The Edition

The Edition, is Raydar Club's free blog of career advice for designers. Each piece takes a question you’d have to ask around for, such as what comes up in an interview or what goes in a portfolio, and answers it with real examples.
The Robot in the Room: AI questions in design interviews, and how to answer them
The Robot in the Room: AI questions in design interviews, and how to answer them
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Almost every design interview now includes a question about AI. Here’s what interviewers are really asking, and how to answer honestly, whatever your field. Read more...
Clock showing the sun and moon | The Day After, on The Edition | Raydar Club™ publishes a catalog of playbooks, toolkits, worksheets and templates, that help creatives get hired, understand business and build better careers.
The Day After: how to follow up after a design interview, with email templates
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Four specific lines sent that evening beat a 400-word essay you never send. Here’s how to follow up after a design interview, with six templates. Read more...
Résumé pages fanning out in a row | One Page, Hired, on The Edition | Raydar Club™ publishes a catalog of playbooks, toolkits, worksheets and templates, that help creatives get hired, understand business and build better careers.
One Page, Hired: design resume examples and a free template
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A design resume has one job: getting your portfolio opened. Here’s what to put on it, three examples and a free one page template to adapt. Read more...
Animation curve with keyframe handles | Hold the Frame, on The Edition | Raydar Club™ publishes a catalog of playbooks, toolkits, worksheets and templates, that help creatives get hired, understand business and build better careers.
Hold the Frame: motion designer interview questions and showreel tips
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Sooner or later, someone pauses your showreel and asks why that moment happens there. Here’s how motion designers can answer, with showreel tips. Read more...
Sheets of homework piling up | The Homework Test, on The Edition | Raydar Club™ publishes a catalog of playbooks, toolkits, worksheets and templates, that help creatives get hired, understand business and build better careers.
The Homework Test: how to handle a design take-home assignment
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The brief lands on a Friday evening, due Monday. Here’s how to handle a design take-home without losing your weekend, and what reviewers really look for. Read more...
Pencil sketch of a kettle becoming real | From Sketch to Factory Floor, on The Edition | Raydar Club™ publishes a catalog of playbooks, toolkits, worksheets and templates, that help creatives get hired, understand business and build better careers.
From Sketch to Factory Floor: industrial and product design interview questions
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A gorgeous render won’t answer “What’s the draft angle on that leg?” Here’s how industrial designers can prepare for questions from the factory floor. Read more...
Kitchen timer counting down | Fifteen Minutes on Stage, on The Edition | Raydar Club™ publishes a catalog of playbooks, toolkits, worksheets and templates, that help creatives get hired, understand business and build better careers.
Fifteen Minutes on Stage: how to present your design portfolio in an interview
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A portfolio presentation is a timed story, and most designers run out of time before the best part. Here’s how to plan fifteen minutes around it. Read more...
Microphone, denoting your turn to speak | Your Turn, on The Edition | Raydar Club™ publishes a catalog of playbooks, toolkits, worksheets and templates, that help creatives get hired, understand business and build better careers.
Your Turn: what to ask at the end of a design interview
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“Any questions for us?” is the only part of the interview you get to steer. Here are the questions that show how you think, and help you decide. Read more...
Hand mirror, denoting looking at yourself | So, Tell Me About Yourself, on The Edition | Raydar Club™ publishes a catalog of playbooks, toolkits, worksheets and templates, that help creatives get hired, understand business and build better careers.
So, Tell Me About Yourself: the opening answer, for designers
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“Tell me about yourself” decides what the rest of the interview is about. Here’s how designers can answer it in two minutes, with three examples. Read more...
Speech bubbles with question marks | Inside the UX Interview, on The Edition | Raydar Club™ publishes a catalog of playbooks, toolkits, worksheets and templates, that help creatives get hired, understand business and build better careers.
Inside the UX Interview: the questions behind the questions
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Every UX interview question has a second question hiding behind it. Answer that one, and you sound like someone the team can already picture hiring. Read more...
The words “Showing your work” on blue | Show Your Working, on The Edition | Raydar Club™ publishes a catalog of playbooks, toolkits, worksheets and templates, that help creatives get hired, understand business and build better careers.
Show Your Working: how to write a design case study people finish reading
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Most case studies open with six beautiful mockups and lose the reader by the seventh. Here’s how to write one people finish. Read more...
Letter “a”, denoting typography | Type, Taste and Tough Questions, on The Edition | Raydar Club™ publishes a catalog of playbooks, toolkits, worksheets and templates, that help creatives get hired, understand business and build better careers.
Type, Taste and Tough Questions: the graphic designer interview, decoded
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Sooner or later, someone will slide your business card across the table and ask, “Why this typeface?” Here’s how to show the reasons behind your taste. Read more...
Cursor about to click on a portfolio page | Before They Click, on The Edition | Raydar Club™ publishes a catalog of playbooks, toolkits, worksheets and templates, that help creatives get hired, understand business and build better careers.
Before They Click: the design portfolio checklist hiring managers use
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A hiring manager gives your portfolio about two minutes, often on a phone. Here’s what she notices first, and the checklist to fix it before you apply. Read more...
The Hot Seat: design interview questions, and how to answer every one
The Hot Seat: design interview questions, and how to answer every one
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Design interviews ask dozens of questions, and almost all of them want one of four stories. Here’s how to find yours before you’re in the hot seat. Read more...