Hey,

Last week, I put out a small quiz for experienced UX and Product designers.

Nothing fancy.

Just a quick mirror.

About 16 people took it.

Most were senior.

Lead.

Principal.

People who’ve shipped real work.

What surprised me wasn’t skill.

It was direction.

Almost everyone rated themselves strong at the work…

but shaky when it came to explaining where they’re headed next.

And once I saw that, a lot of other things clicked.

Why job descriptions feel like “maybe.”

Why LinkedIn updates feel awkward to write.

Why interviews feel heavier than they should.

Not because people don’t know their stuff.

But because their growth moved faster than their story.

They’ve changed.

Their work changed.

But the way they talk about themselves didn’t catch up yet.

So different versions of them show up depending on the situation.

Resume one way.

LinkedIn another.

Interviews somewhere else.

From the outside, that just feels fuzzy.

I noticed something else too.

People felt confident doing the work.

But struggled to help others feel their value.

The impact is real.

The thinking is solid.

It just doesn’t land cleanly when they talk about it.

And the lowest scores across the board?

Visibility.

Not knowing which companies actually fit.

Not having people who open doors.

Not getting replies.

You can be great at what you do and still feel invisible.

None of this looked like a talent problem to me.

It looked like an alignment problem.

So I rebuilt the quiz.

No archetypes this time.

No personality labels.

Just four places where momentum usually breaks:

→ direction

→ value

→ visibility

→ interviews

If you’ve been working hard but things feel heavier than they should,

this might explain why.

P.S. I turned this into a short diagnostic.

It takes about 3 minutes and shows you which bottleneck is actually slowing your UX job search down.

No fixing.

No advice dump.

Just a clear mirror.

You can take it here → https://tally.so/r/XxLOP4