Julie Zhuo, Product Design VP at Facebook, answered 10 questions

What are some red flags in interviewing a Product Design candidate? Julie Zhuo on April 1, 2016 What are some red flags in interviewing a Product Design candidate? Julie Zhuo, Product Design VP at Facebook 10.2k views They don't explain their design decisions well. If you ask "why'd you decide to do Y instead of X" and don't get a thoughtful response, then either the person didn't think ...  Read More » What are the most exciting Internet products in 2016? Julie Zhuo, Product Design VP at Facebook 481.3k views This is pretty subjective, but here's some stuff I'm excited about this year: VR: the more I learn and experience it, the more I am excited about how new this Medium actual...  Read More » What are the most exciting Internet products in 2016? Julie Zhuo, Product Design VP at Facebook 481.3k views This is pretty subjective, but here's some stuff I'm excited about this year: VR: the more I learn and experience it, the more I am excited about how new this Medium actual...  Read More » What is Facebook's design process like? Julie Zhuo, Product Design VP at Facebook 471.9k views It's hard to answer this as we work on many different products at Facebook, from VR to News Feed to helping businesses connect with customers to providing services in emerg...  Read More » What are the differences between a product designer, a UX designer, and a product manager? Julie Zhuo, Product Design VP at Facebook 4.7k views The difference between "product designer" and "UX designer" seem to me like semantics mostly, rather than a crisp and widely understood delineation. I think many product de...  Read More » What has most influenced how you think about Product Design? Julie Zhuo, Product Design VP at Facebook 3.9k views Building products, launching them, iterating on them, and understanding how people respond and react every step of the way. There is no substitute for experiencing this your...  Read More » How will the role of Product Designers evolve with conversational interfaces? Julie Zhuo, Product Design VP at Facebook 3.6k views I've not designed conversational interfaces myself personally so my answer to this will be a bit shallow, but my sense is that the foundations of how you would approach doi...  Read More » What are the most interesting user experience tests Facebook have run? Julie Zhuo, Product Design VP at Facebook 474.6k views I think one of the most interesting things we've done to better test and measure our user experience is move away from relying solely on behavior metrics (like number of cl...  Read More » What advice would you give to young women who want to pursue a career in tech? Julie Zhuo, Product Design VP at Facebook 3.5k views Things that have helped me that may help you: Find a support group of women in similar situations. It is so incredibly helpful to have a group of people with whom you can sh...  Read More » Has Facebook ever shipped a "user experience positive" change to negative engagement metrics? Julie Zhuo, Product Design VP at Facebook 3.8k views On the big stuff, no. You don't build an app or some new big feature that the majority of people think is an awesome experience and see negative engagement metrics. (If you...  Read More »   Read More from this Session We sent you this email because you follow Web Design. Unfollow Web Design This email was sent by Quora (650 Castro Street #450, Mountain View, CA 94041). Choose which emails we send you through Email Settings or Unsubscribe.