The growing trend in the use of take-home design challenges during the recruitment process is reducing the quantity, quality and diversity of applicants.

Even worse than that, its tendency to demand fast and high quality demonstrations of creativity from an individual is feeding misconceptions about UX and causing applicants to break their own code of ethics. “I am not the user!”, “Thou shalt not be the final word!” are just a few UX sacred oaths design challenges force us to ignore.

Tania Nally analyses the unintended consequences of this hiring approach and proposes a way out of the wilderness. Join this session if you’re keen to learn Tania’s recommendations for a multi-tier hiring framework plus alternative interviewing activities for use in the selection process. Grow your confidence in hiring creatives while increasing the quality and diversity of applicants applying for your available positions.