“I’m so glad that I had a UXER mentor to help me take my portfolio and interview skills to a new level. I felt super prepared for my interviews.”

 

A new grad majoring in Human Computer Interaction. Received 6 sessions of career coaching and portfolio review before starting interviewing with Silicon Valley’s top technology companies. Received multiple job offers and joined Meta as a Product Designer.

“The portfolio review sessions were incredible! I got valuable tips on my content and how to improve my storytelling skills. I iterated my portfolio based on those tips before I presented it to the mentor in the next session. When I look back now, I can’t even believe that the original version of the portfolio was from me!”

 

A University of Washington grad received 3 offers and joined Amazon, after 5 portfolio review sessions and 2 of interview coaching sessions.

“I was worried about my English until I met UXER. The mentor helped me make my portfolio perfect and gave me some tips regarding how I could get rid of the negative impact caused by my English proficiency.”

 

A UX designer who struggled with English after relocating to the US as a dependent of her husband’s L1 visa. First time seeking a job in the US. After 11 sessions of coach services, received an offer from Macy’s as a Senior UX Designer.

“I don’t think I would have had the chance to become a UX designer if I didn’t meet my UXER mentor.”

 

A software engineer at Expedia in the early stages of his career looked for a transition to UX design. The boot camp he attended was helpful but didn’t help him get any designer job opportunities. After 6 sessions as a career coach, successfully passed an internal interview in the company and joined the UX team as a Product Designer.

“While I was struggling with my first job and wasn’t sure what gaps I needed to fill in order to pursue my next job, the UXER mentor pointed out to me not only an inspiring career vision but also helped me achieve my goal with prescriptive advice. I made it!”

 

A junior UX Designer working  at a small company that lacked mature processes and development opportunities. Reached out to UXER for career coaching and portfolio review. After 8 sessions, received three offers from top global tech companies and ultimately chose to join Uber.

“I wasted too much time trying to figure out what topics were going to be used for the whiteboarding exercise. This was until I chatted with my UXER mentor. He gave me a special framework that I was able to apply to all of the whiteboarding topics. I was so surprised at how well this framework worked in all of my whiteboarding sessions.”

 

A junior designer who was seeking a better job. Anxious about the portfolio presentation and whiteboarding sessions for interviews. After 6 coaching sessions and interview rehearsals, passed all of the interviews and joined Salesforce.

“I really appreciate all the advice from my UXER mentor. Just within 5 months, she helped me achieve my career goal: transitioning from an individual contributor to a manager of a UX design team.”

 

A senior UX designer with 9 years of work experience as an individual contributor at Microsoft. Looked for an opportunity to transition to a UX manager role in the organization. After 5 coaching sessions, got an opportunity and successfully switched to the manager role.

“I was so into the UX research world but just needed a job offer. The UXER mentor shared with me a lot of tips that set me up for success in those interviews. Now I’m proud of the first job I got in my career!”

 

A grad majoring in psychology who struggled with interview preparations. After 7 coaching sessions, received 2 job offers and joined Tiktok as UX researcher.