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10 week internship & project cohort

Build real cross-functional experience with Big Tech coaches and product teams. Learn cutting-edge product design with top VR/AR/AI founders.
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This cohort is for university students, master's students, and new graduates lacking real-world internship, project experience, or aim to land a competitive big tech role.

cohort details

Cohort Prerequisites:
1. $200 refundable deposit to enter assessment.
2.Must pass a foundational assessment interview and team matching process (assesses academic background, skill level, communication skills, commitment, and more).
3. Must commit 10 hours per week to the project course

Duration:
10 weeks live (50 hours of live class total)
‍Team Sizes: 3-5 members
‍Cohort Sizes: 10-20 members
Admission rate: ~20%
‍Tuition: $200 refundable deposit + $4,688 full tuition (split payment available)

Key outcomes

Job ready LinkedIn, resume, and portfolio

1. Real, verifiable experience with high-profile startup
2. Feature this work experience on your LinkedIn, resume, and portfolio
3. References and background checks available

Work with big tech UX coaches, pms & developers:

1. Ship a project 0-1 with a handoff spec, (implementation timelines may vary based on team)
2. Work in real agile environments with design sprints, tickets, PRDs, and more.

Big tech interview-ready presentation

1. Develop a compelling story aimed at excelling in top-tier big tech early career interviews.
2. Learn advanced storytelling and presentation techniques.

View Sample 2024 Class Schedule

Week 1: Kickoff PRD's & roadmap, meet your big tech UX manager & client!

Grouped into S, A, and N classes based on your experience levels. Each team is led by a big tech UXGO coach as the team manager and a dedicated career advisor with hiring experience.

First week includes meetings with coaches and clients, exploring PRDs, and understanding roadmaps.

Example weekly schedule (each team will have their own schedule & notion):
60-minute "All Hands" lecture
60-minute coach-led sync
Initial one-on-one sessions
60 minutes of self-led team collaboration
Bi-weekly workshops

Week 2: Understand & Dive Deep

Guided by UXR frameworks from top tech companies like Google and Meta. Learn to dissect Product Requirements Documents (PRDs) with your coach and team.

Focus on industry-level qualitative and quantitative studies.

Develop key skills: navigating ambiguous projects, defining successful UX scopes, auditing, and persuading stakeholders.

Week 3: Define & Emphasize (UXR Review)

Refine and contextualize data to make it actionable. Work with UXR leads from Google to effectively persuade stakeholders with data driven insights.

Explore diverse data analysis methods like affinity mapping, heat mapping, tree mapping, and Excel analysis. Master the creation of artifacts such as pull quotes, personas, journey maps, and empathy maps.

Week 4: Constrain & Ideate

Adopt a goal-directed double-diamond approach to refine the problem statement based on feedback & pivots from the client, coaches, and directors.

Focus on applying the double diamond method in real tech industry projects, and learn new frame works such as the OODA loop for cutting edge AI products. Balance workflow and business needs.

Week 5: Design & Critique (PM Review)

Drive key alignment after pivot shifts to your PMs. Document alignment in PRFAQ format, Jira tickets, or project tracking tools like Notion. Review initial designs with your PM using a user story format. Focus on the importance of user flows, lo-fis, and wireframes in an industry context.

Week 6: Usability Study & Validate

Focus on design justification through data. Learn industry-leading usability studies and testing methods: AB tests, gambit tests, user tests, and guerrilla tests.Equip yourself and your team with a range of testing strategies.

Address a key UX hiring concern: over 90% of candidates lack proficiency in testing and data-driven design.

Week 7: MVP vs Northstar (PM + Dev review)

Integrate usability study data into your designs. Collaborate hands-on with developers, receiving feedback and facing real-world constraints. Learn from both front-end and back-end perspectives under the guidance of your coach. Split your design scope into Minimum Viable Product (MVP) and Northstar functions for seamless delivery.

Prioritize features and decide on your MVP, a skill often tested in Amazon and Google internship interviews.

Week 8: Design system, Spec's, & Implementation

Master design systems, a key skill in almost every UX job description nowadays. Learn from real Figma design system experts on how to implement, audit, and create scalable atomic components. Get hands-on experience with UI kits. For beginners, learn Figma basics like the 8-point grid, bootstrap designs, and auto layouts for professional files.

Understand implementation from UX engineers and front-end developers.

Week 9: QA & Insist on the highest standards

Our projects consistently exceed industry standards, attracting top clients eager to work with UXGO. Learn to use advanced prototyping tools like After Effects, Rotato, Premiere Pro, and Figma for creating interactive demos. Collaborate with our coach team to build impressive, storytelling-driven case studies. Create aesthetically pleasing, detail-oriented work that stands out to hiring managers.

Enhance your portfolio with eye-catching projects that increase your chances of landing your first UX interview.

Week 10: Handoff & measure success (Define Metrics)

After ten weeks, you'll master documentation and handoff processes like a seasoned big tech designer.
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Impress your teammates, coaches, and clients with your polished, interview-ready, and portfolio-ready project. Showcase this experience as an internship, contract work, or part-time opportunity with ease. Our collaboration is exclusively with verified US clients, simplifying future background checks. Depending on our performance you may get a job offer from your client directly.

Optional: Attend 3-day irl camp

Irl camps are invite-only for top-performing cohort members. Earn admission by excelling in your cohort. (irl camp have ticket's sold separately) Connect with coaches, alumni, clients, and speakers in person. Camps are in-person only; travel may be required.

Example 2024 Clients & Partners

Metaverse AI

Web3

AR/VR

Polaris AI

Harvard Grants

SAAS

AI dashboard

Tempo AI

YC S23

AI Agents

Design tool

Dr Lambda AI

product hunt

ai consumer

Five-week UX Interview💡
full prep camp (Twice per year)

Important note: This interview course is designed for members expecting imminent interviews. It provides general foundational preparation and is not tailored to a specific company. The goal is that after completing this course, you'll be better equipped to prepare for your actual interview when the time comes. If you have an urgent real interview do not wait for this course, and just book a 1:1 on Slack.

Week-1 Understanding the UX interview process

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Week-2 Answer UX Behavioral Questions like a PRO

Week-3 The surefire way to impress with your UX Deck

Week-4 UX technical interviews (Whiteboards & app critique demos)

Week-5 Mock & Improve in Teams

five week Interview course FAQ's

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Don’t hesitate to reach out at coaching@ux-go.com if you have any further questions

Six week Webflow portfolio✍️
(From 0-1)

Important note: This course focuses on building and structuring your actual website/portfolio and showcasing your case studies. It does not cover creating the case study/project itself. If you're aiming to craft your own big-tech level case study, we recommend enrolling in the ten-week advanced course instead.

Portfolio course FAQ's

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Don’t hesitate to reach out at coaching@ux-go.com if you have any further questions

What is the application process

Apply, interview & deposit
We aim to interview all members, but with over 100 applicants per cohort and a ~20% admission rate, spots are limited, confirm deposits.
Team match & confirm
Based on your skill level you will be matched into a team, full tuition is due. (Check Slack for updates)
Project kickoff
Receive your team's PRD, meet your client and team, and gear up for an immersive 10-week product learning experience.

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