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Product Design & UX ／ Google UX Courses

Google UX Certificate / Portfolio · Resume · Interview · Job Search

Job search section of the Google UX Certificate. Cross-device 4C principles (Consistency/Continuity/Context/Complementary) + Mobile-first + Design for Social Good + Portfolio (website best practices / 7 elements of case studies / tailoring to positions / website builders) + Portfolio interview presentation template (Cover → About Me → Project Problem-Process-Final-Impact-Learnings → Key Takeaways → FAQ) + Resume (information hierarchy/grid/two-column/personal branding/tools) + Interview (process/three key points: adaptability-passion-learning/whiteboard interview/STAR/value company culture over company name) + Career path (UX specializations/company types/freelance business plan + client acquisition/UX communities/Impostor Syndrome) + Collaboration with engineering. For PMs

UX Portfolios Career development Job SeekingEnglish edition

Personal Growth ／ Zara Zhang Rui

zara Zhang Zala / North America Career Development SOP (Liberal Arts → VC → ByteDance → AI Indie Developer)

zara's complete playbook for career development in North America. **Core thesis**: **No job is ever landed by submitting resumes** (all opportunities come from your content/work being seen by the right person) / Cold emails are not for getting interviews, they are for networking + coffee chats / Asking a stranger for a referral ≈ applying through the website (endorsement mechanism) / surface area × probability = luck / The unique value of liberal arts graduates in the AI era / Got into Harvard because she "chose the harder path + had excellent English" / Big company team culture > corporate culture / Late bloomer mindset as an undergraduate starting at age 21. **Counter-consensus views**: No career planning, no resume submissions, no gaming the LinkedIn algorithm, no rote English vocabulary memorization; **Work = public portfolio + Inbound + long game** is the real pathway

Career development Job Seeking Personal BrandingEnglish edition