Interview Preparation App Concept - InterviewMe

by Chris Stair

intervieWMeGA UXDI Course Project #3

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Project Brief

IntervieWMe was the Third project from my General Assembly course. Working alone over the course of two weeks I developed an idea from a research phase into a high fidelity prototype. These are the steps I took:

• Research

• Persona Creation

• Feature Prioritization

• Sketching/Iteration

• First Iteration

• User Testing

• High Fidelity Prototyping

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Final Product Description

IntervieWME is an interview preparation tool designed to help recent college graduates prepare for upcoming interviews.

It allows users to record, review, save and share answers to potential interview questions. The users can share their answers through multiple channels.

InterviewME has an advantage over the competition because it is designed for mobile and connected to social media.

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Research

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I created a screener survey to select millenials from my class who had varying levels of job interviewing experience. From my pool of 12 qualified applicants I interviewed seven people over the course of two days. Participants in the study were asked about their interview preparation habits and their performance in past interviews.

I found that participants fell into three basic categories in terms of their methods of preparing for interviews. Those three categories became personas. I designed for two of the personas because the third, by definition, did not spend time preparing for interviews.

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Cheryl Ko - The Overachiever

• Stresses before interviews, but alleviates the stress by preparing.

• Rarely makes mistakes in an interview because of her intense preparation.

• Highly social in her preparation, frequently solicits advice and feedback from friends and family.

• Represents key demographic.

“There was a time that I prepared a huge booklet for a job and it threw them off completely. They were impressed.”

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John Lenney - The Stresser

“I get easily distracted, and then I get nervous and then I don’t do anything.”

• Stresses before interviews, relieves stress by paying attention to something else.

• Often makes simple mistakes in interviews because of his lack of preparation.

• Generally prepares alone.

• Preparation is short, generally 1-2 hours before each interview.

• Often receives pressure from family to work harder at preparing.

• Represents key demographic.

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Mark Kurfess - The Winger

“I don’t really go in thinking of things I like to do it off the cuff.”

• Has experience interviewing.

• Does not stress heavily before interviews.

• Does not spend much time preparing, preparation often involves a quick background check on the company itself.

• Makes mistakes in the interview, but they tend to be small and relate to a lack of preparation.

• Not part of target demographic.

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Design Iterations

Designed Mobile First for Desktop

Converted to Desktop Converted back to Mobile

Redesigned According to Mobile Conventions

Sara Brown Why I make an awesome worker

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interviewME

John GatesWhy I make an awesome worker

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Interview Recording of Why John Makes an

Awesome Worker

I really like his explanationJustin ParkRoy Park ya me too

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First Wireframes

CancelEnter Your Question Here

Home

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Why would you be a good candidate? 0:451 Comment

How much experience do you

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What is your greatest weakness?

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how would you deal?0 Comments 0:50

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Key Takeaways from User Testing

Users:

• Were confused by home screen

• Found two step sharing process cumbersome

• Were unsure of the format for their answers

• Needed a global navigation

• Needed standardized icons

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Final Design

Sara Brown Why I make an awesome worker

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interviewME

John GatesWhy I make an awesome worker

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Interview Recording of Why John Makes an

Awesome Worker

I really like his explanationJustin ParkRoy Park ya me too

Home

Good Job Staying up late to work on thisSean Bradcliffe

Profile

Cheryl Ko204 Connections15 Videos

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What is my greatest strength?

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Record

Record Share

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Share Share

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InterviewMe

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• Record Answers for Potential Questions

• Replay Recordings and Improve Answers

• Share Answers with Friends for Feedback

Key Features

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Thank You!

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