All Mentorship Sessions
Introductory Call - 30 min
$49
This session should be for you if you're looking for a UX mentor but are unsure how this will work. In this informal introductory call, I will introduce myself and my career journey, explain how this mentorships program may work for you, and explain how we could set up future sessions. This session is perfect if you're looking for a long-term UX mentor, but you're just not sure how this can work.
What you can achieve after this session:
Getting familiar with each other
Get an insight into what being a UX designer looks like at all levels
Understand how Elliot's UX mentor program works
Expert Consultation - 1 hour
$150
Get a full hour with me to discuss your needs. Whatever they're tricky design challenges, interview-related concerns, or urgent career questions, I'm here to help. During this one-hour expert consultation call, you can bring your questions or defined topics to discuss.
What you can achieve after this session:
Get all design, interview, and career-related questions answered
Clarify your next step
Get an insight into what being a UX designer looks like at all levels
Resolve your career transition concerns
Resume Review - 30 min
$75
Having a well-designed resume on hand is the first crucial task you need to complete before going on the job hunt. As a UX designer, keeping your resume up-to-date will create opportunities for you to sell your experience to future potential employers.
What you can achieve after this session:
Get feedback and actionable points on how to improve your resume from me (with real hiring experience)
Follow-up with these changes
Build you a top-notch resume
Interview Preparation Package - 9 hours
$990
What will include in this UX interview preparation package:
Introductory call + Study plan - 1 hour
Resume Review - 30 min
Phone screen interview - 1 hour
General/Technical Interview - 1 hour
Whiteboard - 1 hour
Take-home Assignment - 1 hour
App Critique - 1 hour
Behavioral Interview - 1 hour
Portfolio Review - 1 hour
Salary Negotiation - 30 min
Monthly Flat Membership Package - Regular
$300/month
This monthly membership package is for long-term mentorship engagement that provides fast responses, brings unique experience, and guarantee top service.
What you can expect from regular monthly membership:
Unlimited Q&A via chat
Tasks & exercises provided
Customized study plan
Up to 2 hours call per month
Flat fee no other cost
Limited spots opening
Portfolio Review Preparation- 1 hour
$150
Your design portfolio will help you get the first call from the recruiter to kick off your new UX job application process. And during the process, you will have to present your design portfolio multiple times. A well-designed UX portfolio and your portfolio presentation show your future employer that you are a qualified designer. How do you solve problems, your design process, and how are your designs crafted.
What you can achieve after this session:
Get feedback and actionable points on your current portfolio
If you don't have a well-designed portfolio, you will get help on how to create one
Follow-up with portfolio improvements
Portfolio presentation structure design for both remotely and in-person
No real project experience? No problem, you will get help with building a real project for your portfolio (may require follow-up sessions to complete)
Career Strategy - 1 hour
$150
You may be a student or graduate looking for your first UX job or internship. You may be switching careers and transitioning to UX from a different industry. You may be a burned-out designer who wants to increase value by adding more UX skills and looking for your next UX challenge or next career move. A strategy is needed to accomplish a future career change.
What you can achieve after this session:
For the first UX job hunter, you will get insights into different types of UX jobs, study plans, and strategies to help you get your first UX job
If switching careers to UX, you will get ideas on how to get started, a checklist of preparations for career transitioning, and a study plan
For an experienced designer, you will get to explore your next career options, set your personal goals, and get structured advice
Phone Screen Interview Preparation - 1 hour
$150
During the UX interview process, you will need to take several phone screens before being invited to the final round of onsite interview. You may answer the phone call from the technical recruiter, Sr. team member, hiring manager, or even from the executive level. How can you answer the questions properly and move forward to the next step within a limited time range?
What you can achieve after this session:
Learn how to deal with the technical recruiter during the phone screen
Learn how to answer Sr. team member or hiring manager's technical design releated questions during the phone screen
Ger prepared if you chat with any executives
App Critique Interview Preparation - 1 hour
$150
App critique now is a popular way of evaluating UX designers during the interview process. The app critique interview could be the most stress-less interview session during the whole interview process as long as you are familiar with the critique framework and different techniques.
What you can achieve after this session:
Get familiar with the app critique frameworks and techniques
Common mistakes to avoid
How to practice app critique
How to speak as a UX designer (industry language)
Behavioral Interview Preparation - 1 hour
$150
The logic behind the behavioral interview for the UX position is that how you behaved as a designer in the past will predict how you will behave in the future. Instead of asking candidates random questions, the UX behavioral interview will be discovering how the designer acted with specific design and teamwork-related situations.
What you can achieve after this session:
How to prepare for the UX behavioral interview
The "STAR" method
UX behavioral interview tips
A list of real UX behavioral interview questions to practices and prepare
Whiteboard Design Challenge Interview Preparation - 1 hour
$150
Before any design team hires you, they'd like to evaluate your design thinking skill, how you are solving a real problem, and how you will work with the team. The whiteboard design challenge will be the ideal session to show the team that your design is the one the team would like to work with. There is also a list of the common mistakes that you want to avoid.
What you can achieve after this session:
Learn a step-by-step guide to better approach onsite whiteboard design interview
Avoid the common mistakes that could make you not move forward
The real whiteboard design challenges help you practice
Take-Home Assignment Interview Preparation - 1 hour
$150
Take-home assignment is not that common for today's UX interview but still exist for some "dream" companies' hiring processes. It can be frustrating to prepare the design assignment using your side time as a full-time student or designer. Interviewing for a job is already stressful, and any extra "homework" can feel overwhelming.
What you can achieve after this session:
A framework to prepare the design assignment that could reduce your stress
A design "toolbox" that will help you with your take-home assignment
How to present your design assignment to the hiring team
General/Technical Interview Preparation - 1 hour
$150
During the UX interview process, you will not only be facing designers but cross-functional team members, such as engineers and product owners. Only if everyone from the hiring panel vote "yes" can you move forward.
What you can achieve after this session:
General questions and answers for preparation
Technical questions from designer, engineer, and PM
How to prepare the answers for different technical interviews
Mock Interview - 1 hour
$150
Good job crafting your interview skills, and now it's the time to practice as accurately as possible. Ace your next UX job interview and secure a career in this booming industry. Simulate realistic UX interviews with Elliot, a real industry practitioner experienced in big companies interviewing people like you.
What you can achieve after this session:
Get familiar with relevant questions used in today's UX job interviews
Review and revise your answers to playback how you respond
Learn how to transition between questions and responses seamlessly
Salary Negotiation Skill - 30 min
$75
The conversion of negotiating salary will happen during the end of the interview process. At that moment, to make sure you receive your dream offer with a high-end total compensation, you will have to learn the skill of negotiation.
What you can achieve after this session:
How to answer the "What's your expectation" question
How to receive the competitive offer at the right time
When to stop negotiation and sign the offer