Question about interview process: I’m transitioning my career to product design and have been applying for a new role. I heard back from a recruiter for a product designer position and asked me to complete a design exercise. The thing is that I’ve not even had a phone interview yet. Is this normal? Also, how long should a design exercise take? The only thing I received is a list of prompts choose from. Thanks!

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Hey! This is not abnormal, I've had to do take-home exercises prior to phone screen before. It shouldn't take you more than a few hours, hopefully. I would also be careful (depending on the company) of them trying to use you for free design work lol, sometimes companies will have interviewees perform tasks that are very similar to what someone's job would look like, and those are some of the exercises I'd be weary of. But other than that, I wouldn't be worried, they're probably just trying to evaluate your skills before they move any further (especially since you're transitioning and don't have any formal experience yet). Good luck!

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Thank you so much! Thankfully the exercise they have me do isn’t anything related to their product so I think I should be okay! ☺️

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