Design-Interview Questions

1. What are metaphors used for in functional design? Can you name some successful examples?
2. How can you reduce the user's perception of waiting when some functions take a lot of time?
3. Which controls would you use when a user must select multiple items from a big list, in a minimal amount of space?
4. Can you name different measures to guarantee correctness of data entry?
5. Can you name different techniques for prototyping an application?
6. Can you name examples of how an application can anticipate user behavior?
7. Can you name different ways of designing access to a large and complex list of features?
8. How would you design editing twenty fields for a list of 10 items? And editing 3 fields for a list of 1000 items?
9. What is the problem of using different colors when highlighting pieces of a text?
10. Can you name some limitations of a web environment vs. a Windows environment?

References:

http://www.noop.nl/2009/01/100-interview-questions-for-software-developers.html/