Whiteboard challenge mistakes for product design

Sharing the most common mistakes that fail whiteboard interviews. They are easy to fix, as long as you're aware.

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[lina_useche]

I made most of these mistakes during my first whiteboard challenge lol specially the over focusing on the context and poor time management. Very handy guide! Thanks for sharing ✨

[oematthews]

Omg where was this video when I was making all these mistakes in my first design whiteboarding challenge!! 😅🤣 I've learned so much from you just in the span of 5 minutes, thank you so much clearly laying these out!! Much appreciated 💜

[dan.carino]

This is great a video for prepping even for me who have done several whiteboard challenges. There's so much time between the periods I've done them, so this refresher helps me get that confidence. Thanks!

And oh my, didn't know I needed a new definition for FOB, but it's fitting

[saikatnextd]

Context is important IMHO ( not to much though) Especially business context.... lets say any problem has a business context, its better to be aware of that first, What is the business goal of the problem? What they are looking to create in a particular experience? who do they consider as users ? how will we know that the design is success or a failure ? then get to this happens to avoid the rat hole of solving wrong problems, or not the appropriate ones, sets you up for success and gives the impression that designers do take business into consideration pointers of what to do research or set up assumptions when you are asking about users and their problems but again dont take much time 10-15 %

[MubarakMarafa]

Fresh off the bootcamp made me lollll 😂