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Hiring a UX Designer? 6.5 Questions to Ask
So you are hiring a UX designer? You have product idea. You’ve put together a cracker jack development team. You realize users actually wanting to use (or even, yikes! enjoying) your product is an essential component to success. The only problem? You have never been a UX designer. So what do you ask a UX designer in an interview so that you can ensure that they can truly help your team? Well, first you need to assess what kind of designer you need. You can do that using UIE’s assessment tool. UX is a big field and it means different things to different people. Once you have the general focus areas, whether that is user research or some UI integrations, you’ll want to interview candidates from the lens of being the best fit for the role and for your organization. No worries. We’ve got you covered! Here are 6 ½ questions to ask your UX designer candidate.
- What is one problem that you have solved for a user that is invisible but enhanced the user experience?
What to look for in the answer:
There are a variety of answers that can be used here. Any indication that the UX designer demonstrated the ability to remove complexity from a product (existing or new) will be a positive indication that they understand that UX is composed of what you don’t see as much as what you do see. Some examples include removing a step in a process, reducing the amount of data that was required to…
