Hireworthy Podcast
21 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 4 years ago -Demystify your career in design and product management.
A few things don't come with a user’s manual. One of them is your product career. Hireworthy helps you maximize the precious 7000 days of your life-time that you typically spend on your career.
There's no better way to start this journey than having real & realistic conversations. Subscribe to our podcast to learn more!
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Learn all about ESOPs in India with Sahil Talwar
September 06, 2020 17:08 - 47 minutes - 54.8 MBIn a country that is low on Financial Literacy, Equities, ESOPs can be confusing for someone who has been offered some or has an opportunity to take them up. In collaboration with EquityList by AngelList India we bring you this episode which gives you the basics of ESOPs, Tax structure in India & some must knows. For this I speak to Sahil who is the Head of Customer Success at EquityList of AngelList India. Prior to AngelList, Sahil was part of Squad Inc and soon realised his love for build...
12 | Learning about Actual skillsets in Building Startups with Misbah Ashraf
August 13, 2020 18:26 - 39 minutes - 32 MBThe topic of skills divide us as makers, designers & product managers.. Everyday you hear an opinion on what skills a makers should have. Should be a generalist or a specialist? Especially, when you are looking to run your startup do any of these skills even matter? What goes beyond just these skills? For this, I deep dive into a conversation with Misbah Ashraf, who is currently building Marsplay - a community-led commerce platform for fashion and beauty. Misbah previously led product and g...
11 | Learning by Doing & Leading Products with Shivangi Srivastava
July 19, 2020 17:38 - 44 minutes - 51.2 MBHow do you actually learn more about something? It’s actually by doing the work. This method of learning by doing and putting yourself on the line can you give you actually teach you a lot more than going to a college for an MBA. We at Hireworthy had the privilege to talk to one of the most driven product leaders in the country, Shivangi Srivatsava who is the VP of Product at Khatabook and prior to this was a part of the Swiggy product team. Before swiggy she caught her ropes to product ma...
Hireworthy Season 2 - Introduction
July 19, 2020 16:02 - 1 minute - 1.35 MBHey everyone! We're back with another season of the Hireworthy Podcast. Hear us out on what's the focus for this season and what you can expect! Let's begin this journey! DM us with questions on Twitter: https://twitter.com/hireworthy --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hireworthy/message
10 | Collaborating with Business Stakeholders with Kshitij Bhardwaj & Season One Finale.
May 14, 2020 20:58 - 45 minutes - 51.9 MBOne of the most important parts of being a designer or a problem solver is working with collaborating with our business stakeholders, conveying ideas and running experiments with them. Quite often there are misunderstandings and resolving them need some respect and empathy on both sides. To get a deeper understanding on how to collaborate with them, I spoke to Kshitij Bharadwaj. Kshitij is a designer turned Product Manager and has been creating value for the past 8 years for companies like ...
09 | Grit of UX Careers with Arjun Arunkumar
May 07, 2020 21:04 - 56 minutes - 64.2 MBSo what does a user experience designer do in a growth stage startup? If you’ve had so many questions then in this episode we talk Arjun Arunkumar. Arjun Arunkumar who is currently working with Swiggy and leads the consumer apps for Swiggy. He has had previous stints in Ola and Housing where he learned and honed his skills. Connect with Arjun: https://twitter.com/AverageIntel ---- Thank you so much for listening in to the Hireworthy Podcast! If you have any questions about your design car...
08 | Learning to Lead a team with Core Values & Frameworks - Aastha Gaur
April 30, 2020 19:04 - 1 hour - 68.8 MBBeing a Lead and growing your team can seem daunting if we’re not well informed about how to approach it in a structured way. So, I reached out to Aastha Gaur at Google to understand more about how she nurtures her team with core values and great frameworks. Aastha has designed solutions for consumer and enterprise, both at boutique design studios and big corporations. Her passion is to lead with mindfulness, intuition, creativity, and compassion. She puts that passion into practice as a UX...
07 | Being a Freelance Remote Designer with Darshan Gajara
April 24, 2020 05:11 - 33 minutes - 37.8 MBThinking about being a design freelancer? Then this episode is for you! Listen to Darshan Gajara, talk to you about the ups and downs of freelance and remote life, building a newsletter to stay in touch and learn from the world. Follow Darshan: https://twitter.com/WeirdoWizard Subscribe to Product Disrupt: https://productdisrupt.com/index.html ------ Thank you for listening to the episode and if you have questions you would love to be answered, send us a direct message on Twitter and w...
06 | Basics of Prepping for Design Interviews with Hardik Pandya
April 23, 2020 20:49 - 36 minutes - 41.5 MBIf you are currently applying for jobs and interviewing, you need a realistic guide to interviewing for design jobs, so we reached out to Hardik who shared his secret sauce on his experience and frameworks for interviewing. Hardik Pandya is a senior designer currently, he works at Google Search leading the user experience of the Search box & Autocomplete. He previously designed enterprise experiences in G Suite for Google Cloud. Before Google, he has helped multiple companies in India shape...
05 | A Perspective: Design & Recession with Karthi Subbaraman
April 09, 2020 19:36 - 58 minutes - 66.7 MBPandemic related or not, we’re hearing a lot of bad news around us layoffs, recession, market slowdown, hiring freezes and more. As designers, we need to question how to learn and equip ourselves with new skills and information on what to be ready about and what to expect and be ready for this new normal. In this episode, we speak to Karthi Subbaraman, who is chief instructor of Design & Product Management at Xperian School and has almost 65000+ hours of experience in designing 140+ produc...
