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      Product Designer Interview

      26 May 2020
      Anonymous interview candidate
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      I applied online. I interviewed at Upstart

      Interview

      1st recruiter call, 2nd take home design challenge. There was no background interview or portfolio review before given the take home design challenge. The red flag was when the design challenge was a problem that is directly related to their business. It seems like they are having designers solve design problems for them (possibly instead of hiring designers?). Based on how the challenge was written, it was implied they are interested in visual & UI design over product design. The challenge was written by someone who does not understand the difference between role types. I do not recommend product designers interview for this company.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Standard recruiter questions like "will you need sponsorship?"
      Answer question
      2

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      Product Designer Interview

      11 Nov 2025
      Anonymous interview candidate
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at Upstart in Oct 2025

      Interview

      Fui abordado pelo linkedin e convidado a fazer uma entrevista inicial para um cliente no ramo das finanças. A descrição da vaga era clara e já havia o salário, ponto positivo. Porém depois da entrevista não obtive retorno, mesmo solicitando um.

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      Product Designer Interview

      3 Nov 2021
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Columbus, OH
      No offer
      Neutral experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Upstart (Columbus, OH) in Nov 2021

      Interview

      Recruiter Call • Pretty basic stuff here. Was reached out to via LinkedIN initially Hiring Manager chat • I wasn't really looking, but thought it'd be useful to chat with the HM. Very friendly and answered my questions • Didn't really ask me questions Portfolio Review with Hiring Manager • Presented one project, chatted about process Likely declined due to the inability to speak to a hypothetical ideal UX process, which having worked with a lot of companies never conforms to a documented process Recommend asking to view product to get a sense of the work and have work examples with deeper user research activities. Skill at design is irrelevant.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

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      Product Designer Interview

      13 Oct 2020
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Columbus, OH
      Declined offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at Upstart (Columbus, OH) in Sept 2020

      Interview

      I had an extremely positive interview process with Upstart. I applied for the Product Design position and throughout the process, was able to speak with members from Engineering, Design, Product, and even one of Upstart’s co-founders, too. I was given a design challenge, but it was specified that this was for a feature that had already shipped, meaning this wasn’t a way to have candidates perform real design work. The team was friendly, open, transparent, and provided me with several ways to follow-up with any questions or concerns that I had. Finally, my recruiter was incredibly friendly, supportive, and was there for me throughout the entire interview process. They always ensured that I felt prepared, had all of the information I needed, and gave me plenty of time to really consider the role and decision to join Upstart. I sincerely believe this was one of the best interview experiences I’ve had.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Something unique to this interview was being asked to do a live pair-design session with an engineer, where we looked at a page that was live on the website today and worked together on how we might improve it.
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