The Edition

The Edition, is Raydar Club's free blog of career advice for designers. Each piece takes a question you’d have to ask around for, such as what comes up in an interview or what goes in a portfolio, and answers it with real examples.
From Sketch to Factory Floor: industrial and product design interview questions
From Sketch to Factory Floor: industrial and product design interview questions
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A gorgeous render won’t answer “What’s the draft angle on that leg?” Here’s how industrial designers can prepare for questions from the factory floor. Read more...
Fifteen Minutes on Stage: how to present your design portfolio in an interview
Fifteen Minutes on Stage: how to present your design portfolio in an interview
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A portfolio presentation is a timed story, and most designers run out of time before the best part. Here’s how to plan fifteen minutes around it. Read more...
Your Turn: what to ask at the end of a design interview
Your Turn: what to ask at the end of a design interview
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“Any questions for us?” is the only part of the interview you get to steer. Here are the questions that show how you think, and help you decide. Read more...
So, Tell Me About Yourself: the opening answer, for designers
So, Tell Me About Yourself: the opening answer, for designers
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“Tell me about yourself” decides what the rest of the interview is about. Here’s how designers can answer it in two minutes, with three examples. Read more...
Inside the UX Interview: the questions behind the questions
Inside the UX Interview: the questions behind the questions
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Every UX interview question has a second question hiding behind it. Answer that one, and you sound like someone the team can already picture hiring. Read more...
Show Your Working: how to write a design case study people finish reading
Show Your Working: how to write a design case study people finish reading
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Most case studies open with six beautiful mockups and lose the reader by the seventh. Here’s how to write one people finish. Read more...
Type, Taste and Tough Questions: the graphic designer interview, decoded
Type, Taste and Tough Questions: the graphic designer interview, decoded
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Sooner or later, someone will slide your business card across the table and ask, “Why this typeface?” Here’s how to show the reasons behind your taste. Read more...
Before They Click: the design portfolio checklist hiring managers use
Before They Click: the design portfolio checklist hiring managers use
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A hiring manager gives your portfolio about two minutes, often on a phone. Here’s what she notices first, and the checklist to fix it before you apply. Read more...
Sketch of an office chair in the hot seat, illustrating design interview questions and design interview tips for designers, from Raydar.
The Hot Seat: design interview questions, and how to answer every one
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Design interviews ask dozens of questions, and almost all of them want one of four stories. Here’s how to find yours before you’re in the hot seat. Read more...