Ireland

Deepika Chandrasekar

Introduce yourself, define mentoring expectations and goals. Learn and grow together.

Making remote and globally distributed teams work for you and your needs.

Talk to people who have learned to manage their imposter syndrome.

Strategies for maximizing your design internship or co-op program.

How to think about design career paths and what progression looks like for designers?

Get actionable feedback on your resume or portfolio.

Practice HR, technical and behavioural interviews with mentors.

Learn the best ways to answer technical interview questions with frameworks

How to set up the team for success by defining and measuring team's performance.

Methods of prototyping and solution validation. When to use which kind of prototype (eg. Webflow, Notion, etc)

Tips on how to work and collaborate with designers.

Methods and models of exploring, deciding and delivering design.

Managing being the only designer at your company and working with non-designers.

Explore different generative and evaluative research techniques. User research synthesis and presentation.

Ways and resources to improve your design skills.

How to create personas, and leverage them in design.

Ways to provide constructive feedback to team members.

Tips on how to work and collaborate with engineers and developers.

Best practices for documenting projects, epics, and stories

How to conduct interviews, what to ask, and how to analyze your results? (eg. user interview)