Sr. Content Designer
Interview Stages
| Stage | Interviewer(s) | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| Recruiter Screen | [Recruiter Name] | 30 min |
| Hiring Manager Screen | [Hiring Manager Name] | 45 min |
| Portfolio Review | All Hiring Team | 60 min |
| Round 2: PM | [PM Interviewer] | 45 min |
| Round 2: Designer | [Designer Interviewer] | 45 min |
| Round 2: Engineering | [Engineering Interviewer] | 45 min |
| Final/Culture Round | Executive or Culture Team Member | 30 min |
Recruiter Screen
Focus Areas: Ownership, Clarity, Growth Trajectory
- How do you know when content is working — and how do you improve it when it's not?
- Tell me about a time you took initiative to learn something new.
- How do you handle feedback that conflicts with your content direction?
Hiring Manager Screen
Focus Areas: Autonomy, Strategy Awareness, Collaboration
- Tell me about a time you led content strategy on a feature or product area.
- How do you navigate feedback from multiple stakeholders with competing priorities?
- How do you decide when to push back vs. go with the flow?
Portfolio Review
Focus Areas: End-to-End Ownership, User-Centered Framing, Measurable Impact
The candidate should present two projects where they were the primary content owner. They should share their process, how they worked with product/design, what trade-offs they made, and what the impact was — even if qualitative.
Round 2 Interviews
PM Interview
Focus Areas: Strategic Alignment, Influence, Content Framing
- How do you advocate for content in planning conversations?
- Tell me about a time you used content to shift how a team understood the problem.
- How do you define "success" when writing for a new feature or flow?
- What's your approach when you inherit unclear or inconsistent copy?
Designer Interview
Focus Areas: Systems Thinking, UX Patterns, Design Partnership
- How do you contribute to pattern libraries or content guidelines?
- Tell me about a time you helped improve a user journey beyond just words.
- How do you manage consistency across multiple screens or surfaces?
- What's your role in critiques — and what kind of feedback do you give?
Engineering Interview
Focus Areas: Scale, Technical Awareness, Cross-Surface Writing
- How do you write for components or flows that show up across different parts of the product?
- What's your approach to content in APIs, tokens, or naming systems?
- Tell me about a time engineering constraints forced you to rethink your content.
- How do you stay aligned with engineering during fast-paced builds?
Final/Culture Round
Focus Areas: Team Contribution, Initiative, Self-Awareness
- What kind of content culture do you try to build or support on your team?
- How do you give and receive feedback across functions?
- What kind of legacy or impact are you trying to have through your work?
- What does great IC leadership look like to you at this stage?