IDEO UX/UI Designer interview experience

It felt careful and somewhat indirect, with a strong culture-and-fit lens alongside competence. As I moved through the stages, the themes stayed consistent: they wanted to understand how I worked, not just what I’d done.

The interviews eventually culminated in an on-site experience. For that final stretch, I had an in-person day where I reviewed my work and talked through project examples, and the conversation kept circling back to how collaborative and upbeat I was, especially around projects outside my day-to-day responsibilities. When the process was pre-COVID, I was flown out for a full