Best interview questions for UX/UI Designer

UI/UX Designer Interview Questions

UX/UI Designers are responsible for the user experience across platforms, websites and apps. They work closely with the marketing teams and design teams to ensure and enhance the quality of customer experience.

The right candidate for a UX/UI position would be:

A dynamic person who is a great communicator.
It’s important for them to follow and keep up to date with new trends as the industry moves quickly.
It would also be beneficial for them to show a lot of initiative, be proactive and have a lot of creativity.

Interviewing a UX/UI Designer

Are you searching for an excellent UX/UI Designer to join the team? Then it will soon be time to get to know the candidates a little better in an interview. With our UX/UI Designer interview questions, your interview is prepared quickly and easily.

Please note: Our interview questions are suggestions for the earlier stages of the application process and for candidates with average work experience. They are therefore a little more general.

How to open the job interview

Interviews naturally breed nerves, so the first part of your interview should aim to make the candidate feel comfortable speaking with you, you’ll get much more information out of them and a better sense of the person they are if they feel like they can trust the environment they are in.

To do this you can ask some fun and interesting questions linked to the role, they should be open-ended and encourage conversation.

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For the interview

A positive opener to start

Why did you choose to become a UX/UI Designer?

What do you love most about your job?

Behavioral Questions

Why did you choose to become a UX/UI Designer?
Gives you an idea of personality, they should be excited about the industry they work in and show passion for the role.
Could you tell me what kind of designs/artists/websites inspire you in UX/UI?
There's no right or wrong answer here, it should display awareness of the industry in general and also give you an idea of their individual style.
What do you think are your biggest challenges within UX/UI?
What is your focus area - Research, design or visual design?
Both these questions are designed to give a general overview of how they work and what things they will focus on, and need more work on.
What is your favourite piece in your portfolio/which piece in your portfolio did you enjoy working on the most? Why?
This should show you their work and design process as well as their problem solving and logical thinking. They should be able to talk extensively about their portfolio

Soft Skills

Could you describe your ideal work environment with a manager and with team members?
Shows how they best work within a team and gives an idea of if they would gel well with the team members you already have.
How do you usually hand over your designs to developers?
Shows how well they work within cross functional teams.
How do you find working on several different projects at once?
Tells you how they deal with pressure and deadlines, how they organise their work.
Have you had experience working with designers, developers, and project managers before? How did you find the experience?
A big part of being a UX designer is working with other people, they should be comfortable working with many different departments.
How would you describe the UX/UI process to a team member that had little experience in the industry?
Great communication skills will come in very useful for a UX designer, they should be able to explain complex problems in an easy to understand way.

Hard Skills

Could you walk me through the user interface design process?
Should be able to give a detailed answer here focused on an end-to-end process.
What kind of methods do you use for new projects?
A good UX designer should show a good understanding of principles, practices and tools.
Could you give some examples of your experience working with user research and usability testing?
UX designers should be empathetic and customer focused, this should be an important question for them and they should show their own methodologies and ideas.

Operational / Situational Questions

What are some differences you would make between designing for web versus mobile?
A good UX designer should be able to think on their feet and bring their experience to the forefront to solve problems.
Have you ever had to make a compromise or a trade off with a team or stakeholders? How did you handle the situation?
This is about conflict management and problem solving skills, as well as being able to work collaboratively to get to an end product that is good for everyone involved.
Could you tell me about a project that didn’t go as planned? How did you deal with that and what would you do differently now?
This will show how they can deal with negativity, time pressure, and stress in general as well as looking forward and making an effort to not make the same mistakes again.