Junior UX designer here, been steadily working on a contract basis over the last 8 months. I’ve been hitting a wall with my applications and even with taking time to put in personalized cover letters/providing the extra recommended items with my applications, I have just continued to get ghosted/rejected. I know it’s still an iffy market right now & maybe some of the roles I’m slightly under qualified for in regards to how long I’ve been in the field, but I’m truly stuck. Any help appreciated!

Hi! I have an interview for the role of financial consultant/financial planning and analysis @ computershare.. please share words of advise for me please... This is the highest role I have ever interview for.. I am currently a credit analyst! Any tips help. Thank you in advance.

Tips on how to deal with anxiety of waiting for feedback after your interview?

Isn't it possible to have a conversation with hiring manager in Amazon before joining. I tried to have a catch up with him regarding my roles and responsibilities, but my manager denied. I was told , that I will be only able to interact with him after joining. Now I am starting to give a second thought about joining Amazon.
Should I drop the offer?

Hey all. I have an interview with an investment bank coming up. I am currently a senior associate at big 4 doing financial due diligence. Can anyone give me interviews tips/what to study? I am very new to the diligence (less than 3 months), so am far from understanding a deal start to finish.

If you work at FAANG level company do you get recruiter calls almost daily?
Cause I work in a lower level firm and I don't get calls

Tommorow i have l1 round of EXL for business analyst profile. Please suggest me what should i prepare the most? How is BA interview in exl

The biggest lie you've told during a job interview? And did you ever get caught?

Any news if there is any hiring freeze in UK?
I am not seeing much jobs active in career portals. The ones which are active are in Under Review status since last few months.

Are interview case studies difficult? Is it done live or is it take-home? What should I expect in terms of content/questions, duration, difficulty?

I have a job interview today that I’m actually nervous about. That’s a good sign right? All my other ones I was dreading or just wanted to skip. I’ve only been jobless for 2 weeks - I would like more time, but this is a company and boss that we’ve been dancing around each other for about a year. And they have a position open at the same time I need a job.

I had a job interview for a role that I really want. The hiring manager scheduled me for an interview and did not show up. Emailed me an hour later stating that he got super busy and couldn’t attend, and would like to reschedule. This is a major red flag, but I can’t help but feel that I am missing out since this role pays 50% over what I currently make. Should I let the recruiter know? What’s your take on this?

Hi, I want to make a move from a small law firm to medium or big immigration firms. How do I approach them? How is the interview process?

Anyone interviewing with Frontdoor for a Strategy role?

Have you ever traded flowers? I only trade 1 kind- your tulips for mine... You down? ;)

I’m brand spanking new to the “official” business analyst role and have my first functional requirements workshop any tips on how to make this a success?

Super anxious, nervous and everything else that’s involved.

I’ve bought Arrid Extra Dry cream deodorant by the case for decades, and they’ve stopped making it! Using Mitchum now and I don’t like the smell, I sweat through Secret... what do you all use?

Does anyone have any teeth whitening recommendations?

Anyone leveraging Sap Leonardo ? What about sap + blockchain ? I am about to resign from Deloitte, worked as an sap consultant ( security) for several years, looking to pickup new tech skills.

For those who petitioned for your parents to come to the US, what health insurance plan did you purchase for them? Thank you!!

Has anyone in management consulting taken Day 1 CPT program after an MBA? What school / program did you go for, and were you able to convert to h1b successfully?

Any thoughts on an MBA vs MS Project Management. I was planning on doing an MBA but and MS Project Management seems like the better option now. I will be an international student and was planning on making a career shift into project management itself. I thought MBA would give me the best chance but I came across some good MS Project Management degrees. Also, I already hold a MS but in another field. Any thoughts?

Hi All,
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Thanks in advance.

Is there a time limit on unemployment, 6months-1year? If I get the boot how long does it last? Thank you in advance for any help.

Which languages do you use at your job as a software engineer?

How many of you would feel safer if teachers were allowed to have guns in school? Assume for this conversation that there would be adequate training and guns were kept in safes.

Financial services is still a pretty male dominated industry, and the LGBT community within it is no exception.

With that said, any women in this group?

🙋‍♀️ #lesbian

Anyone have referrals for American Airlines?? Trying to crack into the airline industry. Also, more than happy to team up by sharing connections and networking. Lmk!

Is roomba s9+ worth it?

