The interview process is very long and difficult for a freelancer UX designer at Toptal. It takes months to be able to reapply if you fail once. If you fail more than once it will take more than a year to reapply.
I applied online. I interviewed at Toptal (Lagos) in Jan 2021
Interview
It was lengthy and quite rigorous. I went through to the last stage but unfortunately I wasn’t accepted after all the sleepless nights and very good outcome. What failed me was my presentation but we go again
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Asked me to build a particular app from a brief given to me
I applied online. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Toptal (Los Angeles, CA) in Aug 2022
Interview
Part1- 10 minutes screening interview - 2-3 minutes interviewer talks about Toptal and the rest is basic questions, who you are, what you do, and your skills and what software you use.
Part 2- Sending out a PDF version of your portfolio with links to the Projects. Six end-to-end project describing the product, role, Goals and problems.
Part3- Portfolio interview- 1 hour 1:1 interview. 30 minutes to talk about two of your projects and the rest is Q&A
Part4- Take home assignment, which I haven't done yet.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about yourself, what software you use, what you do and..