The portfolio interview was 30 minutes and felt a bit unstructured so I wasn’t sure it was even happening since the video link only came through five minutes before. The design leadership I spoke with mostly had experience at larger organizations, so you should approach the conversation as if you are interviewing at a bigger design org. Yendo is still in the very early stages of building its design team. At the time I interviewed, there was only 1 IC designer, but they were already hired a Director of Product Design. While this could help bring structure and credibility as the team scales, it also felt a slightly premature since the company still seems to need strong hands-on generalists who can execute quickly at a startup pace. Anyone considering the role should clarify whether the Director position is meant to be more of a player-coach or a traditional leadership.