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Turn your Design Portfolio into an Interview Magnet 🧲

Part of Accelerate Your Career

45 min
Jul 21, 2026 1:00 PM
Virtual (Zoom)

In this video

What you'll learn

5 principles for building a great portfolio

Learn why product design skills don’t translate to portfolio design, and how these principles bridge the gap.

The 3 step recruiter journey framework

Learn how recruiters navigate your portfolio, so you can reverse engineer a portfolio that leads to more interviews.

3 quick ways to level up your portfolio homepage

Apply three low-effort, high-impact improvements that turn your portfolio into an interview magnet.

Why this topic matters

After 6+ years in Big Tech and educating 150,000+ designers worldwide, Aliena shares her unique insight into why even exceptional product designers struggle to build portfolios that land interviews, and how to close that gap. This session introduces practical frameworks and exercises to build a portfolio that reflects your full potential and brings you one step closer to your next career move.

You'll learn from

Aliena Cai

Aliena Cai

CEO @Aliena Design | Former Senior Product Designer at eBay

Previously at eBay

eBay
Figma
Framer
University of Washington
Stanford University
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