Prepare for interviews with Interview Warmup

Osama Abdelnaser
3 min readJul 24, 2023

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Now that you have the skills and knowledge to work in UX design, it’s time to start preparing for interviews. Interview Warmup is a tool that helps you practice answering questions to get more confident and comfortable with interviewing.

Get started

Follow these steps to start a 5-question practice interview related to UX design.

  1. Go to grow.google/interview-warmup.
  2. Click Start practicing.
  3. Select the “UX Design” practice set.
  4. Click Start.

It takes about 10 minutes, and the questions will be different every time. Each question set will have two background questions, one behavioral question, and two technical questions, simulating what you would encounter in a real interview. You can try as many practice interviews as you want.

You’ll also have the option to access the full list of interview questions if you’d like to review more of the questions available or focus on specific topics.

How it works

Interview Warmup asks interview questions for you to practice answering out loud. It transcribes your answer in real time so you can review what you said. You’ll also review insights, which are patterns detected by machine learning that can help you discover things about your answers and identify ways to keep improving.

Here are a few examples of questions the tool might ask:

  • What are deceptive design patterns, and how do you avoid them in your designs?
  • What are common research methods used in UX design?
  • Imagine you’re working on a client’s website redesign. Tell me about how you would get started with this project.
  • What is the ideal outcome of a design sprint?
  • Imagine you are redesigning an existing product for a company. How do you decide which features to add or remove?
  • What are some of the key differences between native mobile app design, and responsive web design?

Here are some of the insights that Interview Warmup provides:

  • Talking points: The tool lets you know which topics you covered in your answer, such as your experience, skills, and goals. You’ll also be able to view other topics that you might want to consider covering.
  • Most-used words: The tool highlights the words you used most often and suggests synonyms to broaden your word choices.
  • Job-related terms: The tool highlights the words you used that are related to the role or industry in which you are preparing to work. You’ll also be able to view an entire list of job-related terms that you might want to consider including in your answer.

Interview Warmup gives you the space to practice and prepare for interviews on your own. Your responses will be visible only to you, and they won’t be graded or judged.

Key takeaways

Practicing for interviews is an important skill for your career in UX design. Using Interview Warmup can help you practice interview questions and receive feedback in real time. As you practice, you will gain confidence and be able to prepare more polished responses for common interview questions.

Sources: Google UX Design Professional Certificate

Coursera | Design a User Experience for Social Good & Prepare for Jobs

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Osama Abdelnaser
Osama Abdelnaser

Written by Osama Abdelnaser

Hello! I’m a very passionate UI/UX designer that’s always wanting to grow, learn and try new things.

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