Controversial question. Knowing there are hundreds of applicants for each design job posting, do we really believe that recruiter will spend half a day reading through lengthy case studies of one designer? Why we cherish walls of text in creative portfolios all out of sudden 😅
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I’ve reviewed portfolios before and can say (personally) that interesting projects in a well presented portfolio (good subject and intro/tagline) leads to me wanting to read, leads to me checking for blog/writings that gives me a sense of the person more personally.
That’s an interesting take. I’ve ran some hiring processes and, personally, if I found the portfolio solid design wise, I’d rather set up a meeting with the person to find out more about them. Short meeting would tell me more about applicant compared to any amount of text :)
Yeah for sure; talking 1on1 is always best. But when trying to narrow down who to talk to, blog posts are good because it can reveal how people think/communicate. Especially if they write about technical topics/they have deep enough knowledge to form strong opinions on a subject.
Ironic/hypocritical because I rarely write anything public lol but I like when someone isn’t afraid to take strong stances on subjects within the realm of their expertise and expand in long form. Suggests they care + are less likely to be a fly on the wall who goes with the flow.
The „go with the flow” part is also interesting to me. Had a job interview last week and interviewer waited for me to say that I’m ready to step down, if stakeholder says so, even if they’re not right 😅 So not sure what the best answer to that is nowadays.
Matter of opinion I guess, but I like when people are willing to take stances about things in their discipline. Shows they care + know enough to form strong opinions. Not people who are contrarian for the sake of it or who talk as if they definitively know everything, of course.