Professional Profile Flashcards
Job Interview
What are you looking for in this role?
Structure + answer
- They have, I want (Professional motivation)
- I have, they need (Soft and hard skills strength)
- They have, I want (Team goals)
- I have, they need (company/business motivation)
Ultimately, I’m focused on using my strengths to help the business succeed by making the customers happy.
I’m great at solving problems in a methodical and detail-oriented way.
I love applying my skills not just in UI and UX, but also web development, design systems and accessibility.
I see myself being a core part of a team that cares about the work and supports one another, so that we could do great work and succeed together.
TODO: Rewrite to flow better (have one cohesive point if possible) and actually answer interviewer’s intended ask (ex. what kind of role (IC vs management), etc. not generic UX designer description)
Job Interview
Introduce yourself
Elevator Pitch (structure + answer)
- Intro
- Concise summary
- Achievement
- Your match with role
- Engaging question
Hi, I’m Ivan. I’m a UI/UX Web designer who’s had over 10 years of experience in digital space.
At Zynga, on the Words With Friends team—a platform with 6-7 million DAU—I led the design for up to three projects at the same time. including for an educational product that led to students improving their performance by 40%.
One of my strengths is {job description need: “increase user engagement while delivering high quality design and delighting the users}, which is one of the top skills on the job description.
I’m particularly interested in how that aligns with your company’s goals. How do you see {JD need that I match: “optimizing user engagement”} becoming a more important part of your company’s success over the next few years?
TODO: Add at least one more accomplishment (maybe 2)
Job Leads Networking
Start Informational Interview
Elevator Pitch (structure + answer)
- Intro (name, background)
- Interest in interviewee’s work/company
- Purpose of meeting
- Specific question
Thank you for meeting with me. Let me tell you a little about myself. I’m a mid-level UI/UX Web designer. I’m currently freelancing, and I’m looking to go back to in-house full-time role. I’m exploring right now and one of the things I’m interested in is {relevant topic}.
I love that {reason the topic makes me passionate. ex: “I want to make meaningful impact for the people I design for”}.
Purpose of meeting:
1) Learn about your career path and experience so I could see what’s possible as a career
2) Learn about {company and/or industry}
I learned that you {reason for reaching out: deep/specific knowledge A) of industry, B) of company, or C) of specialty. ex: “are the only designer in the most successful company in the edtech space”}.
To start off, I’d love to hear about {specific topic: “how you came to work at this company and your journey to now since you started working there”}.
Professional Networking
About me
Elevator Pitch (structure + answer)
- Intro (name, role)
- Unique quality about you
- Example/stat
- Engaging question
Hi, I’m Ivan, I’m a UI/UX Web Designer.
I like to make users’ lives easier using automation.
{I recently built a dashboard in Notion for my team that hooks up a bunch of databases so we’d have everything in one place and it makes our workflow easier.} I love doing stuff like that.
What about you? Are you an optimizer? What kind of things do you like to do?
