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UX Challenge #3: Redesigning Marriott’s website while interviewing for a luxury brand. (opens the original)
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I took Marriott’s website from this to this in one weekend design challenge, while interviewing for a luxury brand. It was especially important to understand Marriott’s business model before I touched Figma, so let’s break it down.Before:<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!kvAm!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcf9b595e-35aa-4d6e-a4ae-510f1e73a
UX Challenge #2: How to answer the “tell me about yourself” introduction in a UX job interview. (opens the original)
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The first five minutes of a UX job interview can make or break your chance at moving to the next round. This is because it sets the tone for the whole interview and establishes the power dynamics between candidate and recruiter. If you answer it the wrong way, you come across as desperate. If you answer it the right way, you move to the next round.It’s that first question in particular, that one when a recruiter says, “I saw your profile and thought you would be a great fit for our junior UX des
UX Challenge #1: How Apple’s digital keyboard UI killed the Blackberry, and dominated the market, selling 1.5 billion iPhones (opens the original)
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Can you believe that Apple was actually late to the smartphone market, launching the first iPhone in 2007 while the first Blackberry pager came out in 1999. Why? Because Steve Jobs thought that the iPhone was a terrible idea. His design team had to convince him otherwise! Let’s break it down!Welcome back to UX Challenge #1 on the UX Psychology behind everyday brands. I help UX career changers land six figure UX jobs and interviews at some of the biggest Fortune 500s, sharing my experiences worki
UX Challenge #41: learn by doing, not consuming. (opens the original)
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Tonight at midnight is your deadline to register for the Fall 2026 cohort for our 7-Month UX Design Accelerator program ($8450). I will send you onboarding to join Sunday’s class by tomorrow at the latest. If you miss this deadline, you will have to wait for our Spring 2027 cohort coming up in February.
UX Challenge #40: Create more than you consume. (opens the original)
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Storytime— I bought a Brick a few weeks ago to forcefully put an end to my late night doomscrolling on Instagram. I had tried everything prior to this to manage my addiction. I tried putting my phone on greyscale so that the black-and-white interface would be too boring to look at. That worked for about 2 days. I tried setting pop-up reminders whenever I opened social media apps that I could only look at it for 15 minutes. All I did was over-ride those notifications. Finally, aft
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