A case for using a ‘co-creation’ process for hiring UX Designers.
I prefer working in a Co-Creation design process for products, which looks like this.
DEFINE (The Problem) ⟶ ORGANIZE (The Information) ⟶ CONCEIVE & ANALYZE (The Ideas) ⟶ BUILD (The Prototypes) ⟶ DISCUSS/ITERATE (On The Feedback) ⟶ IMPROVE (The Design). Loopback until I get to a design solution which works for the user in a co-creation process.
The purpose of a ‘Co-Creation’ session is to assemble a group of people you’re designing for and include them in the design process.
This ensures that, of all the other things, I get a chance to capture divergent insights in drawing an empathetic view of how a product could be perceived and used. So why not use the co-creation process in hiring for UX?