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13 Graphic Design Interview Questions (With Sample Answers)

Don’t spend weeks polishing your portfolio only to slip up during the interview process. Here are some graphic design interview questions you can prepare for.

Whether you’re a seasoned graphic designer with years of experience or brand new to the design industry, one thing never changes: interviews are stressful.

Most graphic designers spend weeks polishing their portfolios in preparation for a graphic design interview but then neglect to spend enough time preparing answers to common interview questions. Portfolios are great to show off your design skills and showcase recent graphic design projects, but in the increasingly-competitive design industry, how well you interview can be what allows you to stand out from a sea of other applicants.

At the end of the day, hiring managers are looking for the best graphic designers for the job. That doesn’t necessarily mean they’re looking for the candidate with the most impressive portfolio. The interview process is where great designers can really stand out and is the perfect opportunity to showcase their passion for the role, skills, and creative process.

Thankfully, there are some common interview questions that most hiring managers will ask during the interview process. By carefully preparing answers for these questions ahead of your interview, you’ll dramatically increase your chances of making a good impression and landing a job offer.

We’ve written this article as a step-by-step guide on how to prepare for your graphic design interview, with example answers to common questions.

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What is Work From Home?

Remote work is a working style that lets you work outside the traditional office environment based on the idea that work doesn’t need to be done from a specific place.

Remote work is a flexible work style where you work outside a traditional office environment. It comes in many forms depending on a company’s size, stage, and philosophy.

At one extreme, employees may work from home occasionally. At the other end of the spectrum, fully remote employees stop commuting entirely and work whenever and wherever they’re most productive.

This article outlines how and why people work remotely, how to find a remote job, common misconceptions about remote work and the different types of remote companies.

People and companies work remotely because of the benefits it provides to both parties.

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Skill

Top 10 Must-Have Remote Work Skills

Remote work has never been more accessible but many people aren’t prepared for the challenges that come with being a remote worker. These remote work skills are invaluable.

We’ve got great news if you’re part of the majority who want to continute working remotely. There have never been more remote jobs.

However, remote work has its challenges. You need specific skills to overcome them.

Remote work skills are the tangible and soft skills required for a remote environment. Valuable skills for remote positions include being able to unplug from work, overcoming loneliness, self-motivation, deep work, and asynchro-nous communication.

Even if you aren’t looking for a full-time remote role, most companies are going hybrid, so you’ll need these skills to collaborate with remote colleagues.

This article outlines the top ten skills remote workers need and how to develop them

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20 Companies with Location-Agnostic Pay in 2022

Here’s a running list of every company (and the remote jobs they offer) that has announced that where you work will have no impact on what you are paid.

Due to the COVID pandemic, more and more companies are going to remote. Remote work means employers can hire employees from anywhere.

However, many companies have chosen to use location-based pay meaning compensation packages take into account employee location. This can make sense as companies can hire remote employees where the cost of living, and therefore salary expectations, are lower.

For example, Google’s internal salary calculator allows employees to see the effects of a move to a new location. A Google spokesperson told Reuters that “compensation packages have always been determined by location, and we always pay at the top of the local market based on where an employee works from.”

In contrast, some companies are choosing to base pay solely on the value of work. They reward hard work and pay employees the same regardless of where they work from.

This is known as location-agnostic pay.

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How to Answer “Why Do You Want to Work Here?” (Sample Answers Included)

The best way to answer this question is to align your skills, qualities, and experience with the job description then outline why you’re excited about the company’s mission, culture, and values

“Why do you want to work here?” is a question you can expect in most job interviews.

While an answer may seem obvious, a good response starts with how your skills, characteristics, and experience can help the particular company. Only then do you talk about why you’re excited to work there.

As it’s a common interview question, there are no excuses not to prepare.

To provide a good answer, you need to understand what the hiring manager wants in an ideal candidate, which requires research. Understanding what they’re looking for allows you to personalize your answer and helps you stand out from other candidates.

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Four-day Workweek: Impact, Origin, Pros, Cons, and More

A four-day workweek may seem like a major shift, but there is evidence to support its efficacy. Overworked employees tend to become less efficient.

A four-day workweek, or a compressed work schedule, is an arrangement where a workplace has its employees work four days per week instead of five. This may seem like a major shift in how we think about and approach work but there is good evidence to support it.

A 2014 study from Stanford University suggests productivity plummets after working 50 hours. Other experts suggest 35 hours is the optimal work time before productivity declines.

Overworked employees tend to become less efficient: due to stress, fatigue, and other factors, their output during a given day is lower than what it would have been if they had worked a shorter week.

By emphasizing results instead of hours logged, businesses can achieve the same in fewer hours while giving employees more time to pursue other interests, spend time with loved ones, and manage their work-life balance.

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Engendering a culture of professional development

Bringing the culture of sharing to everyone

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Brooklyn Simmons

What you’ll learn
  • Become a UX designer.
  • You will be able to add UX designer to your CV
  • Become a UI designer.
  • Build & test a full website design.
  • Create your first UX brief & persona.
  • How to use premade UI kits.
  • Create quick wireframes.
  • Downloadable exercise files
  • Build a UX project from beginning to end.
  • Learn to design websites & mobile phone apps.
  • All the techniques used by UX professionals
  • You will be able to talk correctly with other UX design.

Requirements
  • You will need a copy of Adobe XD 2019 or above. A free trial can be downloaded from Adobe.
  • No previous design experience is needed.
  • No previous Adobe XD skills are needed.
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Schools Continue To Use Remote Learning

Bringing the culture of sharing to everyone

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Aliquam hendrerit sollicitudin purus, quis rutrum mi accumsan nec. Quisque bibendum orci ac nibh facilisis, at malesuada orci congue.
Brooklyn Simmons

What you’ll learn
  • Become a UX designer.
  • You will be able to add UX designer to your CV
  • Become a UI designer.
  • Build & test a full website design.
  • Create your first UX brief & persona.
  • How to use premade UI kits.
  • Create quick wireframes.
  • Downloadable exercise files
  • Build a UX project from beginning to end.
  • Learn to design websites & mobile phone apps.
  • All the techniques used by UX professionals
  • You will be able to talk correctly with other UX design.

Requirements
  • You will need a copy of Adobe XD 2019 or above. A free trial can be downloaded from Adobe.
  • No previous design experience is needed.
  • No previous Adobe XD skills are needed.
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Video & Audio

8 Learning Management System Design Tips

Bringing the culture of sharing to everyone

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Aliquam hendrerit sollicitudin purus, quis rutrum mi accumsan nec. Quisque bibendum orci ac nibh facilisis, at malesuada orci congue.
Brooklyn Simmons

What you’ll learn
  • Become a UX designer.
  • You will be able to add UX designer to your CV
  • Become a UI designer.
  • Build & test a full website design.
  • Create your first UX brief & persona.
  • How to use premade UI kits.
  • Create quick wireframes.
  • Downloadable exercise files
  • Build a UX project from beginning to end.
  • Learn to design websites & mobile phone apps.
  • All the techniques used by UX professionals
  • You will be able to talk correctly with other UX design.

Requirements
  • You will need a copy of Adobe XD 2019 or above. A free trial can be downloaded from Adobe.
  • No previous design experience is needed.
  • No previous Adobe XD skills are needed.