How do you designers get offers from every company?

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22savage

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How do you all do it? I see people doing rounds with MANGA and getting offers everywhere.

Is it the YOE? Is it the portfolio? I can't imagine how you would have a case study for relevant to every single position you applied for... Unless it's just interviewing skill.

I only manage to get 1-2 offers every round after interviewing at least 5-10 companies.

Any pointers appreciated fam.

Already getting rejected from all the manager-portfolio review stages.

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  • Meta / Design
    Djwo10

    Go to company page Meta Design

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    Microsoft
    Djwo10
    The best way to become better at interviewing is to actually be an interviewer at your company. By being in the shoes of someone evaluating a candidate, you’ll gain a better understanding of what other interviewers are looking for. You’ll also get so many examples of what not to do in an interview.

    However, in order to be a truly exceptional and compelling candidate, you need a high degree of self awareness. Specifically, you need to know what you bring to the table, and what you are looking for in a company. You are interviewing the company just as much as they are interviewing you. It’s a two way street to finding mutual fit.
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    • New
      22savage

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      Just want to chill
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      How do I develop a high degree of self awareness? Interview more and ask for feedback?
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  • New
    yvDw22

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    yvDw22
    Act like you don’t give af in interviews and just vibe
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      yvDw22

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      yvDw22
      Apple and meta open offers rn plus Disney and some start ups. Got Insta rejected from Amazon at the manager chat(dumb ass hour of tell me about a time when). Never interviewed with goog or Netflix
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    • New
      22savage

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      Lmao @ amazon. How long did you prep for portfolio presentation
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  • Meta
    6153

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    6153
    I haven’t changed jobs or interviewed much, but I’ve gotten offers at most places I interview at, and here’s what I think helps:

    - Interview practice and self-awareness. Earlier on in my career, I didn’t think I had enough self awareness of my work and how I come across during interviews, and I found that the more I interviewed, the better my portfolio presentation got. I would update my presentation based off feedback and I’d anticipate questions people would ask, so I would preemptively address it. Interviewing is a skill, and knowing how you’re being perceived is half of it.

    - Good craft and product thinking. Good visual design, interaction design, product sense, and clearly defining problems comes with years of experience and design practice. What looks like brilliant design is often a result of brute forcing and exploring every option under the sun. If you have literally tried every possible variation, you will have come across the best solution. As you get more senior, you begin to make decisions more automatically, and every great designer has walked the path of brute force. There is no shortcut to honing your craft besides spending countless hours of doing the work. How good your work product will always be limited by your good your eye is, and your critical discernment of the strengths and weaknesses of a design.

    - Good communication and storytelling. When you’re presenting work to a new audience, you use the same skills in designing products to imagining how other people will think and feel when they encounter the design work. Think deeply about hooks to keep their interest, consider what’s critical to convey upfront and what details can be saved for later, use simple language, and use visuals or animations to convey the outcome. Clear, succinct, and compelling communication is a key skill for any designer.
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    • New
      22savage

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      this is great. Can I dm you for feedback on my deck?
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    1. Have enough experience to get a recruiter to look at your LinkedIn or want to open your portfolio.

    2. Have a great portfolio that gets attention. Treat it as your own product and make it look good.

    3. Have people skills.

    4. Be good at talking about product and practice using things like like the “Product Design Exercises” book.
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    • New / Design
      WSse14

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      WSse14
      That book is gold.
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    • New
      22savage

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      The problem isn't getting to the manager (second stage with presentation), it's to onsite and passing
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  • Apple
    OCSt53

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    OCSt53
    Be a good designer. Not a weirdo.
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      yvDw22

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      yvDw22
      This is also what I meant but now realizing how I said it is not very helpful for op
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