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Design Thinking test

Type: Role specific skills

Time: 10 min

Languages: English

Level: Intermediate

Summary of the Design Thinking test

This Design Thinking test comprehensively evaluates candidates across four critical skill areas: empathy and user-centered focus, problem framing and definition, ideation and creativity, and prototyping and iteration.

Covered skills

Empathy and user-centered focus
Problem framing and definition
Ideation and creativity
Prototyping and iteration

Use the Design Thinking test to hire

Customer experience specialists, managers, and designers, service designers, design, innovation, marketing, and product managers, product and marketing strategists, technology consultants, and any other roles requiring design thinking skills.

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About the Design Thinking test

In today's business landscape, design thinking is an invaluable asset, fostering user-centricity, innovation, and effective problem-solving. By embracing this approach, organizations gain a deep understanding of user needs, resulting in elevated satisfaction and loyalty.

Moreover, it's a systematic methodology that efficiently addresses complex issues, minimizing risk and optimizing costs. Design thinking ignites creative exploration, stimulating novel solutions vital for staying competitive.

This Design Thinking test comprehensively evaluates candidates across four critical skill areas: empathy and user-centered focus, problem framing and definition, ideation and creativity, and prototyping and iteration.

Candidates excelling in this screening test will demonstrate proficiency in design thinking methodologies, equipping your business to innovate and excel in the market. They will be adept at user-focused problem-solving, ideation, and prototyping, leading to improved products, services, and user experiences.

By leveraging this Design Thinking test, you can identify professionals who bring innovation and user-centricity to your organization's processes and drive its growth, enabling you to capture new opportunities and stand out in the market.

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This test is made by a subject-matter expert

Yee Jek K.

Yee Jek is a design consultant with eight years of experience in leveraging design thinking methodologies to craft innovative, user-centered solutions. He has contributed to projects across various industries, including energy, finance, consumer goods and healthcare sectors. He holds a master's degree in strategic design from Delft University of Technology.

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FAQs

An assessment is the total package of tests and custom questions that you put together to evaluate your candidates. Each individual test within an assessment is designed to test something specific, such as a job skill or language. An assessment can consist of up to 5 tests and 20 custom questions. You can have candidates respond to your custom questions in several ways, such as with a personalized video.

A video question is a specific type of custom question you can add to your assessment. Video questions let you create a question and have your candidates use their webcam to record a video response. This is an excellent way to see how a candidate would conduct themselves in a live interview, and is especially useful for sales and hospitality roles. Some good examples of things to ask for video questions would be "Why do you want to work for our company?" or "Try to sell me an item you have on your desk right now."

Besides video questions, you can also add the following types of custom questions: multiple-choice, coding, file upload, and essay. Multiple-choice lets your candidates choose from a list of answers that you provide, coding lets you create a coding problem for them to solve, file upload allows your candidates to upload a file that you request (such as a resume or portfolio), and essay allows an open-ended text response to your question. You can learn more about different custom question types here.

An assessment is the total package of tests and custom questions that you put together to evaluate your candidates. Each individual test within an assessment is designed to test something specific, such as a job skill or language. An assessment can consist of up to 5 tests and 20 custom questions. You can have candidates respond to your custom questions in several ways, such as with a personalized video.

A video question is a specific type of custom question you can add to your assessment. Video questions let you create a question and have your candidates use their webcam to record a video response. This is an excellent way to see how a candidate would conduct themselves in a live interview, and is especially useful for sales and hospitality roles. Some good examples of things to ask for video questions would be "Why do you want to work for our company?" or "Try to sell me an item you have on your desk right now."

Besides video questions, you can also add the following types of custom questions: multiple-choice, coding, file upload, and essay. Multiple-choice lets your candidates choose from a list of answers that you provide, coding lets you create a coding problem for them to solve, file upload allows your candidates to upload a file that you request (such as a resume or portfolio), and essay allows an open-ended text response to your question. You can learn more about different custom question types here.

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