I have upcoming past work interview for Product Designer role at IG(University grad). I looked at the interview guide and saw they want see experience working with cross-platform products(web, desktop) on projects that have shipped and business problems like the success metrics and outcome. My projects are academic and more research-focused mobile products only(little web experience)… Anyone have any tips on what they expect to see from new grad designers? Any common mistakes / rooms for improvements that you observed? 🙏 #interviews #design #productdesign #newgrad
Honestly look elsewhere. Meta has horrible training for Product Designers and you'll be less useful in the long run.
Meta/FB sucks but IG is excellent for a design career.
Isn’t WhatsApp better than IG?
For a product design career? Lol no, not in my opinion. WhatsApp moves much more slowly, and the bar for design craft is not as high. You’re just leveraging Google Material design components, and it’s not as innovative in creating new ways to engage.
How did it go? I had mine 2 days ago and waiting to hear back on the next round.
Mine got rescheduled so it’s happening later this week.
Good luck! FYI your interviewer may not be from an Instagram team. Mine was a product design manager on a Meta team, not related to Instagram.
Congrats on the interview, this role is very competitive! This role on IG requires prototyping on mobile consumer experiences. Have a good narrative and story telling. Be intentional with the decisions you make. There are tons of resources already online on Meta interviewing tips (Medium, YouTube, etc). The same is expected for new grad interviews. You can also ask your recruiter for tips as well, they are invested in helping you get through the interview.