Ex-Google Designer Shares the Toughest Interview Questions & How to Ace Behavioral Interviews

A Practical Guide to Mastering Behavioral, Hypothetical, and UX Design Interview Questions

The Designer Founder
1 min readFeb 16, 2025
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Mastering UX Design Interviews

1. Key Skills for UX Interviews

  • For UX design internships, focus on portfolio walkthroughs, app critiques, and whiteboarding exercises.
  • For full-time roles, expect a deeper evaluation, including behavioral and situational interview questions alongside technical UX assessments.

2. Portfolio Walkthrough: Your Most Important Interview Skill

  • Your portfolio isn’t just about visuals. It’s a communication tool. Hiring managers assess how well you explain design decisions and showcase intentionality.
  • Clearly express what you aimed to convey and how your design choices (UI, motion, or interaction) support that goal.

3. Answering Behavioral & Hypothetical UX Questions

  • Full-time roles often include behavioral and hypothetical scenarios. Prepare structured responses in advance to demonstrate problem-solving skills and design thinking.
  • Use the STAR method (Situation, Task, Action, Result) to frame your answers effectively.
  • Expect common UX questions like “How would you improve [X app]?” or “Tell me about a time you handled design feedback.”

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The Designer Founder
The Designer Founder

Written by The Designer Founder

Ex-Google Designer | 2x Exited Founder | Public Speaker

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