Today I spent the whole day preparing sample works to apply for a UX position at a well-known financial company.

It was a very agonizing process.

They want to see some formal documents that show my process and how I solve UX problems, mainly from the interaction design perspective.

I know how to do wireframes, site architecture, user flow, etc., and have been doing that but I don’t have anything in the form of a formal documentation. I did most of these on paper because it’s the fastest way for me. We had a very small team, so we had to move from one project to another quickly. In other words: just get stuff done. In many cases, I collaborate with front end developers in real time as they implement the design.

This sounds like an excuse, though.

Note to self: going forward, I need to make sure I keep the artifacts used in the design process and make time to create proper formal documentation.

I got the following from a friend of mine who’s one of the lead engineers at Netflix. If you’re interested, or know anyone who is, you can either go to the link below or contact me. Good luck.

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Company: Netflix
Job Title: Sr. Web UI Engineer
Description: At Netflix I have an immediate opening on my team. This is an exciting opportunity to ply your amazing web development/engineering talents to one of the most recognized brands on the Web! In this position you would join an absolutely amazing team of Web UI engineers at an exciting time in Netflix history.

We are currently refactoring the entire Web UI layer. As a team member you would be responsible for specific areas of the site and participate in moving our site to latest Web standards (think unobtrusive javascript, layered semantic markup, hijax, etc.), working to improve client performance and working to realize new interaction approaches to our interface.

The job details are posted here