UI Design Intern practice interview
Designing clear, consistent and accessible software interfaces from requirements, flows and feedback. Practise the 5 questions interviewers ask for this role with follow-ups. Paid plans add scored feedback on every answer.
Free with an Intaviu account: 320 credits a month, at 10 credits a minute of practice. Private: interview creators never see them.
- Entry
- 10 minutes
- 5 questions
- Scored feedback on paid plans
About the role
A UI design intern creates interface screens and prototypes while learning from designers, developers and users. The interview usually includes a portfolio discussion and practical questions about hierarchy, states, consistency and accessibility. The panel wants to understand your decisions and how you respond when feedback exposes a weakness.
How to prepare
- Choose two portfolio projects and practise explaining the problem, constraints, decisions and revisions.
- Review spacing, typography, colour, hierarchy and common interface states.
- Practise building a short Figma flow with reusable components and clear naming.
- Check your work for readable contrast, touch targets, error feedback and responsive behaviour.
- Prepare an example of feedback that led you to change a design.
Common mistakes
- Showing attractive screens without explaining the user task they support.
- Designing only the ideal path and forgetting loading, empty and error states.
- Using inconsistent components when a shared pattern already exists.
- Defending every choice instead of listening to critique and testing alternatives.
What to expect
A real first-round interview
5 questions the way interviewers ask for this role, with follow-ups when an answer needs more.
Spoken, like the real thing
Speak your answers in your browser or the free desktop app, with live captions. You can ask the interviewer to repeat anything.
Scored on 4 areas
The things this interview weighs most. With a paid plan, your report shows how you did on each one.
A private report
On Plus, Pro and Premium: every answer scored, your strongest lines quoted and what to say differently next time. Interview creators never see it.
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