Discussed in this episode:

- What kind of research do UX designers typically run?

- What are the most useful research tools on the market right now?

- How to choose between multiple tools that serve the same need?

- How can we recruit users? How to find users to run research with?

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'The 2021 UX Research Tools Map' Infographic 

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Anfi's and Ioana's stories on how they started their careers in UX design.

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Discussed in this episode:

What is Instructional Design?

What are the guiding principles for designing the course?

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This week we are having a special Halloween episode about the horror design work experiences we had in our careers. 

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Discussed in this episode:

Why you don’t get any feedback to your design portfolio after applying? How to stand out as an applicant? How do recruiters filter candidates?

What are the typical portfolio red flags?

What are the ways of finding jobs other than on job boards? 

Why your portfolio should be intentional and what does that mean?

How can you apply the principle of progressive disclosure to your portfolio?

Should you include personas in your portfolio? Elaborate discussion on that topic

Mentioned in this episode:

Episode with Sarah Doodey on how to get hired for a UX position without applying to hundreds of roles 

Anfi's mentoring page

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Discussed in this episode:

How to survive without fully grasping what’s the product is about?

How to work in a complex technical environment?

What are the strategies that can improve your workflow on projects that are very technical? How to facilitate a new way of thinking?

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How to find and choose the right type of design events for you? 

What is the criteria for choosing conferences?

What are the pros and cons of design conferences?

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Do designers need to know how to code in order to succeed in today’s marketplace compared to the time when UX was establishing as a field?

How coding can come in handy for the designer and enhance your capabilities? In what aspect of design work, coding knowledge can be very useful? What are design specialisations that might require coding?

Anfi and Ioanna’s stories of how coding can be complimentary when building design systems

Will classic design tools evolve into web design tools?

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Discussed in this episode:

In this episode, Denis a founder of figura.digital shares a lot of insights, real stories and advice on how to successfully land a job in design industry. 

• How Denis came up and developed the idea of Figure.digital?

• What are the stages of interviewing process to get on the figura.digital platform? What are the interview questions you can expect? You will be quite surprised by some of them... 

• What are the most common mistakes designers do during interviews? What things you can prepare before the interview to increase the chances of your success? 

• What are the traits of successful designers that you can develop? 

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Portfolio and Interview Prep Checklist by Denis

Article on Universally High-Signal Interview Questions

Video on how Ran Segal got rejected 60 times before getting a design internship

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Discussed in this episode:

What aspects are essential for finding freelance work?

What is the process of getting on Toptal?

What are the platforms for finding freelance work? What are the challenges you might encounter there?

What are the other ways of getting freelance work apart from online platforms?

Anfi's story of how she started her career with freelancing and Ioanna's story of how she got into Toptal.  

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