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Portfolios, interviews, hiring, and the skills product teams actually look for.

Career advice is only useful when it matches how teams hire. Portfolios, case studies, and interview practice should show product judgment, not only visual decoration.

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How to prepare for product design interviews: critiques, app teardowns, and portfolio conversations that stay specific.

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Learn UI Design · <name>Erik D. Kennedy</name> · Mar 29, 2024

Creating a Standout Design Portfolio: The Ultimate Guide

The 4 most-common portfolio mistakes · Homepage best practices · How to create a great project case study · 10 example portfolios, annotated & explained · Top sites for creating your portfolio

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Uber Design · Etienne Fang · Aug 27, 2019

The Power of Insights: A behind-the-scenes look at the new insights platform at Uber

Logo design by Ryan Koziel In the late 20th century, the dominant technological question was “How do we learn better?” In the early 21st, that question has been followed by “How do we better use the things we’ve learned?” Uber is powered by information. Chances are good that your company is, too. We’ve all had firstha.

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A List Apart · by <a itemprop="url" class="author" rel="author" href="https://alistapart.com/author/michelferreira/">Michel Ferreira</a> · Jul 23, 2025

An Holistic Framework for Shared Design Leadership

Picture this: You’re in a meeting room at your tech company, and two people are having what looks like the same conversation about the same design problem. One is talking about whether the team has the right skills to tackle it. The other is diving deep into whether the solution actually solves the user’s problem. Sam.

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A List Apart · by <a itemprop="url" class="author" rel="author" href="https://alistapart.com/author/zeldman/">Jeffrey Zeldman</a> · Jan 29, 2024

I am a creative.

I am a creative. What I do is alchemy. It is a mystery. I do not so much do it, as let it be done through me. I am a creative. Not all creative people like this label. Not all see themselves this way. Some creative people see science in what they do. That is their truth, and I respect it. Maybe I even envy them, a lit.

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Uber Design · Evelyn Kim · Mar 3, 2020

What do I want to do with my c̶a̶r̶e̶e̶r̶ life?

A design manager’s guide to jumpstart career conversations with your team. Uber Eats Design & Research Offsite in Monterey Bay Aquarium, Photo credit — Cocu Liu Let’s be honest, managing can feel like you are constantly undulating between surviving and thriving. Whether you’re at the beginning stages of management or.

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Intuit Design · JP Ramirez · Feb 10, 2021

Intuit Investor Day: A Visual Design Case Study

Every year, Intuit invites the investment community to attend an experience online and in Mountain View to share company progress and updates. Last October, Intuit’s Brand Experience and Storytelling Team created a ground-up visual identity system to elevate the end-to-end experience. Creative Strategy The team create.

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UX Planet · uxplanet.org · 4d

How AI Is Transforming Global Hiring in 2026

and why infrastructure matters more than ever Since the very beginning of the internet era, hiring was constrained by two things: human bandwidth and geography . A recruiter could only review so many candidates, a hiring manager could only conduct so many interviews. And when the perfect candidate lived halfway around.