Product Designers (Internet and Software)

It depends on where you work and what product you write for. You don't necessarily have to be technically-minded, but you do need to be good at writing concisely, exploring how things work, explaining things, being creative, thinking like a user, and thinking like a designer. You need to be able ...

Being a UX researcher is amazing, in general! It's all about translating real world needs into solutions. Listening to people and advocating for them is your job as a researcher, and at Accenture I still consider this to be true. In my current work in the federal space (at Accenture Federal Servi...

One of the things that I liked a lot was that I really felt like a team member while working there. I didn’t get a small, irrelevant intern project. Everything I worked on would have been worked on by one of the other full time employees had I not been there. It felt good that I was doing real wo...

There wasn’t a dedicated training program, just an orientation and some onboarding in the first week or so. They did a pretty good job helping myself and the other interns understand the workflow at Prudential and how projects would play out. There were several meetings we had throughout the firs...

I think this would depend on the project and team you are working on. For my internship I had my own project, which was situated in the context of what my team worked on, but otherwise I had full ownership of the project. As the project "lead", I made every decision, from defining the problem spa...

I had been dabbling in graphic design before coming to Stanford, and during my sophomore year I volunteered to do UI/UX design for a startup, not knowing a lot about what UI/UX design was. After working for the startup, I was looking for product design internship opportunities in the summer, many...

A fair amount. In the [general] words of my manager when I asked him what I should expect my hours to be like: nobody will stare at you if you come in at 10 AM and leave at 4 PM. As long as you get your work done and you do it well, you're right on track. I was always encouraged by everyone to le...

As a UX Design Intern at Microsoft, you are part of a design team working on a product. You are treated much like a full time employee, except your project has less constraints. My days were usually filled with one or two meetings (with designers or other people related to my project), an occasio...

As a UX Design Intern at Microsoft, you will be given a summer project that spans approximately 12 weeks. The project may be directly related and integrated with the work your team does, or it may be work that they're hoping to explore in the future. You'll go through the entire design process: r...

I loved how robust the intern programme at Google was. It's set up so that you have the opportunity to really get the most out of mentorship, social and networking, and leadership opportunities. I was exposed to not only a lot of how a team at a big product company functions, but also to the expe...

At the time, there was a UX internship group with around 30 interns. Each intern was matched with a manager in a wide variety of teams, It is pretty variable what you work on, what you are expected to do, the autonomy you hold, etc... on what manager and team you get. But most likely you will be ...

One of the things that I liked a lot was that I really felt like a team member while working there. I didn’t get a small, irrelevant intern project. Everything I worked on would have been worked on by one of the other full time employees had I not been there. It felt good that I was doing real wo...

There wasn’t a dedicated training program, just an orientation and some onboarding in the first week or so. They did a pretty good job helping myself and the other interns understand the workflow at Prudential and how projects would play out. There were several meetings we had throughout the firs...

I think this would depend on the project and team you are working on. For my internship I had my own project, which was situated in the context of what my team worked on, but otherwise I had full ownership of the project. As the project "lead", I made every decision, from defining the problem spa...

I had been dabbling in graphic design before coming to Stanford, and during my sophomore year I volunteered to do UI/UX design for a startup, not knowing a lot about what UI/UX design was. After working for the startup, I was looking for product design internship opportunities in the summer, many...

A fair amount. In the [general] words of my manager when I asked him what I should expect my hours to be like: nobody will stare at you if you come in at 10 AM and leave at 4 PM. As long as you get your work done and you do it well, you're right on track. I was always encouraged by everyone to le...

As a UX Design Intern at Microsoft, you are part of a design team working on a product. You are treated much like a full time employee, except your project has less constraints. My days were usually filled with one or two meetings (with designers or other people related to my project), an occasio...

As a UX Design Intern at Microsoft, you will be given a summer project that spans approximately 12 weeks. The project may be directly related and integrated with the work your team does, or it may be work that they're hoping to explore in the future. You'll go through the entire design process: r...

At the time, there was a UX internship group with around 30 interns. Each intern was matched with a manager in a wide variety of teams, It is pretty variable what you work on, what you are expected to do, the autonomy you hold, etc... on what manager and team you get. But most likely you will be ...

I loved how robust the intern programme at Google was. It's set up so that you have the opportunity to really get the most out of mentorship, social and networking, and leadership opportunities. I was exposed to not only a lot of how a team at a big product company functions, but also to the expe...

Skilled in key design tools, be able to present your design/ideas anytime anywhere, be ready to network with the larger leadership and team, collaborate with engineers, researchers, PM, and leadership, eager to learn and indulge in creativity.

General knowledge about bridge structural components Be able to identify strengths, specifically how good you are with attention to detail and organizational skills Describe a challenge and how you solved it

Data input for inspections General organizational tasks Microstation sketching Perform design calculations and estimated quantities

Do a little research on the position prior to the interview! Write down a list of projects, stories, and accomplishments that you can bring up during your interview. Most of the interviewers want to get to know you personally, whether it's through your involvement in school projects or extracurri...

