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How I got hired as a UI/UX designer with no experience?

Arpit Chandak
UX Planet
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5 min readOct 24, 2022

Last year I was hired as a solo UI/UX designer at a Bangalore-based tech startup and had multiple offers to choose from, even before college got over.

Few months before getting the job I had no expectations to get even one offer because I had no professional experience in UI/UX design or a design degree to support my design skills.

Here are certain things that I did and anyone interested can do to prepare themselves to break into the UI/UX design industry.

1. Learn fundamentals

Before diving into anything it’s critical to learn the fundamentals of UI/UX design & basics of Figma Software or any UI-focused design software.

For this you don’t need to buy any paid course, you can easily learn it from Youtube or free design courses. I learned from Youtube videos & Google UX certification courses (it’s free if you don't want a certificate). Here is a list of 60+ useful resources for UI/UX Designers a bundle of free courses & videos for beginner designers to learn all the basics from.

Learn UI/UX design fundamental
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2. Create dummy UI/UX case studies

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Written by Arpit Chandak

Freelance Product Designer who loves sharing experiences. Check top design resources at uipedia.design

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