UX Designer
Amazon · L5 / UX Designer II
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Do the Portfolio review round.
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The loop
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Portfolio review
Learn whether the candidate can explain end-to-end design ownership, customer evidence, alternatives, production partnership, and impact across at least two projects.
Portfolio review · 60 minSet up this round
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What strong sounds like
- Explain the customer, context, evidence, constraints, and why the problem mattered.
- Distinguish the candidate's decisions and artifacts from team contributions.
- Compare alternatives and explain research, business, and engineering trade-offs.
- Give customer and delivery outcomes, attribution limits, and what happened next.
Expect to be pushed on
Change one important constraint and ask what survives.
Probe the weakest assumption and the evidence needed.
Ask for the rejected alternative and decision threshold.
Shapes of problem you may get
- A verbal portfolio narrative contrasting one complex workflow with one customer-facing journey
How to prepare
- 01
Select two contrasting projects
Choose one complex workflow and one customer-facing journey. Gather the original brief, research evidence, key artifacts, shipped result, and your specific contribution for each.
Amazon’s adjacent guide asks designers to present at least two projects. The UX loop includes a portfolio review, but public guidance does not define a detailed format.
Company researchAmazon UX Interview PrepAmazon university UX interview prep
- 02
Outline decision-led narratives
For each project, write short notes for customer problem, evidence, alternatives, constraints, your decisions, partner contributions, outcome, attribution limits, and unresolved risk.
The UX Designer II role emphasizes research, interaction design, ambiguity, prototyping, and product-engineering collaboration. A decision-led outline keeps those areas connected.
Company researchAmazon UX Designer II, ShipTech
- 03
Rehearse one trade-off explanation
Practice explaining one contested design decision without slides. State the decision first, compare alternatives, name the evidence, and close with the customer or delivery result.
Each reported loop session lasts 60 minutes and may include UX, product, engineering, and business interviewers. One concise explanation helps you switch between craft and delivery detail.
Company researchAmazon UX Interview Prep
Then try the round
You have two project outlines, verified outcome evidence, clear ownership boundaries, and one rehearsed explanation of a difficult trade-off.
Resources to focus on
- UX interview prep
“The loop” → “Portfolio review”; note the 60-minute format and interviewer mix.
Use the format and audience guidance to choose project depth and prepare explanations for non-design partners.
A first attempt takes the full 60 minutes.
What this loop tests
Amazon’s current UX guidance specifies 60-minute sessions: a portfolio review, an interactive functional exercise such as a design whiteboard, and one-to-one Leadership Principles interviews with UX, product, engineering, and business partners. For UX Designer II scope, show end-to-end ownership, a customer-centered flow, production states, research evidence, and the ability to balance high craft with engineering and operational constraints.
They reward
- Customer obsession in every design choice
- Ownership of the shipped journey
- Research and data that change direction
- High standards under constraints
- Earned trust across disciplines
What to avoid
- Do not substitute a memorized framework for the supplied facts.
- Do not hide personal decisions behind vague team language.
- Do not claim certainty beyond the evidence available.
How sure we are
Worth redoing if you hear something from the recruiter that contradicts this.
Confirmed · 5
- Amazon officially states that the UX loop includes a portfolio review, an interactive functional exercise, and one-to-one Leadership Principles interviews.
- Amazon officially states that each UX loop session lasts 60 minutes and involves UX, product, engineering, and business interviewers.
- A current UX Designer II posting emphasizes field research, interaction design, prototyping, ambiguous problems, and collaboration with product and engineering.
- A March 2025 UX loop discussion says Leadership Principles comprise the majority of the loop, while the exact design exercise varies or remains recruiter-specific.
Likely · 1
- L5 practice should combine customer-centered design craft with production constraints and quantified Leadership Principle evidence across the loop.
Worth asking them
Questions that close the gaps above.
Which functional exercise will this team use for the UX Designer II loop?
How many Leadership Principles interviews are scheduled, and which partners will conduct them?
What differentiates successful L5 design ownership from L6 scope here?
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