Skilled in key design tools, be able to present your design/ideas anytime anywhere, be ready to network with the larger leadership and team, collaborate with engineers, researchers, PM, and leadership, eager to learn and indulge in creativity.

I loved how robust the intern programme at Google was. It's set up so that you have the opportunity to really get the most out of mentorship, social and networking, and leadership opportunities. I was exposed to not only a lot of how a team at a big product company functions, but also to the expe...

Work-life balance is really what you make of it in DFM R&D, as well as how well you're able to get your work done. The expected hours to be at work for my team was 10AM-4PM, but often times you need to be in earlier to get work done or attend meetings, and more likely than not, you'd need to stay...

The most important technical skill would be proficiency with CAD. Apple uses NX, which is a very powerful CAD program that isn't usually available for students. Pretty much everyone in PD uses this on a daily basis, so you get a lot of experience in a short amount of time. Another skill you need ...

I would say that I exhibited and improved several skills during my time at IBM. The first skill is communication - at IBM, you are always working on a team that is put together and tasked with a certain goal. A lot of times, your team members are not based in the same office as you are (i.e.: New...

The training is extensive and well-defined. You are assigned a mentor and go through a combination of online, workbook, and in-person shadowing, which prepares you to start working as a recruiter in the first few weeks. There is constant support from everyone in the office throughout the entire e...

45K to 60K for Content Analyst

- Research experience - Writing skills - Attention to detail - Self-motivated - Enjoy working independently Eager to learn and grow with company

In my opinion the number one tool to landing design related jobs is your portfolio, and your resume a close second. Your resume and job application can only tell you so much about your skills and experiences so you need a strong portfolio that can showcase your visual style, how you approach desi...

I had been dabbling in graphic design before coming to Stanford, and during my sophomore year I volunteered to do UI/UX design for a startup, not knowing a lot about what UI/UX design was. After working for the startup, I was looking for product design internship opportunities in the summer, many...

If by training program, you mean the IS&T Intern Development Program (which is a verrrrry small subset of Apple’s intern community), it’s pretty hard to answer this question. I had a pretty rare situation as an intern, so I don’t think my experience would be very indicative of what a “typical" de...

Be about to talk through your UX process! Know the projects in your portfolio like the back of your hand - if you don’t have a portfolio yet, you’ll need to make one! Squarespace has plenty of templates to help you with this process. Choose and customize one that works best for your needs and ty...

Some of the main qualities I’d recommend emphasizing on both your resume and interview would be the whole UX process itself. You want to make it clear that, while there is no strict formula to tackling a UX project, you understand the importance of the functions / structure of the process as a wh...

Being a UX researcher is amazing, in general! It's all about translating real world needs into solutions. Listening to people and advocating for them is your job as a researcher, and at Accenture I still consider this to be true. In my current work in the federal space (at Accenture Federal Servi...

It is a true account management sales role. Selling IBM Software Suite of products to the federal government. You are assigned a few agencies to cover.

Skilled in key design tools, be able to present your design/ideas anytime anywhere, be ready to network with the larger leadership and team, collaborate with engineers, researchers, PM, and leadership, eager to learn and indulge in creativity.

DFM R&D stands for Design for Manufacturability, Research & Development. A little background to understand what DFM R&D is about: when you make products such as phones, iPads, etc. there are generally industry established manufacturing processes that are used to make each component that goes into...

HP is a large and relatively prestigious company, meaning they have a well-established internship program with a lot of available resources. It was an opportunity to gain a lot of new experiences and learn a ton, especially since it was out of state and I would be completely on my own. Also the h...

I would start by building a small client base of people who appreciate your skills. You need a combination of short term projects and bigger more expansive projects. This will give you both the portfolio you need but also real recommendations. Using your friends, family and extended network it co...

In my honest opinion, as a person who studied graphic design, that is a difficult question. You see, I studied graphic design as my first major and then decided to get a double major in graphic design and communicative studies combined. The reason was because after doing many internships in marke...

Hi!I am a graphic design student whose worked in the field of digital marketing. From experience, I think hands on experience is better than the minor. I didn't even know anything about digital marketing until I applied into a graphic design/ digital marketing internship. From there, I was able t...

I was employed by IBM from 1986 - 1994, the last 5 years with the title of Graphics Information Developer. While I believe that there were 1 - 2 others in the lab of hundreds of employees that had that "general" title (as they did work in graphics), I didn't share the same type of responsibiliti...

You usually have about 6-10 small projects on the docket at a given time. Only 1-2 of these will be new designs, the rest are usually changes the client is requesting. Its pretty chill in the office, very quiet though. You can come and go as you please and there isn't a super hard start time. The...

The hardest part was calling people who had a bad impression of recruiters and were not happy to hear from us. The nature of the business is also very numbers driven, so if you don’t like the daily accountability of keeping up with your numbers, it may not be the ideal job.