Remote UX whiteboard mock interview | Part 1 (1/2) // How to approach design whiteboard challenges

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[@ivyinterplay4535]

Superduuuuper helpful Soy! Thanks!

[@alimesr]

Much appreciated. Excellent pointers.

[@yanishi3226]

Thank you for sharing! Really useful

[@soydesign]

Glad to know that it was helpful!

[@ningfeng6728]

thanks for sharing ，very helpful

[@Gerbera726]

Thanks for sharing, this is very helpful!

[@soydesign]

Glad that it was helpful!

[@Someonelikefish]

Design an app to help students find roommates is not a problem statement but rather an order. It’s not UX, it’s dictatorship

[@yuxuanyang8076]

Hi, Soy, I have one question, for the problem define stage, sometimes there can be more than one person, if so, should we list all personas out there? ( I'm a bit worried about the time constraints) If we have to, do we have to list most of them? I'm thinking of making one with details like in this video, and the other one just names the persona with some basic description of needs.
Or What I'm thinking is, do not have a persona. I could possibly write general user characteristics, which just specify some needs? My main concern is if I list personas, the interviewers might have questions and not agree with some of the personas, also within a little time I might not be able to spot most of them? Diving too deep into one persona might also bring some questions, like why did you choose this persona? In this video, I can see there are two journeys, which makes the challenge quite intense. Can you just pick one journey rather than both of them? meaning you focus on one persona only,?

[@pireyes-pd8cl]

I was thinking it would be really useful to maybe have an indicator on how far the room/apartment was from the university if this app was to target university students. I’m a beginner here but thought I’d share my thoughts. Regardless this was really helpful!

[@soydesign]

That’s a very good point! Thanks for sharing :)

[@metaverseknow]

What is that timer feature in FIgma? how can I also set a timer in figma?

[@soydesign]

It's a feature you could find in the drop down menu of the "Collaborate" icon on the top right of a canvas

[@ThisIsMeErnie]

He didn't even tell to do any research on potential users, so how can he give so many options based only on assumptions? He didn't ask about business objectives. And he didn't clarified success metrics. Quite bad...

[@ThisIsMeErnie]

I've seen you gave him feedback about these points in he second part. Good!

[@samuelshen3071]

In a whiteboarding exercise you are supposed to make assumptions (and in many cases, you are supposed to do that in real life projects as well), your interviewer would guide you if they want to clarify, nothing wrong with that.

[@aris_-rj7rg]

@@samuelshen3071 idk if does are things you're supposed to make assumptions on..

[@darkfeather111]

@@aris_-rj7rg whiteboard challenges are to see HOW you think they are not about be perfect at research or solving the problem

[@qijingfan5656]

dude never had credit score lol

[@nicolegoose567]

Me either 🥵