Solving Product Design Exercises: Questions and Answers

Trusted by 20,000+ Designers Worldwide — Used by designers to land roles at companies like Google, Amazon, Dropbox, and Spotify. Still in 2026, it remains the industry standard for how designers prepare for job interviews and is used by managers to set up their hiring processes.

Practice your product design and UX skills. Prepare for your next job interview.

Redesign the NYC metrocard system. Design a dashboard for a general practitioner. Redesign an ATM.

Learn how to solve and present challenges like these, that top companies use to interview designers for product design and UX roles.

Today’s top companies are looking for business-minded designers who aren’t just focused on visuals. With this book, you can develop that mindset, prepare for job interviews, learn how to interview other designers, and find concepts for projects to include in your portfolio.

What will you learn from this book:

• Prepare for the design interview — prepare for the design challenge and learn more about how tech companies hire product designers.
• Improve your portfolio — use product challenges to showcase in your portfolio instead of unsolicited visual redesigns.
• Step up your design career — practice your product design skills to become a better designer and prepare for your next career move.
• Interview designers — learn how to interview designers to evaluate their skills in the most efficient and scalable way.

What’s inside?

• A 7-step framework for solving product design exercises
• 30+ examples of exercises similar to exercises used by Google, Facebook, Amazon etc.
• 5 full solutions for product design exercises
• 5 short interviews with design leaders that worked at Apple, Google, Pinterest, IDEO etc.