How to prepare for an interview?

• For design industry, apart from answering questions, you’d also have to show off your work/portfolio.
• A lot of employers may be more interested in your values — what do YOU stand for and do they match up with what the company stands for.

What they look for:

• Never Done → Willing to learn
• Challenge Convention → Push boundaries
• Impact Together → Be a team player
• Bring You → Personality (enthusiasm)
• Be an Advocate → User-centred approach

Prior experience

• Make any experience count
  • E.g “While I haven’t worked in ___, I have had experience in that sort of work in a more university setting through my projects.”

Understand the role

• Get to know the company, let them know that you know what they’re asking for, show them you know what that role is, and what you bring to that (design process, etc.)

Enthusiasm

• Enthusiasm for the job/company/subject, why do you want to work for them in the first place?
• Why are you the best person for the job? What do you bring to the table?

Willing to learn

• Use examples like past mistakes, problem solving skills, what you learnt from them, etc.

Aspirations, Motivation, and Ambition

• What drives you and where do you want to go?
  • Your future goals, like what agency you want to work for, where you see yourself in 5 years as a designer, what will you have achieved, etc.