At some point before getting a UX job you usually have to have a job interview. The format of UX job interviews can vary a lot. Some contain design challenges, most will want to explore your design thinking and process and some just involve having a coffee. Chris and Carla talk through some of their experiences from being both interviewers and candidates and on some tips to help you prepare.

What is a design workshop? Who should be in it? How do you tell people to be quiet without making them hate you? How do you achieve the right outcomes? The answer to these questions and many more in unlucky (and slightly late) episode 13 of Design Untangled.

We’ve talked about content first, now it’s time to talk about content strategy. Carla once again channels her inner Jeremy Paxman to talk to Emma Hoddinot who is Associate Content Strategy Director at SapientRazorfish. In real life she is more than twice the size of Carla’s mic.

Carla takes to the streets to talk to Kieron Leppard, Group Creative Director at Huge about the do’s and do nots of Design Principles. You will learn about: What makes a good design principle What makes a bad design principle How you use design principles in your organisation

Carla takes to the streets to talk to Kieron Leppard, Group Creative Director at Huge about the do’s and do nots of Design Principles. You will learn about: What makes a good design principle What makes a bad design principle How you use design principles in your organisation

Agile isn’t always the best solution. Chris and Carla talk about when Agile isn’t the best way to build great products and what you can do instead. This is a follow up to our previous episode where Chris interviewed Clive Trounson, an Agile coach. We recommend you check that out if you haven’t already.

In this episode Chris chats to Clive Trounson – Agile coach extraordinaire – about Agile, Scrum, retrospectives and other process jargon in yet another freezing cold location in central London.

Information Architecture means different things to different people. Chris and Carla attempt to untangle this confusing term whilst freezing their buttocks in Liverpool Street station.

Fresh faced from new years eve Chris and Carla tackle the often overlooked subject of content and functional copy in UX design. We also choose our favourite North Korean hairstyle.

In this Christmas special Chris and Carla play the UX drinking game (uxdrinkinggame.com), exchange shitty presents and talk about Carla’s replacement. Music credits Oh, Christmas Tree Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ We Wish you a Merry Christmas Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Chris chats with Christina Li (Melon Experience Design) about doing lean UX research that delivers results. We also cover how to bring research back to your team, recruit participants and how to point microphones the right way. Show notes research – The beginner’s guide

Are wireframes redundant in the new Agile way of delivering projects or do they just need to change? Chris and Carla explore the changing way these traditional UX deliverables can help or hinder our projects. Show notes The beginner’s guide to wireframes Content strategy for wireframes

Personas are one of the more controversial tools in the UX design toolkit. Chris and Carla take a look at the common issues with them, when they can be useful and why you should never print them out larger than you are. This week’s shot of Carla in a cupboard Show notes The beginner’s guide to personas

Personas are one of the more controversial tools in the UX design toolkit. Chris and Carla take a look at the common issues with them, when they can be useful and why you should never print them out larger than you are. This week’s shot of Carla in a cupboard Show notes The beginner’s guide to personas

Service design, systems thinking, centred design, human centred design…what does it all mean? Chris and Carla untangle these and talk about how great the intro music is. Also Carla recorded this from a cupboard. Show notes Lean Service Creation

Service design, systems thinking, centered design, human centered design…what does it all mean? Chris and Carla untangle these and talk about how great the intro music is. Also Carla recorded this from a cupboard. Show notes Lean Service Creation

In this first episode Chris and Carla give a quick overview of why it can be hard to get started in UX. They talk about some common UX portfolio problems and why personas can drive you to play the ukulele. Show notes The UX Mentorship Program