You won’t hear a single word from an HR person. No calls, no friendly hello. Just a silent email dropping into your inbox like, “Congrats, you’ve been shortlisted.” That’s it. No context, no info, just a link to book your 20-minute portfolio screening. Now in those glorious 20 minutes, you’re expected to present two full design projects and not just show them, you must also convince them of your design thinking, problem-solving skills, user empathy, process, outcome, impact, effort, and probably your blood type. All in seven minutes per project. Because of course, seven minutes is plenty to understand months of work. Right? If you somehow survive this lightning round of judgment, you’re rewarded with the infamous technical round which has absolutely nothing to do with your actual design skills. Forget design thinking. Forget problem-solving. Forget communication. Even if you explain like Don Norman himself, none of it matters. The only thing they care about is how well you can play hide-and-seek with 2000+ Figma components inside a file that looks like a UI jungle. And no, you’re not allowed to design anything. That would be too logical. Your job is to dig through that massive file, find components like you’re on a treasure hunt, and piece them together exactly the way they do it — because they have a “standard.” Not a global standard. Their standard. If you don’t magically figure it out during the assessment, it’s a swift and silent rejection. So yeah, if you’re a Figma wizard trained in their sacred ways, you’re hired. If you’re a thoughtful designer who understands users and solves real problems? Nice try, but no thanks.