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      Senior Product Designer Interview

      20 Aug 2019
      Anonymous interview candidate
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at GitLab in Aug 2019

      Interview

      Applied on GitLab's career page and a day after I was invited for the first screening with a recruiter (30 minutes). Standard questions about my current role, salary expectations, why I wanted to join GitLab, why I wanted a new job, my experience. I also got a chance to ask questions. After this I was invited for three interviews: Peer interview: Interview (45 minutes) with one of the product designers and a "shadow" that was under training. Same initial questions as the first interview, but more focus on design process, UX research, past experience. Also about 10-15 minutes for questions in the end. Very easy going, informal and relaxed experience. Manager interview: Interview (45 minutes) with a UX Manager from one of the Stage Groups. Began with the same questions as the previous interviews, but focused more on process, behavioural and STAR questions. Also time for questions at the end and we actually talked a little over an hour. UX Director interview: Really nice talk with GitLab's UX Director (about 50 minutes) about my experience, current role, why GitLab and so on. She asked me to walk her through a case from my portfolio, which was a little surprising as I hadn't planned for this (this is also not stated in the Handbook). So I had to make a quick decision on what case to talk about, and eventually it went well. However, if I had time to think about it I would perhaps have made a more compelling case. We also discussed what Stage Group at GitLab I would like to join if I got the chance. About a week after the interviews I received an email from the recruiter with relevant feedback and a reason why I wasn't offered the postion. Keep in mind that all the interviews are conducted via Zoom with video and there will be no in-person interviews. So make sure you have a stable internet connection and that you sit in a quiet and comfortable room. I am based in Europe, but all my interviews besides the first one was with people in the US. So I did my interviews very late in the evening around 20:30 - 23:30. This is really not optimal as it's hard to perform and be super sharp after a long day at work. However, GitLab gives you the opportunity to schedule your availability, but with most on the team in the US you don't really have a choice to do it earlier. It would've been nice to talk to somebody from the EU due to the time difference. Remember that you can read basically everything about GitLab, their processes, values, etc. in the Handbook that's available on their website. So it's a good idea to prepare your interviews and your questions by going through the relevant chapters. Overall a very nice experience with good, timely and honest communication from the UX team and recruiters.

      Interview questions [7]

      Question 1

      What will you bring to the team / what are you super powers?
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      Question 2

      What is your worst design decision?
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      Question 3

      What UX research methods are you familiar with?
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      Question 4

      What would you do if you were feeling that a design was taking the wrong direction?
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      Question 5

      Why do you want to join GitLab?
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      Question 6

      What Stage Group would you like to join if you get the chance?
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      Question 7

      Have you worked remote before?
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      Other Senior Product Designer interview reviews for GitLab

      Senior Product Designer Interview

      16 Aug 2022
      Anonymous interview candidate
      No offer
      Neutral experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I interviewed at GitLab

      Interview

      Screening call with recruiter was more formal than I was expecting, not a lot of rapport or conversation. Seemed distracted. I'd made my mind up not to continue with the process before the call ended.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Talk through design ops. Talk through why you left previous positions.
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      Senior Product Designer Interview

      31 Aug 2019
      Anonymous interview candidate
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at GitLab in Aug 2019

      Interview

      I really don't understand their recruitment process. I was rejected after 1st stage (hr interview). All the recruiter asked me was really basic stuff like "Who currently works in your team" or "What's your background". All of that was already present in my resume/portfolio, I just repeated what the recruiter could have known by reading it. Every single answer was what could have been expected in the role (e.g. gitlab has cross-functional teams, I work in a cross-functional team; gitlab works on design systems, I've worked 1,5 years developing a design system). I answered the best way possible for every single question except "do you use gitlab". I answered that no, I'm a designer, and designers don't generally use gitlab. The whole thing lasted 15 min and the next day I got an email that I got rejected. Also, the recruiter had quite poor internet connection.

      Interview questions [5]

      Question 1

      Who works in your current team?
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      Question 2

      Tell me more about your background.
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      Question 3

      Do you have personas? What are they?
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      Question 4

      What is gitlab?
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      Question 5

      Have you worked on a design system?
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      2

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