[IxDA Discuss] Which is the most used tool for UX nowadays?

[Mehera O'Brien]

Actually, I find I get the "what's your design philosophy" question quite a
bit (in other words perhaps). And I'm the one doing the interviewing! :) But
I find candidates of all levels are interviewing me and the company just as
much as I am interviewing them. And understanding how I personally view
Interaction Design and it's role in our organization is key to them
determining if they want to work here in the first place, position title and
salary aside. 

My favorite question to ask is actually: What has been one of your favorite
projects to date and why? There is no right answer to this question, but I
love how varied the responses are. It's shocking to me that a lot of people
can't answer it, even. But the ones who do give a detailed answer usually
give you a peek inside of what is important to them - culturally within an
organization, their role on the project, sometimes what they are most
passionate about in the field and, sometimes, what their philosophy is.

This is usually the last question I ask and it can actually be a deal
breaker, even if the candidate has all the right tools and degrees and
resume. 

Oh, and to go back to the original question, we use Omni Graffle Pro in my
office. We're Mac based and I find Omni Graffle is sort of the best of Visio
and Illustrator combined in an easy to use (and easy to learn) interface.
Although, I do find Visio a bit better for building sitemaps and user flows.
But now that I'm on Omni Graffle, I'd struggle to go back to Visio for
wireframing. If you are checking out graffle, there are tons of online
stencils others have built and share here: http://graffletopia.com/

Enjoy!


On 6/1/07 7:49 AM, "Vishal Iyer" <vishaliyer1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Right on Sebi. How many interviews have folks had the pleasure of answering
> the question 'whats your design philosophy?' I've never had questions beyond
> my degrees, projects, tools, methods (the better ones) etc. I'm curious to
> know if people with more experience have it any different (apart from
> questions about their experience itself).
> 
> 
> But although learning how to use your brain may play a stronger role in how
>> well you do your job, knowing how to use the tools (and your results,
>> ofcourse) is what actually gets you the job, unfortunately (at least at
>> junior level). Because you will always get to that part of the interview /
>> job requirements: So, do you know Visio? Powerpoint? Flash? Axure?
>> Omnigrafle? Html + CSS? etc?
>> 
>> 

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