{"id":732,"date":"2014-10-01T16:28:13","date_gmt":"2014-10-01T23:28:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stephengay.com\/?p=732"},"modified":"2015-01-30T12:49:34","modified_gmt":"2015-01-30T20:49:34","slug":"how-to-interview-a-designer-with-the-perfect-design-exercise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stephengay.com\/?p=732","title":{"rendered":"How to Interview a Designer with the perfect design exercise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stephengay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/design_exercise.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stephengay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/design_exercise.png\" alt=\"design_exercise\" width=\"1846\" height=\"1006\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-733\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stephengay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/design_exercise.png 1846w, https:\/\/www.stephengay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/design_exercise-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/www.stephengay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/design_exercise-1024x558.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.stephengay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/design_exercise-460x250.png 460w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1846px) 100vw, 1846px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Great <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gv.com\/lib\/how-to-interview-a-designer-with-the-perfect-design-exercise\" target=\"_blank\">article from\u00a0Google Ventures<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now that we\u2019re past hunting for unicorns, and we know what design roles are needed at a startup, it\u2019s time to get into the gritty details: the design interview.<\/p>\n<p>I wasn\u2019t really good at interviewing designers until I had a few dozen interviews to compare. So if this is your first time interviewing a designer, I highly recommend finding a design advisor to help interview (and source) candidates for your startup. I\u2019ll often do this for startups as part of my role at Google Ventures, and we\u2019ve found it useful in nearly every case. For teams without designers, a design advisor is just about the only way to get an accurate read on a candidate\u2019s design skills. And for teams with designers, it\u2019s nice to have a second opinion from someone who\u2019s done a bunch of interviews recently.<\/p>\n<p>Even with help, you\u2019ll still need to give design interviews yourself, and that\u2019s what this article is about. There are three common parts to a design interview: a portfolio review (discussing a candidate\u2019s previous design projects), a product critique (tearing apart a product you both understand), and the design exercise \u2014 my favorite!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Great article from\u00a0Google Ventures Now that we\u2019re past hunting for unicorns, and we know what design roles are needed at a startup, it\u2019s time to get into the gritty details: the design interview. I wasn\u2019t really good at interviewing designers until I had a few dozen interviews to compare. 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