[IxDA Discuss] Excellent Portfolios for IxDs (also:doemployerscare about portfolios?)

[David Malouf]

Dmitry,

I would never point to my portfolio and what is on my site is a joke to be
quite honest.
Every interview I have gotten has led to, can you bring us your portfolio.
Maybe they looked at what was online but in most cases it has meant they
just expect me to present my work when I get there.

I would say that 90% of portfolio review is in its presentation. I do want
to see something as a hiring manager, but really as time went on it was more
of a check point of "you are for real" than to really do any gauging of
talent, skill or experience.

So Jared, what information are you trying to gleen. To me, portfolios that
are online are not nearly as powerful as a printed portfolio or interactive
portfolio presented in person as if they were presenting their studio work.

I think it will be really hard to gauge any value from looking at a mix of
portfolios for interaction designers. What would be more valuable would be
how hiring managers think about portfolios for IxDs. it is obvious that Mark
and Peter think differently about where in the process of hiring portfolio
review belongs.

-- dave

On 4/4/07, Dmitry Nekrasovski <mail.dmitry at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> A couple of thoughts:
>
> 1) For a design position, _both_ the portfolio and the resume should
> be indicative of the person's skillset, process, and design
> sensibilities. If I were a hiring manager, I would be wary of an
> application where only one (or neither) of these projects a good
> impression. As Phillip states, "representative and professional"
> should do the trick.
>
> 2) I've noticed that this thread has elicited a number of viewpoints,
> but few actual portfolio links. This reminds me of recent discussion
> on the sigia-l list lamenting the lack of actual work being shown at
> this year's IA Summit.
>
> In that discussion, fingers were pointed at client confidentiality
> agreements and NDA's for preventing IA's from showing their best or
> most current work. I would expect that these issues lead to many IxD's
> being in the same boat.
>
> Dmitry
>
> On 4/4/07, Phillip Hunter <phillip at speechcycle.com> wrote:
> > As a hiring manager, I am very reluctant to even talk to someone without
> a
> > portfolio.  I don't care about anything fancy, just something
> representative
> > and professional.
> >
> > ph
> >
> >
> >
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