A web designer interview is mostly a conversation about your portfolio, so the real prep is knowing your own projects cold. Expect to explain why you made each choice, how you worked with developers and marketers, and what happened after the site went live. Here's what each round checks and the questions that come up most.
This is the core of the interview. They want to see how you think, not just what the finished page looks like.
Most visitors land on a phone first. They're checking whether you design responsively from the start or squeeze a desktop layout down at the end.
Messy handoff is where web projects slip. The panel's developer is listening for whether you make their job easier.
Accessibility is part of the job, and some companies face real risk if they get it wrong. They want to know you check it as you design, not after.
Web design runs on feedback from people who aren't designers. They want to see you stay calm and steer the conversation back to the goal.
They need to know whether you can build the site yourself or only design it, and whether your tool choices are reasoned or just habit.
Marketing teams want a designer who cares about sign-ups, bookings or leads, not just how the page looks in a mockup.
Most jobs mean extending a brand, not inventing one. They want to see you respect the system and know when to push on it.
Typography and spacing are where a web page looks either considered or thrown together. This question shows whether your choices come from reasons or from whatever font you liked that week.
It tests whether you prepared and whether you can critique respectfully. The person asking may have built the page.
Agency and in-house roles both involve a queue of launches. They want a real system, not just a claim that you work hard.
Everyone has one. They're checking whether you learn from it or hide it.
Ask at least two. It shows you're picking them too.
