The Interview

What Airbnb is looking for

Design Challenge Interview

Product Design Challenge

01User-Centered Design Process

02Interaction & Visual Design

03Design Systems Thinking

04Accessibility & Inclusion

Portfolio Review Interview

Portfolio & Critique

01Design Rationale & Storytelling

02Impact Measurement

03Craft & Attention to Detail

04Iteration & Feedback Integration

Behavioral Interview

01Belonging & Inclusion Mindset

02Cross-Functional Collaboration

03User Empathy

04Design Leadership

Design-led product culture//Belonging-first design philosophy//World-class design systems

How It Works

Master Airbnb Design Interviews

Product design challenges and portfolio critiques, scored on Airbnb’s design evaluation dimensions. · Click to expand

1Your Design Goals

Interaction Design

Practitioner

Design Systems

Practitioner

2Design Case Prep

Redesign the Airbnb check-in experience to reduce host-guest friction for first-time...

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3Frameworks

Framework

Is podcast content hard to discover?

Navigation hierarchy buries podcasts?

Podcast tab 3rd in nav — 8% tap rate vs 54% for Home

No contextual entry points in music listening flow

Recommendation algorithm cold-start problem?

New podcast listeners get generic "Top Charts" — 3% CTR

Music taste signals unused for podcast matching

Does the first-listen experience cause abandonment?

Episode length creates commitment barrier?

Avg episode: 42 min — 71% of first-timers drop before 5 min

No "highlights" or preview clips to reduce perceived commitment

Missing context about what to expect?

Episode descriptions are long-form text — 12% read rate

Is there a content-format mismatch?

Audio-only format limits engagement signals?

Video podcasts: 2.4x completion rate vs audio-only

Visual chapter markers increase skip-to-content by 38%

Context switching from music mindset?

Users in "background listening" mode resist active content

4Feedback

Product Design

Distinctive

Design Critique

Strong

User Research Synthesis

Meeting Bar

Visual & Interaction Craft

Strong

Repeat

Practice Library

Airbnb exercises

Redesign Airbnb’s check-in experience to reduce host no-shows and improve first-time...

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Travel Tech · Product DesignAirbnb

Critique Airbnb’s current search filters experience. What works, what doesn’t, and how...

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Travel Tech · Design CritiqueAirbnb

Design an onboarding flow for new Airbnb hosts that increases listing completion rates...

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Prepare for your Airbnb design interview

What Airbnb is looking for

Product Design Challenge

Portfolio & Critique

Behavioral Interview

Airbnb exercises

Ready to ace your Airbnb design interview?

Prepare for your Airbnb design interview

What Airbnb is looking for

Product Design Challenge

Portfolio & Critique

Behavioral Interview

Master Airbnb Design Interviews

Redesign the Airbnb check-in experience to reduce host-guest friction for first-time...

Master Airbnb Design Interviews

Redesign the Airbnb check-in experience to reduce host-guest friction for first-time...

Airbnb exercises

Redesign Airbnb’s check-in experience to reduce host no-shows and improve first-time...

Critique Airbnb’s current search filters experience. What works, what doesn’t, and how...

Design an onboarding flow for new Airbnb hosts that increases listing completion rates...

Ready to ace your Airbnb design interview?

Master Airbnb Design Interviews

Redesign the Airbnb check-in experience to reduce host-guest friction for first-time...

Master Airbnb Design Interviews

Redesign the Airbnb check-in experience to reduce host-guest friction for first-time...

Redesign Airbnb’s check-in experience to reduce host no-shows and improve first-time...

Critique Airbnb’s current search filters experience. What works, what doesn’t, and how...

Design an onboarding flow for new Airbnb hosts that increases listing completion rates...