Selenium with web driver for web apps or mobile testing with appium? Which one is easy?

Welcome everyone!

This is going to be an amazing community of professionals who strive to continuously improve themselves and upskill as per their career choices.

We are professionals who find opportunities cross borders. We are not limited by physical boundaries.

There are various remote-first companies chiding remote workers. We are professionals who want to stand out and work with companies abroad.

We are professionals seeking global opportunities and exposure to various cultures.

Does anybody else NOT have their work profile / email / chat on their phone?

I used to carry 2 phones but got an XS MAX and now just carry one and forwarded my work SIM to my personal number

Curious to hear others experiences with their Product Managers. What are some nightmares you’ve dealt with?

I joined a project that had already started and the team already settled on creating a user journey map, even though none of them are designers or in ux. I also have no experience in this field as I'm a data engineer. The user journey map was for mapping out the process for tenants finding housing assistance, so not a technical product. Given this new field and type of work, I've been having a really tough time. Anyone mind sharing what helped get you through your first ux project?

Is it normal for a Product Owner to lay out specs for how a feature should work?

I thought that was my job as the ux designer to figure out the best way to solve a need. But I’m getting handed projects where the PO, and sometimes the senior designer has laid out exactly what should happen (components used, flow, etc) to design a feature. It’s really frustrating because I don’t know if I’m supposed to be speaking up on what I think or just do the UI work I’m asked to.

Anyone work at or know of firms that have data engineering roles? I discovered the world of design services and they seem to do the general type of work that I think is practical and useful. I'm love to find a firm that works with the public sector and social impact organizations, but can't find any that have data-related roles

Interested in UX but have no experience or much knowledge about it. What kind of roles were you in before you got into UX, how did you get there, did you have to get a certification, and what does your day to day work consist of? Is it more technical, psychological or design based?

How’d you rate your company’s UX?

How do you approach usability testing for new onboarding sequences? I work with a variety of SaaS businesses and recently requests have come in to test onboarding prototypes.

New users are the first to touch onboarding so how do I recruit the appropriate participants to test? Recruiting new users doesn’t seem feasible, I would think we should run A/B tests and cross-check analytics to measure success? Any insight is appreciated!

Question: market research - do you hire for in house talent our outsource?

UX Designers - how long did it take for you to find a junior role when starting out in UX?

What does a Technical UXR interview look like? I have my first one tomorrow! I am mostly preparing by practicing research planning and reviewing different methods, but if anyone has recommendations on how to better prepare, I would appreciate it!

I’m a product designer with about 5+ YOE I’m exploring courses/programs that one could take up as a mid career professional. I have a keen interest in Service Design, Behavioural Sciences, Design Research but not very sure about the opportunities. At the same time I’m open to exploring Product Mgmnt and Data science as along with design. Any recommendations?
PS: I already have a Masters in design.

How important was your portfolio to land your first UXR job? There are mixed messages out there...

I’m looking for a UX Lead for a fully remote, US agency working on top notch brands. Anyone care to DM me your site?

Hey guys! I'm working on pivoting into ux research (background in product management and an MSc in marketing). Any recommendations for ux research certifications? Something that is well respected and well known and also provides a solid foundation of ux?

My product owner doesn’t understand the value of standard practices like information architecture, use personas, and just want to get to wireframes as soon as possible. Even after a few of us demonstrating that value and the founder chiming in to agree with us. How have you all combatted this before?

I think I may have finally had it.

A couple of decades in this field and now I want to just walk away. The grind in tech is soul-destroying, and the vast majority of the time, coworkers outside of UX have no idea what it is, what it’s for, and how it’s applied. I’m at my wits end and the constant problem is a kind of “willful misunderstanding” of our process and value.

After wasting too many years on design immature companies, It’s senselessly depressing. I’ve given away too much of myself.

Has anyone done a UX bootcamp? I am still in the beginning stages of mine and NYC summer has been crazy distracting. Has anyone gone through the same? If so, how did you overcome this?

UXRs: what products/services do you use the most in the course of your job? Would you recommend them?

Starting up a UX research discipline in my new company and looking to start us on the best footing.

This is pretty niche, but I have an emergency management background and am interested in transitioning to UX. However, I would love to find a way to combine my experience in disasters with UX research. Does anyone know of any tech companies that have an emergency management focus that would need a researcher for their products?