Who's here
Product, UI/UX & Design
Product managers, product designers and UX researchers — the track where the portfolio does more of the work than the CV does.
- Product management
- Product & UX design
- UX research
The roles this group covers
Everyone who decides what gets built, and what it should feel like once it is.
- Product managers and associate PMs
- Product designers and UI designers
- UX researchers
- Design systems and front-of-product roles
- TPMs and project managers working next to product
- People moving in from marketing, support or engineering
Demand, learning effort and the band
The rows for this track from the live session's second market table — the roles in tech that don't require writing code.
| Role | Demand | Learning effort | Salary band |
|---|---|---|---|
| Product Manager | high | medium | ££££ |
| UX Research | high | medium | £££ |
| Product Design | high | medium-hard | ££££ |
| TPM / Project Manager | medium | easy-medium | ££££ |
Salary band indicator — £ (entry) → £££££ (senior, Türkiye + USD hybrid). Varies with the state of the market.
What actually happens here
This track is judged on artefacts. Most of what the group does is making those artefacts better before someone else reads them.
- 01Portfolio and case-study reviewCase studies that show the decision and the trade-off, not just the final screens.
- 02Postings with contextWhether a “product manager” title is really project coordination is worth knowing before the first call.
- 03Referrals through Refer MeMembers refer members — in a competitive track, being read at all is most of the battle.
- 04Case-round practiceProduct and design interviews are case rounds. They get practised with the framework in the free library.
No headcount is published for any group. What matters is whether the postings and the feedback are useful, and that is only visible from the inside.
The Product and UI/UX role guides
Two of the eight deep role guides in the members' library cover this track — tool stacks, interview frameworks and the ladder from associate to lead.
Join the communityThe chapters that matter most for this track
Position yourself first — startup, scaleup or big tech changes the job entirely — then rebuild the CV around outcomes.
Where to start for this track
The library is open to everyone — these are the ones that map most directly onto product and design hiring.
Case Study Interview
A framework for case rounds: structuring your thinking and presenting a defensible answer.
Open in Notion (opens in a new tab)Career growthPortfolio & Proof of Work Guide
Show, don't tell: building a portfolio that proves you can do the job.
Open in Notion (opens in a new tab)Interview prepInterview Question Bank (by Role)
Real interview questions organized by role track — practice with what actually gets asked.
Open in Notion (opens in a new tab)LinkedIn & networkingLinkedIn Profile Optimization
Headline to featured section — make your profile findable and convincing.
Open in Notion (opens in a new tab)About this group
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