tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2499691751913992519.post4493521791780261112..comments2023-06-21T07:17:41.962-07:00Comments on Beta Grace: Interviewing for UX Research PositionsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00016696117657982492noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2499691751913992519.post-82747357432248216502015-09-18T15:02:43.989-07:002015-09-18T15:02:43.989-07:00Grace, I appreciate your insights and valuable fee...Grace, I appreciate your insights and valuable feedback on your interview experience. I am also new to the industry and have a face to face with Google next week. Thank you so much!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2499691751913992519.post-58832877711004342472014-11-13T17:15:08.949-08:002014-11-13T17:15:08.949-08:00Hi Mary,
So sorry to get back to you so late! I d...Hi Mary,<br /><br />So sorry to get back to you so late! I don't check this blog too often anymore. How did your interview go? To be honest, I don't think I did very well on that type of interview where I had to do a fake usability test and then present findings. So much pressure! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00016696117657982492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2499691751913992519.post-63165603214958355192014-09-29T12:20:58.502-07:002014-09-29T12:20:58.502-07:00Grace, thanks for your post, it was really helpful...Grace, thanks for your post, it was really helpful. JSP, I'd love to know what your experience was like applying to UX Research roles. I just finished my Ph.D. in Cognitive Neuroscience and am starting the process now myself. I would love to speak with you more!Snigdhahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03050596526954720500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2499691751913992519.post-37817713556896520022014-09-19T10:06:53.762-07:002014-09-19T10:06:53.762-07:00Hi Grace! Thanks so much for this helpful blog po...Hi Grace! Thanks so much for this helpful blog post about UX research jobs! I'm going through the interview process at a startup right now and I'm really nervous about the final round. I have to come up with a research strategy, do a mock usability test, analyzed my results, and present! You mentioned you had to go through the same (intimidating!!) process for one of your interviews. Any advice on how to prepare? <br />Mary https://www.blogger.com/profile/05814268448933170635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2499691751913992519.post-30519338961164207592014-03-07T17:39:22.882-08:002014-03-07T17:39:22.882-08:00Sorry for the late reply, just saw this! Hope your...Sorry for the late reply, just saw this! Hope your interview went well! <br /><br />So in retrospect, I found out that my team at Yammer really appreciated that I was honest about what I knew and what I still wanted to learn more about, since I was new to UX Research. <br /><br />Other things that I have learned since then and in interviewing researchers at Yammer:<br />Depends on the company, but at Yammer we appreciate concise research "reports" - a short PowerPoint deck or a TL;DR of what was found in the research, or maybe even just a few bullet points of key findings. In interviewing researchers, we try to suss out if they will be able to be concise and persuasive when delivering research. Sometimes we can figure that out by their portfolio and their research deliverables. Otherwise, we just ask them questions about it. <br /><br />Another thing I've learned since then... you wouldn't believe how many people come to interview that have never tried out the product or don't have a very good reason for wanting to work here. It can be really obvious sometimes that people are just trying to move to San Francisco. Make sure you familiarize yourself with the product and maybe even do some quick research of it beforehand with friends/family.<br /><br />Also, it took me a couple of interview rounds to figure out what I was doing.<br /><br />That's all I can think of for right now. Once again, good luck! <br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00016696117657982492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2499691751913992519.post-34877272225043645232014-03-01T16:35:18.703-08:002014-03-01T16:35:18.703-08:00Very helpful, Grace.
I have been doing behavioral ...Very helpful, Grace.<br />I have been doing behavioral research in academia for 10 years and going to be interviewing with YouTube next week for a UX researcher position. I am quite nervous about my FIRST industry interview. I am very confident with my research ability, but I ain't sure what they want/need. Any tips (in retrospective account)?<br />JSPhttp://www.linkedin.com/in/jingspan/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2499691751913992519.post-91349395317356443322014-03-01T16:34:13.177-08:002014-03-01T16:34:13.177-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13787789951736803061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2499691751913992519.post-52036540801148007962014-02-22T11:56:04.121-08:002014-02-22T11:56:04.121-08:00Thanks Jade!Thanks Jade!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00016696117657982492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2499691751913992519.post-51766236176502363912014-02-21T13:48:03.786-08:002014-02-21T13:48:03.786-08:00Thanks for sharing your experience Grace and congr...Thanks for sharing your experience Grace and congrats on the position with Yammer! ^ I met Steve too! <br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14963315052352825043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2499691751913992519.post-92201387913775941872013-07-20T09:33:13.057-07:002013-07-20T09:33:13.057-07:00Great post! Appreciate all the details you shared ...Great post! Appreciate all the details you shared about your experience. I recently wrote a similar post about my adventures in design research interviewing, focused on the types of questions I got in different interviews. You can check it out at http://wp.me/p3kV5r-bm.<br /><br />PS I found out about your post via Steve Portigal.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com