AI Design Interview & Whiteboard Challenge Prep

Get hired at
the company
you actually
want.

Practice the UX and product design interview questions and the whiteboard challenge that design loops at Google, Meta, Apple, Microsoft and Amazon are known for. Brutal AI feedback on both.

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QUESTION 3 OF 10 DIFFICULTY 4/10 FAANG · L4

Redesign the maps experience for elderly users who are not tech-savvy.

I would start by understanding the key pain points elderly users face with current
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or speak your answer

"The interview is a performance."

Most designers know the answers. Few can deliver them, out loud or at the whiteboard.

Talk it through.
Then draw it out.

Design interviews test two different skills: explaining your thinking, and solving a product problem live. ZeroNonsense trains both.

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Question rounds
Interview Questions

ZeroPrep

Answer design interview questions level by level, typed or spoken. AI scores every answer out of 10, tells you what was missing, and shows you what a strong answer sounds like.

  • 3 tracks: UX Designer, Product Designer, Design Lead
  • 10 levels per track, from entry level to principal
  • Questions drawn from your own portfolio
  • Weak categories tracked across every session
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New · Whiteboard round
Whiteboard Challenge

ZeroBoard

Get a vague product prompt and a clock. Question the interviewer, work through the stages, sketch the flow on a real canvas, then get scored out of 100 on what interviewers look for.

  • 45 prompts, each labeled with where it came from
  • 45-minute full loop or 15-minute warm-up
  • An AI interviewer who only answers what you ask
  • Paste any prompt for a full worked answer
01

You know the theory. You freeze under pressure.

Interview rooms are stressful. Knowing the answer and being able to articulate it under pressure are two completely different skills. Most prep doesn't train the second one.

02

Generic prep sites don't know what FAANG expects.

Google, Meta, and Apple look for fundamentally different things. A product at Meta isn't a product at Apple. Generic question banks don't capture this, so you walk in rehearsed for the wrong interview.

03

The whiteboard round rewards process, not pixels.

You get a vague prompt, a marker and 45 minutes. Strong designers fail it by sketching screens before asking who it's for, what the limits are and how success is measured. You only get better at it by running it on the clock.

04

You don't know your weak areas until it's too late.

Most people only discover their weak spots during the actual interview. ZeroNonsense scores every answer and every whiteboard round by category, and tells you exactly where to focus.

Three steps.
No fluff.

STEP 01

Choose your track

Select UX Designer, Product Designer, or Design Lead. Each track runs across 10 levels, from entry level to principal.

STEP 02

Answer under pressure

Type or speak your answer. Questions are pitched at your level and experience, and each new set steers clear of scenarios you've already answered.

STEP 03

Get scored and critiqued

AI scores your answer 1–10, critiques it, shows you the textbook answer, and tracks your weak categories over time.

The kind of questions and prompts you'll train on

One goal.

Get hired at a company that values design.

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UX Designer

Research & Usability

Master user research, usability testing, information architecture, and interaction design. Ten levels of increasing difficulty.

User Research Usability IA Interaction Design Accessibility
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Product Designer

End-to-End Design

Cover the complete product design lifecycle — from discovery to delivery. Systems thinking, cross-functional collaboration, and portfolio depth.

Design Systems Product Strategy End-to-End Stakeholders Portfolio
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Design Lead

Strategy & Leadership

Senior questions on design strategy, team leadership, stakeholder management, and measuring design impact at an org level.

Leadership Design Org ROI Strategy Hiring
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One vague prompt.
Forty-five minutes.

You're handed a fuzzy product problem and asked to design live while someone watches how you think. ZeroBoard runs that round end to end.

STEP 01

Question the interviewer

Every prompt hides real context: who uses it, when, and what's broken. The AI interviewer shares it only when you ask, just like the real round.

STEP 02

Work it on the board

Move through ten stages on the clock, from framing the prompt to drawing the flow on a real canvas, failure states included.

STEP 03

Get a hiring-bar review

Your notes, questions and board are scored out of 100 across six areas, with the facts you missed and what a strong answer would have included.

The 10 stages

Frame it before you draw it.

FramingWarm-up + full loop
  1. 01FrameRestate the prompt and flag what's vague
  2. 02ContextAsk who's building it, why now, what exists
  3. 03UserPick one user and say who's out of scope
  4. 04ProblemWrite one sharp problem statement
  5. 05ConstraintsSet the limits you'll design within
  6. 06SuccessOne user outcome, one metric, one guardrail
SolvingFull loop only
  1. 07JourneyMap the steps and mark the moments that matter
  2. 08IdeasCompare two or three directions, then pick one
  3. 09FlowDraw it end to end, including what goes wrong
  4. 10WrapRecap the trade-offs and how you'd test it
The scorecard

Scored on what interviewers look for.

  • Framing20%
  • User & problem20%
  • Flow & detail20%
  • Ideas & trade-offs15%
  • Communication & time15%
  • Success & impact10%

Each area is rated on four levels, then weighted into one score. Warm-ups skip the two drawing areas.

MissingSurfaceSolidHire-level
85+Hire signal
65+Interview-ready
40+Getting there
<40Not yet
45min

Full loop

Laptop or desktop

All ten stages with a drawing board, the way the real round runs. The review reads your notes, your questions and your board.

10 stages Canvas AI interviewer
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15min

Warm-up

Any screen, even your phone

The six framing stages, typed out. No drawing. A quick rep for the part most candidates rush.

6 stages Framing Mobile
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Anyprompt

Breakdown

Bring your own prompt

Got a prompt from a real interview? Paste it and get a full worked answer, stage by stage, with the screens drawn out and likely follow-up questions.

Worked answer Wireframes Follow-ups
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45 prompts from candidate reports and interview prep guides, covering Meta, Apple, Google, Amazon, Netflix, Microsoft and Uber, plus common practice prompts. Every prompt shows its source. None are confirmed by the companies.

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Interview tracks

Read up.
Then practice.

How the whiteboard round works, the prompts candidates report, and design interview questions for every level. Free to read, no sign-up.

Straight answers.

What is a design whiteboard challenge?

A live round in many UX and product design interviews. You get a vague prompt such as "Redesign a smart lock", then have 30 to 60 minutes to ask questions, pick a user, define the problem and success, and sketch a flow while the interviewer watches how you think. Our whiteboard challenge guide covers it stage by stage.

What questions are asked in a UX or product design interview?

Most loops mix a portfolio walkthrough, behavioral questions, an app critique, research questions and a live design exercise. See our lists of UX designer, product designer and design lead interview questions, sorted by level.

Are these real FAANG interview questions?

Some are. ZeroPrep's practice questions are generated by AI for your track and level, and the question library includes 30 questions candidates report from real interview loops. ZeroBoard's 45 whiteboard prompts each show their source, such as a candidate report or a prep guide. None are confirmed by the companies.

How does the AI score my answers?

ZeroPrep scores each answer out of 10, says what was missing and shows what a strong answer sounds like. ZeroBoard rates your whiteboard round in six areas, including framing, user and problem, and flow, on four levels, then weights them into a score out of 100.

Is ZeroNonsense free?

Yes. It's free to start and you don't need an account. Pick a track, add your name and start practicing.

Can I practice on my phone?

The 15-minute ZeroBoard warm-up, which covers framing only, works on any screen. The full 45-minute whiteboard round includes a drawing canvas and needs a laptop or desktop.

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