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While interviewing designers I learned one important lesson: People who aren't very creative tend to talk about the importance of the jobs and clients in their portfolios rather than sharing details about the work they've done and the ideas they've put into them.
- "pitch or campaign"********
- Noticed the same thing over the years.Continuity
- whats the ratio ?neverscared
- + do u give these suckers a bold lecture or let them pass by not carrying about the fundamentals of the discipline ?neverscared
- which would make anyone a sucker too....neverscared
- Neither. You listen, write notes, thank them for their time in talking to you, and move on to the next candidate without further consideration. Easy.Continuity
- too easy... seeing what is fatal for the discipline and keep quiet makes u complicit for not improving the designer and the collective......hire... or not...neverscared
- and then coming here and sharing insights u dont like... classic cowardice backstabbing behaviour...neverscared
- Counterpoint to this: often it is a recruiter/HR who is interviewing. You’ll never see eyes glaze over faster than starting to talk about technical/creative.monNom
- But you drop a name they recognize and associate to quality and you are golden.
Probably the same with well known schools. In summary, know you audience.monNom - "In summary, know you audience.
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Yurp. This.Continuity - "and then coming here and sharing insights u dont like... classic cowardice backstabbing behaviour..." Just wtf are you talking about?Continuity
- The big brands and experience gets you in the door, the work you did gets you the job.canoe
- "designers"OBBTKN
- I know past CDs that would judge ONLY logo work. "If they can tell a story in a 2 inch square then they can tell a story anywhere". Believdat!canoe
- @neverscared I actually did that once, and we became good friends few months later when a common friend invited me to a party and the guy was there.********
- https://www.behance.…********
- @canoe True. I have Nike in my portfolio and that opened every single door in Budapest, but people were mostly interested in how we landed that client.********
- the inside -- u share it with us here that they suck as creatives coz they only talk the importance of the job but not the other stuff.. and u dont tell it toneverscared
- them but u tell us here.... thats classic badmouthing behind the back...not enough guts to open the mouth when its at...neverscared
- the loudest in the room is the weakest.microkorg
- what? This is something I tell people outside the scope of work. This is my own conclusion based on my experience. It isn't specific to one person.********
- Also it would be really weird to educate the candidates, not to mention that they are the ones who apply for a job...********
- As a matter of fact I shared this with a lot of juniors few years back during the Portfolio Nights in Budapest.********
- few years back-> decade ago********
- its never wierd to educate..... except u are an anti-enlightment hustler...neverscared
- the loudest is the weakest...but the silent folk who doesnt give proper advise is also pretty puny...neverscared
- if u dont care u dont care... highly likely its better a.i takes over the whole process anyhow, if only half baked folks like cont. are in auhtority..neverscared
- @neverscared there are various reasons why we don't share personal opinions during interviews.********
- Agree with sted. Sharing personal opinions about an candidate is an absolute no-go in an interview.
You want to get sued? Because that's how you get sued.Continuity - I've interviewed dozens of designers, and you don't criticize how they talk about their work during an interview. THat's crazy.monospaced
- "pitch or campaign"