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Nad Chishtie - How to get hired as a designer at Lovable

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As one of the fastest growing companies in the world, Lovable is scaling their design team by tapping into the Dive Talent Network (https://www.dive.club/talent-network) .

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As one of the fastest growing companies in the world, Lovable is scaling their design team by tapping into the Dive Talent Network club/talent-network). So I interviewed their Head of Design, Nad Chishtie com/nadonomy), to learn everything I can about how to get hired as a designer at Lovable. Some highlights: - A breakdown of a recent design hire’s portfolio - How to avoid getting your portfolio screened out - How to crush the later stages of the hiring process - How you can win Nad over with side projects alone - What to do if you’re not confident in your visual skills - The 2 things Nad cares most about when hiring designers Dive is where the best designers never stop learning 🤿 - Spotify’s cross-functional squad model

com/found-ation/agile-team-organization-a-deep-dive-on-the-spotify-model-f5b32dfc37dd) - Matt’s portfolio (designer hired through Dive Talent Network) gd/) Chapters 0:00 Intro 1:24 What Nad is seeing in the market 5:39 What Nad looks for in designers 6:58 Designers own things end to end 10:56 Where Lovable sources designers 12:37 Portfolio mistakes 17:47 An example of a portfolio that got hired at Lovable 27:26 How to succeed if you're not craft focused 32:23 The power of side projects 40:33 How the interview process works at Lovable 44:02 How to succeed in a portfolio review 45:57 How Nad things about the role of metrics in portfolios 48:10 How to succeed in paid work trials 50:26 How much Nad cares about candidates using AI 54:47 Traits of successful designers at Lovable

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