And that's only from candidates who have seen my post. Imagine how many more there actually are. The fact this EXACT misleading process was used on others makes me doubt it's a "mistake" @eightsleep. It's 2024 and we are holding companies accountable, even in this economy.

Aside from designers being led on with this exact process, now I have engineers saying they ALSO went through this. Example brief: "Make a react native app and come up with new feature, then present to panel." They would get to the end then be told the role "pivoted."

Didn't realize this would blow up. If anyone wants to see the receipts of the actual brief and emails, I share them in a video:

Originally, I didn't reveal their name until I discovered they were INTENTIONALLY doing this to others. Given these times with 1000s of people applying for any opening, and how much unpaid work could be sourced, I reveal them to warn others. We stand together!

After I posted this on Linkedin, multiple candidates reached out to me that (including a previous coworker) that they had this EXACT same experience, step by step. They were led on about the interview process, then steps were added, and then blindsided with this take home.

As I passed rounds, they added more interviews with no real explanation. The 4-step process progressed into a 7-step process, 8 if you count completing the take home challenge. They also required each interview to be scheduled on a separate day.

In the first call, the recruiter told me it was a 4-step interview process, with a take home that was “a few hours for wireframes.” I’m usually extremely hesitant to accept ANY take home, but they made it sound reasonable.

On top of this, you were required to put together a one-hour Zoom presentation, separate from the onsite interview. The compensation for any of this? None. 🚫

I recently interviewed at Eight Sleep and it was the most demanding take home I've ever had. Their brief: "Create an in-app experience for a new product, integrating the existing app and flagship product." Even linked their design system and font family to use.

Met so many “Twitter friends” that became “real friends”

We called ourselves “Design Avengers” … NERDS!! @figma headquarters #config2023

Your success in life depends on your ability to make good decisions. Your happiness depends on your ability to not care about the outcomes.

The selfish reason to be honest is to clear the mind of exhausting lies and to navigate towards people and situations where you can be completely authentic.

I was laid off yesterday from my product design role at Tempo fitness due to restructuring. Good news is I am in the best shape of my product design career (pun intended). 🤠 If you're interested in working together, DM me! Appreciate any favorite/retweet to help 🙏🏻

UX Read of the day: Resist the Dark Forces: 12 Types of Dark Patterns by @designalily. Easy to read and filled with clear examples.

Tech founder who leaves six figure job after raising $500K from Friends and Family isnt the huge risk that people like to paint it as

Congratulations to @designalily for hitting 10k on CH. Thanks to her as always for holding the space and giving new designers a chance to ask their questions.

We hit 10k on clubhouse!

@designalily I read a study awhile back that analyzed data on founders. Education, personality, risk-tolerance, industry background, gender, age, etc. There were hardly any major patterns correlated with success, except one—their family’s economic level.

3) The hero worship of the elite class is unreal, partly bc founders also buy their own PR. Dad was a successful in_____, son follows his steps. Typical right? So why are founders from 1% households praised as being special or having "more" of whatever than the rest of us?