Graphic Designer Interview

  
The first questions you will be asked in an interview for a graphic designer will be in relation to your qualifications and your experience. It will be a good idea, if not already requested, to take your portfolio with you to the interview. This should effectively highlight your proudest achievements so far and should aim to impress the interviewer, who will be casting a critical eye over your previous projects.

You will also be asked about your skills and methods of tackling a project. For example, if not obvious from your qualifications or portfolio, you will be asked about what range of software you are comfortable and effective using. This company may only have limited options with regards to often expensive design software and it therefore follows that the company will show preference to individuals that are already comfortable with the existing software.

Here are some possible questions you may expect to get at an interview:

Question: Which graphic design software are you most comfortable with? How could it be improved?

With some research into the company, and possibly from the job advertisement, you should be able to determine which software this company uses. As long as you are competent using it, you should answer with this software. The second part of this question is an attempt to gauge how in depth your familiarity is with your most preferred option. If you use it often enough it is inevitable that you will uncover flaws or personal touches you would change.

Question: If you were to re-design the company logo, how long would this take you and how would you approach the task?

This question is mainly trying to gauge your methods and approach work. You could start by being complimentary of the current logo. There is always the possibility that the interviewer was the one that designed it. You should give a realistic time scale of how long you believe this task will take. The company will have a set out framework denoting how long certain tasks typically take. By making the time scale too long or too short, you are indicating to the interviewer that you don’t know what you are talking about. Approaching the task would involve explaining how many designs you would create, the selection process, developing the chosen design and so on. 

More questions:
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