1. Tell us the biggest freelance job you've done?
Creating my own brand. I built my website, portfolio website, graphics, and following from the ground up, teaching myself as I went. It's always a work in progress and takes a lot of time to maintain but it's so worth it!
2. Tell us what software do you use, and when?
Standard skills are a must, from Adobe to Sketch, but look for the extra during an interview.
Processing, illustration, animation, video, art skills, and the like, that bring extra potential to specific clients and projects.
3. Tell me why should our small firm hire you?
I genuinely love to collaborate, learn, and design. I strive for perfection in everything I do to ensure that each project I create is done to best of my abilities.
4. Tell me what brands do you most admire and how do they influence your work?
This is a good opportunity to see whether a designer is abreast of current design trends and a good fit for your specific business needs. They should be able to articulate what makes a brand stand out, graphically speaking, whether that brand is directly related to your business or if it shares similar attributes.
5. Tell us what field, industry, type of work do you prefer?
From digital to print to 360 solutions, from social causes to luxury projects, pinpoint candidates' interests and preferences, and build up the talk to personal goals, project goals and things they want to do and create but haven't had a chance to do.
6. Can you tell me more about your design background?
Finding out more about the designer's background, based on his or her general introduction can provide us with relevant information about the design school the candidate attended, past/current work positions, design experience, problems and projects that s/he found along the way and how this translates to his/her current design career and future aspirations.
7. Explain which process of a project creation do you enjoy the most?
Electronic set up of the comp, laying out the pages, and including placeholders, and of course, seeing that comp come out of the printer a sparkling design.
8. Explain me what are your graphic design career goals?
This is an interview minefield that can be tricky to cross, especially if your career goals don't necessarily include staying with a company for an extended period of time. You want to be honest, but you don't want to come off as someone who is simply using this job as a stepping stone to something bigger. Employers realize that their employees aren't always going to stay with the company for the entirety of their career, but they also want to work with people who are committed.
9. Tell me how would your other clients describe working with you?
When a graphic designer has a page of their portfolio website dedicated to testimonials or keeps an offline copy of positive reviews they've received from past clients, it tells you their customers are happy with their results and willing to publicly vouch for them. If they don't offer to share, just ask.
However, if they're unable to produce a few positive testimonials, that's might be an indication they are unable to sustain good client relationships or produce quality results. Tread lightly.
10. Tell us what is your biggest design career moment?
From awards, to happy clients, consumers, engaged public, social movement, and tangible results in skyrocketing numbers and profits, we want to hear it all.
How did it start, what happened, and why did you succeed?
