IXDA 2024
DESIGN RESPONSES FROM THE FIELD
ETHICS FIELD REPORT
CHALLENGES INTERVIEWING @ TESLA
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Jane Doe “However, the recruiter keeps pushing Interviewed in 2022 me and encouraging me to work on the design challenge. [They] said I was the most favoured candidate by the team. So I ended up with spending more than 40 hours on that, which proved the wrong thing to do. Once I submitted the project and provided it to the recruiter, he just disappeared and a few days later, he comes back to me says I was rejected because my design doesn’t match with the team. I really don’t understand what it means the design doesn’t match with the team? This is the only feedback that I got after I spending 40 hours on the project.”
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HOW ARE WE PREPARING?
ASSIGNMENT Provide an end-to-end solution for an existing Tesla product.
HOURS ASSIGNED Unlimited.
Prompts related to the companies product suite should be avoided.
TIME SPENT 40 Hours
WITH DESIGN INTERVIEWING @ AIRBNB
HOURS ASSIGNED Unlimited. TIME SPENT 15 Hours
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John Doe “→ Received an email from a recruiter Interviewed in 2023 and scheduled our first initial call. → Had a call with the recruiter and a design manager. → Had a 1:1 call with a design manager. → Received a design exercise and was asked to complete in 1 week. → Spent 15 hours working on the exercise and sent a presentation by email. → Got a rejection email a week after I sent the presentation. → They just sent me not accepted without a hiring manager call. → Wasted time and effort because I didn’t have a chance to present my work.”
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WHAT ARE THE OPTIONS?
ASSIGNMENT Reimagine and redesign an existing digital product of your choice that showcases your skills and abilities to solve a complex problem as a designer.
Short challenges can cause issues if time limits are not enforced.
CHALLENGES