Are you a grad student intrigued by industry research? Facebook’s UXR internship program can give you hands-on experience before you finish your degree.
Deciding on a career path is tricky anytime — let alone when you’re in the midst of your master’s or PhD research. Even if you’re interested in non-academic research, it’s difficult to know what to expect without actual industry experience. Luckily, many companies now offer internships for students who want to explore the discipline of user experience research (UXR) before they graduate. At Facebook, that means applying your academic research skills to help improve products and services used by billions of people around the world. To demystify the internship and its application process, we spoke with four interns who are…
How Facebook and Instagram researchers are adapting to the unprecedented challenges of 2020.
This was already a year of unprecedented change when the COVID-19 pandemic was joined by widespread demonstrations against police brutality and systemic racism. The two developments have combined to bring about major — and ongoing — shifts in just about every aspect of our lives. While people’s lives may have changed, the need for research hasn’t. At Facebook Inc., research always plays a critical role in creating and improving the tools that empower people to build community and bring the world closer together. Right now, our mission is more important than ever. Research at Facebook and Instagram has contributed to…
Researchers are used to asking questions. But what happens when the tables are turned? Here at the Researcher Grill, we gently grill a Facebook researcher — get it? — about their work and their life. Our aim is to introduce you to these fascinating people, give you a peek behind the scenes of different research disciplines at Facebook, and maybe even provide some tips you can apply to your own work. Bon appétit!
Name: Summer Kim Role: Head of Research, WhatsApp Researcher since: 2005 Countries lived in: 4 (Korea, New Zealand, Canada, USA) Number of countries travelled for research: 41…
A Facebook Researcher talks accessibility, unique research approaches and technology adoption.
Researchers are used to asking questions. But what happens when the tables are turned? Here at the Researcher Grill, we gently grill a Facebook researcher — get it? — about their work and their life. Our aim is to introduce you to these fascinating people, give you a peek behind the scenes of different research disciplines at Facebook, and maybe even provide some tips you can apply to your own work. Bon appétit!
Name: Chris Langston Role: Research Manager, Accessibility Researcher since: 2006, at Facebook since 2017 Miles flown for research this year so far: 38,179 Largest survey sample: 52,000…
Subverting old assumptions about enterprise software.
At Facebook, we love inspiring our community by finding fun and simple ways to share our research insights and findings. In this series, we ask our researchers to define their favorite “UX Equation” — a simple mathematical way of showing how they build great experiences for people. This week’s guest star: Carol Farnsworth.
In my role working with enterprise tools, I often have to overcome assumptions about enterprise software. Because it’s long been notorious for its complexity, difficulty, and overall clunkiness, research participants may bring low expectations to their experiences with it. I often have to nudge them — and…
A Facebook Researcher talks social cues, designing virtual reality environments, and how the intersection of social interactions and VR sparks joy.
Researchers are used to asking questions. But what happens when the tables are turned? Here at the Researcher Grill, we gently grill a Facebook researcher — get it? — about their work and their life. Our aim is to introduce you to these fascinating people, give you a peek behind the scenes of different research disciplines at Facebook, and provide some tips you can apply to your own work. Bon appétit!
Name: Raz Schwartz Role: Research Manager, Facebook AR/VR Researcher since: 2005 Number of countries travelled for research: 11 Countries lived in: 3 Top played music album: Frank Ocean —…
Make it easy for people to see the value of your product before asking them to do extra work.
At Facebook, we love inspiring our community by finding fun and simple ways to share our research insights and findings. In this series, we ask our researchers to define their favorite “UX Equation” — a simple mathematical way of showing how they build great experiences for people. This week’s guest star: Raman Hansi.
Some products ask us to do a lot of customization or other work before we can really try out the product or assess if we’ll want to use it on regular basis. Whether I’m using a product or working with a product team to design and build…
An Instagram researcher talks bar crawls to build empathy, playing detective with execs, and how staying curious can spark innovation.
Researchers are used to asking questions. But what happens when the tables are turned? Here at the Researcher Grill, we gently grill a Facebook researcher — get it? — about their work and their life. Our aim is to introduce you to these fascinating people, give you a peek behind the scenes of different research disciplines at Facebook, and provide some tips you can apply to your own work. Bon appétit!
Name: Nicole Bacchus Role: Product Research Lead, Instagram Live Researcher at Facebook since: January 2018 Languages spoken: 4 Masters degrees: 2 Years of tech-house music fandom: 20 Years of…
Great app performance enables us to help people overcome language barriers.
At Facebook, we love inspiring our community by finding fun and simple ways to share our research insights and findings. In this series, we ask our researchers to define their favorite “UX Equation” — a simple mathematical way of showing how they build great experiences for people. This week’s guest star: Chris Langston.
Mobile devices’ ability to keep us connected can be especially important to members of the deaf community. Sign languages such as Libras (Brazil’s most-used sign language) are powerful tools, but they probably won’t help you communicate with most members of your local community. You need another way…
A Facebook researcher talks mini museums, floods in Jakarta, and rolling the dice to build empathy
Researchers are used to asking questions. But what happens when the tables are turned? Here at the Researcher Grill, we gently grill a Facebook researcher — get it? — about their work and their life. Our aim is to introduce you to these fascinating people, give you a peek behind the scenes of different research disciplines at Facebook, and provide some tips you can apply to your own work. Bon appétit!
Name: Shivani Mohan Role: Research Director, Facebook Marketplace Size of Facebook research team when you joined: 20 Size of Facebook research team now: 350+ Countries travelled to for research…
