Intern – UI/UX Designer (Summer 2027)
Posted Sep 25, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026
Likely interview questions for this role
Written from this job description, not a generic list. Each one notes what the interviewer is really checking.
About your past
Walk me through a project in your portfolio. What problem were you solving and how did you get to the final design?
What they are checking: Whether they can explain their design reasoning, not just show attractive screens.
Tell me about a time you got critical feedback on your design. What did you do with it?
What they are checking: Whether they take feedback openly and improve the work rather than defending every choice.
What do you want to learn during a summer internship in Downers Grove?
What they are checking: Whether their goals fit the work and whether they would take ownership of a real project.
What would you do
Users here might be plumbers, facility managers or distributors. How would you design for people who are busy and on a job site?
What they are checking: Whether they think about real working conditions like phones, gloves and time pressure.
A developer says your design is too hard to build in the time they have. How do you respond?
What they are checking: Whether they can find a simpler solution that keeps the core user need intact.
About the work
How do you learn what users need before you start designing?
What they are checking: Whether they do real user research instead of designing from their own assumptions.
What design tools do you use, like Figma, and how do you organize your files for a team?
What they are checking: Whether they can work cleanly in shared files that developers and other designers will use.
How do you make sure a design is accessible to people with different abilities?
What they are checking: Whether they know basic accessibility standards like contrast and readable text from the start.
How would you test whether a new design is better than the old one?
What they are checking: Whether they think about usability testing and measures of success instead of opinion.
What is the difference between UI and UX in your own words?
What they are checking: Whether they understand that good experience design goes beyond how a screen looks.
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