Graphic Designer

Your ideal Graphic Designer is creative with awesome tech skills. They’re team-players who can keep a cool head under pressure and have awesome communication and presentation skills.

Top tips: 

• Check their portfolio: Make sure your candidate’s work fits your company goals by closely reviewing their portfolio. Look out for candidates who curate relevant work samples specifically for the interview.
• Grow together: Hire candidates you can grow with by making sure their personal career goals align with your company's mission.

Graphic Designer interview questions

• How do you create relevant work for a broad range of clients?
• How comfortable are you with short deadlines?
• How do you keep up-to-date with new design tech and trends?
• How much presentation experience do you have?
• Have you ever represented your agency at a client meeting? What happened?
• How would you help a brand to evolve over time? 
• How do you stay motivated designing for the same brand?
• How do you make sure a brand stands out to different audiences?
• How much presentation experience do you have?
• How would you get acclimated your first week at work?
• What was your role on this project?
• What were your time-scales for this piece?
• How well did you get on with your team?
• What is your portfolio highlight?
• What images/copy/guidelines were you given to start this project? How did you begin?
• How do you define success?
• Who are your design heroes?
• How do you stay up-to-date on the latest design tech and trends?
• Who would be your dream brand to work with?
• How do you prepare client/stakeholder presentations?
• How do you respond to negative feedback from clients?
• How do you start and finish a project? 
• Tell us about your biggest design challenge and how you overcame it.
• What’s your fave design work: print or digital? How do you transition between the two?
• How do you prepare your work for production?
• How do you make sure you hit tight deadlines?