UX Designer applicants have rated the interview process at Toptal with 3.3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 38% positive. To compare, the company-average is 38.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for UX Designer roles take an average of 27 days to get hired, when considering 8 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Toptal overall takes an average of 23 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Toptal as a UX Designer according to 8 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 25%
Presentation: 21%
Skills test: 17%
One on one interview: 13%
Background check: 13%
Group panel interview: 4%
Drug test: 4%
Personality test: 4%
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No processo seletivo eles dão um feedback rápido, mas possui muitas etapas, no total são 5, tornando toda experiência muito desgastante. Na minha opinião seria melhor se cortassem pelo menos o screening inicial, já que são perguntas superficiais.
The interview process is very long and difficult for a freelancer UX designer at Toptal. It takes months to be able to reapply if you fail once. If you fail more than once it will take more than a year to reapply.
I applied online. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Toptal (Los Angeles, CA) in Aug 2022
Interview
Part1- 10 minutes screening interview - 2-3 minutes interviewer talks about Toptal and the rest is basic questions, who you are, what you do, and your skills and what software you use.
Part 2- Sending out a PDF version of your portfolio with links to the Projects. Six end-to-end project describing the product, role, Goals and problems.
Part3- Portfolio interview- 1 hour 1:1 interview. 30 minutes to talk about two of your projects and the rest is Q&A
Part4- Take home assignment, which I haven't done yet.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about yourself, what software you use, what you do and..
I applied online. I interviewed at Toptal in May 2022
Interview
After applying online, you have a short meeting with HR. Then you get 7 days to submit your portfolio. After submitting you get your answer fast. Unfortunately, my portfolio wasn't good enough, but you get decent feedback and you are encouraged to apply again after 6 months.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Q: Can you tell me more about the last project you worked on?