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.
There’s also the issue of quantity - with hundreds of applicants, do you still have time to dig so deep, for each promising one, before deciding on moving them to the next step? ;)
Often times for jobs with that many applicants HR/the department responsible for the hiring does initial screening based on resume, etc. Not convinced this produces the best results, but I’m not totally convinced conventional hiring/portfolio review in general does.