Portfolio Overview & Project Selection Questions

Be ready to describe your strongest 2-3 projects concisely. For each, explain the problem you solved, your design approach, tools used, and outcomes or learnings. Even if your projects are academic or hypothetical, focus on your thinking process and how you would measure success.

EasyBehavioral

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Interviewers want clarity on what you personally did. Choose a portfolio project and write a 3–5 sentence 'My Role' blurb that specifies your ownership areas, deliverables, collaboration points, and one example of leadership or initiative you took that materially affected outcomes.

MediumTechnical

72 practiced

For a case study, list three alternative design approaches you considered for a key interaction, explain why you rejected each alternative, and identify the trade-offs (usability, performance, development effort, metrics) that led you to the final choice. Suggest small experiments you'd run to validate each alternative.

MediumTechnical

86 practiced

Clients or past employers sometimes restrict sharing details. Describe practical steps to create a public case study when you cannot show proprietary content: redaction strategies, replacing screenshots with annotated diagrams, creating sanitized sample flows, and how you'd disclose omissions while preserving credibility.

HardTechnical

103 practiced

For one case study, outline how you'd incorporate early sketches, whiteboard photos, raw research notes, and user quotes without overwhelming readers. Provide a content hierarchy and formatting rules (for example: show 1 representative sketch, 2–3 highlighted quotes, 1 condensed insight) to keep the narrative cohesive and scannable.

MediumTechnical

81 practiced

You must choose one 'hero' project for your public portfolio. Explain how you'd decide between depth (one deep project with extensive artifacts) versus breadth (three shorter projects). For the hero project, outline what to include in the main narrative, what to put in an appendix, and how to keep both scannable.

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