I applied online. The process took 6 months. I interviewed at Toptal (Londres, Inglaterra) in Sep 2021
Interview
I was rejected because the Designer Screener didn't like the button colour. Time wasted on a useless project. No explanation was given. At the last interview, applicants were tested on their presentation skills, and Designer Screener said I did well in this area.
Le process est long ce qui n’est pas nécessairement un mauvais point s’il savaient de quoi ils parlent.
Leur définition d’un product designer est, comme beaucoup d’autres boîtes, définie par ces dernières depuis des années, à savoir multi casquette.
Un product designer n’est pas un UI/UX mais plutôt un profil UI ou UX avec une ou des hard skills en plus (PO/IX/Motion Design/Marketing/…)
Ils ont donc évalué mes compétences d’IX comme une compétence UX alors que ce n’en est pas… difficile d’être crédible sur la review de mon portfolio, si les « soit-disant »
senior product designer ne connaissent pas eux même ces nouvelles compétences (qui ont quand même presque 10 ans d’existence)
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Toptal in Jan 2020
Interview
The interview process contained 4 steps.
I talked to the internal recruiter who coordinated the entire process and informed me about everything. I had interviews with a lead designer, head of design, one other designer, and a person from the people team. Feedback was very fast and the entire process was around 7 days.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
I have been asked to say something about myself, and about my decision to join Toptal. Besides those usual questions, I've been asked to describe my design process and to give some suggestions on how would I solve some design challenges.