Designing for a real product, like a social media app, offers promising opportunities to showcase skills but may leave designers unprepared for critical evaluation by hiring managers.
Many junior designers come from boot camps and online courses with strong projects in their portfolios; however, they often struggle to articulate their design decisions during interviews.
Revamping popular applications can be an excellent exercise for skill demonstration, but hiring managers look beyond aesthetics, seeking rationale and impact in the designers' decisions.
During a recent portfolio review, a junior designer presented an Instagram redesign and made significant suggestions that posed tough questions about user experience considerations.
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