prioritising features, balancing business goals with user needs, choosing metrics, and staying calm when the problem is vague. The week that separates product from visual design.
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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.
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Week 4: practise out loud until it feels ordinary
Present your case studies to another person, prepare behavioural and stakeholder examples, work to the clock, and use feedback to tighten every answer.
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Why your project thumbnails deserve more attention
Selected-work grids are full of device mockups, stock images and zoomed-out screens that say nothing. Treat the thumbnail as your first glimpse: show the work, hint at a skill, make people curious.
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What to settle before redesigning your portfolio
Resist opening the design tool. Decide what the portfolio is for, list everything it could contain, cut hard, and check the content before you polish the layout.
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Device mockups that keep your portfolio covers looking sharp
Mockups can polish a cover or ruin it. Match the frame to the product, crop tight, stay consistent, export sharp, and build them so they are easy to update.
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How to learn from great design portfolios
Browsing great portfolios is only useful if you study them. A method for turning a pile of inspiration into specific decisions for your own site.
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23 portfolio websites worth studying
Figma's guide gathers 23 portfolio sites with tips. Use it as a source of patterns for how a portfolio can introduce you, group work, and invite contact.
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Building your own portfolio, from sketch to code
Building your own site gives total freedom and a lot more to maintain. When it is worth it, how to plan it, and how to keep it from becoming a never-finished project.
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Eight portfolio mistakes that make hiring teams hesitate
Eight small things that make hiring teams hesitate, from blurry images to vague titles, and what to do about each.
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