What are your long-term goals?What are you professional goals? Where do you see yourself in 2, 5 years, or 10, etc.? These are basically the same question. This is not merely an inquiry as to whether you'll stick with the company for the foreseeable future. When this questions arises in an interview setting, the interviewers likely want to gain insight into you as person, your self-awareness, and...

Once, I totally failed a phone interview! It was embarrassing, and I  regret the entire experience. Eventually, I may write about it for my "Worst Interview Ever" series.For now, you have the benefit of my experience. Here are a few of of the usual questions and a step-by-step guide on how to answer them: Tell me about yourself... is usually the first question.  1. Do not recite...

Now What? When you get the job offer, don't be taken by surprise and forget to negotiate. You can't just blurt out a “Yes, when do I start.” Employers expect you to take time to consider the conditions of your employment. This is your opportunity to establish your market value as a designer: Figure out your personal costs, cost of living, student load debt, etc.  Find out...

Undergrad taught me two things:  never stop learning, and design freebies are out there if you simply look for them. Lynda.com isn't exactly a freebie, but it is a great inexpensive resource that will help you learn everything about the software tools in you Graphic Design Toolkit. In my junior and senior years I regularly purchased month-long memberships to this online learning community and...

These identities were created for individuals with small/growing business issues. The questions of elegance and relevance were addressed and mastered with all. The posters are a combination of work done for school and work done for individuals. My main goal was to show different treatments of style, use of fonts and vector illustration. The Stripper spread is a piece created for a...