Congratulations on making it this far. Our team put this guide together so you know exactly what to expect and how to put your best foot forward.
In an initial screening, you'll meet with a hiring manager to determine mutual fit and discuss your design philosophy, process, and experience building user-centered products. If we decide to move forward, your availability will be requested to meet with additional members of our team.
Your interview loop covers a portfolio review and a career deep dive. Each session is designed to understand how you approach design problems — not to evaluate your pixel perfection on the spot.
Three focused conversations designed to understand your craft, your thinking, and your potential as a teammate.
Get to know us while we get to know you. We'll talk shop, answer your questions, and explore your capabilities and interests to ensure the role is the right fit.
You'll walk us through 2–3 projects from your portfolio — your design process, user research, key decisions, and outcomes. We'll have a conversation about the tradeoffs you navigated. More detail below.
We'll cover how you budget your time, manage conflict, work with others, and navigate the balance between time, scope, and quality. Come prepared with real examples.
If our team is aligned that you'd be a great addition, an offer is extended. We move quickly.
This session evaluates your design thinking, process rigor, and ability to articulate the reasoning behind your work. Walk us through projects that showcase your range — we want to see how you think, not just what you shipped.
Curate your strongest work. We'd rather see 2 projects in depth than 5 at surface level. Process artifacts (sketches, flows, research findings) are just as valuable as final designs.
Find a quiet environment with a strong internet connection. Keep your phone on do not disturb. A clear mind is your most valuable tool.
Select 2–3 projects that showcase different strengths. Prepare to discuss the full arc: problem discovery, research, exploration, decisions, outcomes, and what you'd change in hindsight.
We value process as much as output. Bring sketches, wireframes, research artifacts, and iteration history. Show us how you think, not just what you shipped.
You have a lot of companies to choose from. Think about what you're looking for and why our team resonates with you.
Don't solve problems in your head. Walking us through your reasoning lets us help if you're headed off-track — and you might find it's easier than you think.
Structure each project as a narrative: the problem, the constraints, your approach, the outcome. Great designers are great storytellers.
Don't just show polished finals. The iterations, dead ends, and pivots reveal more about your thinking than the shipped product.
Getting stuck is perfectly fine. Step back, walk through what you have, and ask questions. Interviewers respect clarity-seeking.
If your design improved a metric — conversion, task completion, satisfaction — say so. Connecting design to outcomes is a strength.
Show how you work with engineering, product, and research. Design doesn't happen in isolation, and we want to see how you navigate cross-functional work.
This is a two-way street. Prepare different questions for each interviewer — variety shows genuine curiosity. You might consider writing them down ahead of time.
Design is a vast field — don't feel you need to know everything. These resources cover the fundamentals.
Research-based UX guidance and usability principles
Don Norman's foundational text on human-centered design
Psychological principles that designers can use to make better decisions
Practical visual design tips for improving interfaces
Examples of well-crafted design case studies for portfolio inspiration
It never hurts to hear from an interview coach
The central foundation of our culture. We perform best in a high trust, low blame environment — and that's exactly what we build.
We hire incredibly talented people and give them autonomy in how teams organize and make decisions.
Despite being a distributed team, we believe the largest challenges ahead involve working closely together.
We are not family, but we only win when the team wins.
Altium prides itself in being a leader in innovation — pushing the boundaries of what's possible for electronics design teams.
We are all humans just typing on computers. Let's be real with each other.
There's a universe of things you could know — don't sweat it. Bring the best version of yourself forward, think clearly, communicate openly, and you'll be fine. We're rooting for you.