My UX Interview experience @ Colgate (portfolio presentation) ; reflections + mistakes | SKIM

[@sharonyeunkim]

UPDATE: I JUST GOT MY INTERNSHIP OFFER FROM COLGATE!!! 😭 I guess sending that email did work haha~

[@tswelos_tales]

CONGRATULATIONS!!!🥺🥺🥺

[@sharonyeunkim]

@@tswelos_tales thank you so much!!!!

[@gnvw]

Congratulations!!!!! Can't wait to see more videos about your experience at your internship! Also just wanted to let you know that it's a little hard to hear you in this video, almost at max volume (not sure if it's just me), but great content nonetheless!!

[@MakeitBIG-jz2cc]

Congratulations

[@kashyaprashant]

Congratulations!!

[@sharonyeunkim]

your girl is starting her internship next Monday 😎

[@heidicheung6068]

I love what you said about "either I did got the internship, or I got more interview experience" part! I'm currently in the process of finding internship and its really important to adopt a positive mindset to get through the waiting periods.

[@sharonyeunkim]

Yesss mentality is really important. You will get an internship if you keep going!

[@theziggypig]

I just bombed a second-round interview that was structured similarly to yours and I have a Bachelor's Degree in Interactive Media Design and 15 years of experience with 10 of them focused on UX. I feel like the pandemic and working in isolation really hasn't helped my social anxiety at all, so I feel this. It left me with a headache as well (TBH, I cried a bit afterwards, which also led to the headache). I had interviews all week with different companies that went swimmingly, as they were conversational and not scary at all, but sometimes you get hit with a really technical interviewer that picks apart every item in your case study. I've started creating a presentation deck clearly outlining my process on each case study, which I think will really help a lot. I definitely do a lot of research and hard work on every project, but fail to show the whole process in my portfolio.

[@sharonyeunkim]

Hey! Yeah totally feel that. Sucks to have a raging headache afterwards but we can take it as a sign that we tried our best. I think the point of showing process is for the main purpose to show x recruiter that you thought intentionally about every single design decision, that just so required to reveal itself through such process. Don't be discouraged. Job searching in general is hard. All we can do is keep going and there is then absolutely no way we can go backwards in our own job progress.

[@jameshizon4861]

Same. I had similar problems earlier on.

[@foreverinAdaze]

This is quality content! Thank you for making these kinds of videos and allowing us to have a peek at your experience first hand! As an aspiring UX designer myself new to the field, this gives me great tips which I can apply to my own portfolio and helps me better prepare for future interviews. Thanks for keeping it real and straight to the point! ❤️

[@sharonyeunkim]

so glad it was helpful for you!!! :D

[@raymondmbam]

Oh! this was 3 years ago. Congrats Sharon!

[@codypearce9750]

Thanks for this! I'm gearing up for the first panel interview of my life and it's nerve-wracking AF.

[@sharonyeunkim]

Agreed. I was super nervous too. Just know either way it is a good experience. You either get the offer or you find room to improve and become stronger in your interview skills. Onwards and upward! 🚀

[@hindyca]

Congrats on getting the intership! (Even though it's been a while ago) I love videos like this because it feels like you're literally on a personal call talking about your experiences which we can all relate to and learn from. Hopefully you are able to post more reflections in the future since they're so interesting.

[@hindyca]

Also yesss to that line about it being a learning experience; you either get the job/internship or gain interview experience.

[@sharonyeunkim]

That’s interesting! Yeah I can def mix it up with more reflective videos for UX and all~ thank you for the suggestion :)) I appreciate you Cindy!!

[@yuezhang3991]

Sharon, thank you for showing/talking about post-interview reflection! I feel you because I also went through several interviews these days. I can relate to what you said totally. That intense 30 or 45 mins full of questions - why and how, those are scary BUT you did great and showed the best you can (Smart action on sending them follow-up email!). Congratulations on the internship!

[@sharonyeunkim]

thank you! I had the best experience and really loved being at Colgate. Best of luck to you too!

[@jameshizon4861]

Super helpful even though not in UX. Trying to mentally prepare for Data Engineering interviews. The technical assessments are what kill me. Currently, I need to prep slide deck as well for end-to-end data pipeline project. :O

[@KalvinNi]

Thank you for the video! Super helpful. C:

[@sharonyeunkim]

Glad it was useful to you! always here to help out fellow designers :)

[@KalvinNi]

@@sharonyeunkim I rewatched your video again, what do you mean by main flow? I heard of user journey map but never heard of the term main flow. (You talked about it at 6:23).

[@sharonyeunkim]

@@KalvinNi Hey Kelvin, main flow could also be referred to as "happy path" in a way. At least how I learned UX, when you design an app there is the main say "path" your users take when using your application. Ex: on youtube, the "main flow" for viewers is the process someone goes through to watch a KZbin video = search or look at recommended videos on home screen --> select video --> watch video. This is the main flow for KZbin since the primary objective of this platform is for people to watch videos- so how do they do that? Then referring to the "main flow" anything that is not that main flow could be extended to things like edge cases. They still occur but it's rare. Hope this helps!

[@KalvinNi]

@@sharonyeunkim oh got ya, thanks for the detail explanation. Please keep me updated if you got the internship or not. Finger cross you get the internship!

[@moseswan44]

OMG you are my savior thank you so much for your advice!

[@sharonyeunkim]

go crush it!

[@andreaquintana9721]

Extremely helpful thank you for this video!

[@mntk]

Really insightful! Thanks so much for sharing your experience 😊

[@yvonneobaraye9892]

This was soooooo helpful. I've picked up a lot of great tips. Thank you so much

[@sharonyeunkim]

my pleasure Yvonne!

[@Elrykkstorm]

Great content, as usual!

[@sharonyeunkim]

thank you!

[@alinal6852]

Thank you for sharing ur interview experience. That's really helpful.

[@AkinsRealm]

Thanks for this nice video, it would be great if you share that detailed process with your design file on your channel also (maybe even a live stream or premiere)

[@sharonyeunkim]

That’s such a great idea!! Someone else did suggest that. I’ll do it :)

[@AkinsRealm]

@@sharonyeunkim I already turned the notifications on so gonna know when you do it!

[@product_designer_lp]

Thanks for sharing your story! But I have a question: after showing your case study is it usually enough for a company to see your skills? Or do they also ask you to do complete a test task as well?

[@PixieLavender]

Ahhh this is amazing! The problem is, I know why I did what I did but not what I did lol Should actually think more about it.

[@sharonyeunkim]

Right! Try to look at it from all aspects. NOT doing something can be just as important to WHY you did something.

[@bobdaawid2218]

Thanks Sharon But a quick question. Was the internship a remote one?

[@sharonyeunkim]

When I did it it was still during covid so it was completely remote!

[@bobdaawid2218]

@@sharonyeunkim okay thanks alot Can I connect with you on LinkedIn?

[@llcooldown]

\ thanks for this clip / and very good luck to you ✌️

[@sharonyeunkim]

Thanks! You as well :-)

[@Queenbeez786]

This was so useful

[@sahildeshmukh1462]

How did you got your first job in UI UX? Have you did an internship or directly got the job?

[@levibruh1139]

I applied for this internship as well. Got rejected within a few days lol didn't even get an interview

[@sharonyeunkim]

it's okay. Don't be discouraged. I got rejected from 10+ internships myself haha~ remember you only need one!!

[@saramoradielloscorpus4185]

Why subtitles are not working here?😫

[@sharonyeunkim]

Hi! Hm that’s weird. Let me check! Thanks foe pointing that out :))