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Displaying UX Research in your Design Portfolio — 4 mistakes you don’t want to make

When it comes to displaying research in your portfolio: How much is too much? How do you keep hiring managers/recruiters interested?

UX Survival Guide
5 min readMar 12, 2024

Being a hiring manager, I’m going to help you find the right balance and avoid the most common mistakes I see in portfolios when it comes to displaying your UX research.

Hiring manager that’s happy with how you’re showing your research

Why? What’s the goal?

There are hundreds of ux research methodologies so why have you chosen this one for this project? What goal was it helping you to achieve? Never assume that the people reviewing your portfolio will know based on what the methodology is typically used for. Your job is to showcase your understanding, not theirs.

I can easily see here that Melvin conducted interviews to “validate initial findings and further understand how people currently form habits, their motivations and challenges”

Melvins portfolio

And Miranda here did this compeitive analysis to familiarise her team with the food sharing process of other apps.

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UX Survival Guide
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Written by UX Survival Guide

A Principal Designer drawing on my 13 years in UX to empower you with the knowledge and tools you need to showcase your value and accelerate your career growth

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