04 | A primer on User Research careers in India by Dharmesh BA
April 01, 2020 19:23 - 1 hour - 76.8 MBIf you are considering a career in User Research or you are already a User Researcher, there might be many aspects you have questions about. It can range from your career path to convincing stakeholders, conveying the importance of research for product development and eternal questions like how much research is just enough? In this episode we talk to Dharmesh who heads Research & Strategy Initiatives at D91 Labs from Setu, a user research lab that documents the financial journeys of people ...
03 - Part 2 | Becoming a Design Manager w Aprajit Kar
March 07, 2020 14:26 - 29 minutes - 33.6 MBThe Part 2 of of this episode is all about becoming a design manager. In this episode, we talk to Aprajit, Design Lead of Mobility and Ride hailing business for Gojek in southeast Asia. The following topics were answered in this Part 2 about the qualities of Self Driven Designers, Working with newly joined designers, process of building a playbook for designers, Role of Design Ops in the current times, How to work in a team that expects a designer to code and the reality of attrition and so...
03 - Part 1 | Becoming a Design Manager w Aprajit Kar
February 29, 2020 10:35 - 30 minutes - 34.4 MBThe Topic of this episode is all about becoming a design manager. In this episode, we talk to Aprajit, Design Lead of Mobility and Ride hailing business for Gojek in southeast Asia. The following questions were answered in this Part 1: At what point in your career do you transition to a management role? How do we say this role is not for us and get back to Individual Contributor role? How much tool work was done as a Manager? Did you face Imposter Syndrome as a Manager? Can you compare...
02 - Part 2 | Working in a Growth Stage Startup w Geetaa Bhatt
February 11, 2020 13:28 - 24 minutes - 55.2 MBThis is Part 2 of AMA with Geetaa Bhatt. Currently, the Head of User Experience & Design at CleverTap. She has been with the company since it's inception days. She is a computer science engineer and has an Masters from NID in software and user interface design. Geetaa has spent early significant years of her career with Human Factors International, Burrp and Network18 and now, CleverTap. This part 2 covers: - How to chose between a startup vs established company - Thoughts on ESOPs or st...
AMA with Geetaa Bhatt - Part 2
February 11, 2020 13:28 - 24 minutes - 55.2 MBThis is Part 2 of AMA with Geetaa Bhatt. Currently, the Head of User Experience & Design at CleverTap. She has been with the company since it's inception days. She is a computer science engineer and has an Masters from NID in software and user interface design. Geetaa has spent early significant years of her career with Human Factors International, Burrp and Network18 and now, CleverTap. This part 2 covers: - How to chose between a startup vs established company - Thoughts on ESOPs or st...
AMA with Geetaa Bhatt - Part 1
February 11, 2020 12:29 - 24 minutes - 56.4 MBThis is Part 1 of AMA with Geetaa Bhatt. Currently, the Head of User Experience & Design at CleverTap. She has been with the company since it's inception days. She is a computer science engineer and has an Masters from NID in software and user interface design. Geetaa has spent early significant years of her career with Human Factors International, Burrp and Network18. This part 1 covers (not in any particular order): - Differences in working with a regular company and a growth stage sta...
02 - Part 1 | Working in a Growth Stage Startup w Geetaa Bhatt
February 11, 2020 12:29 - 24 minutes - 56.4 MBThis is Part 1 of AMA with Geetaa Bhatt. Currently, the Head of User Experience & Design at CleverTap. She has been with the company since it's inception days. She is a computer science engineer and has an Masters from NID in software and user interface design. Geetaa has spent early significant years of her career with Human Factors International, Burrp and Network18. This part 1 covers (not in any particular order): - Differences in working with a regular company and a growth stage sta...
01 - Part 2 | Understanding Startup Design Careers w Sidharth
January 27, 2020 17:50 - 45 minutes - 33.7 MBThis is Part 2 of the Instagram Live with Sidharth. Currently, the Head of Design & Product at Headout and he is passionate about solving problems and loves to impart design knowledge as well. He's always curious and phenomenal bundle of energy. This part 2 covers (not in any particular order): - Thoughts on Salary negotiations - Recruiters and their feedback cycles. - Hiring designers for B2B - What kind of portfolio do hiring managers look for? and more! Thank you for listening to t...
AMA with Sidharth of Headout - Part 2
January 27, 2020 17:50 - 45 minutes - 33.7 MBThis is Part 2 of the Instagram Live with Sidharth. Currently, the Head of Design & Product at Headout and he is passionate about solving problems and loves to impart design knowledge as well. He's always curious and phenomenal bundle of energy. This part 2 covers (not in any particular order): - Thoughts on Salary negotiations - Recruiters and their feedback cycles. - Hiring designers for B2B - What kind of portfolio do hiring managers look for? and more! Thank you for listening to t...
AMA with Sidharth of Headout - Part 1
January 26, 2020 18:26 - 27 minutes - 20.7 MBHello there 👋 This is Part 1 of the Instagram Live with Sidharth. Currently, the Head of Design & Product at Headout and he is passionate about solving problems and loves to impart design knowledge as well. He's curious and phenomenal bundle of energy. This part 1 covers (not in any particular order): - Thoughts on getting a design certification - What do hiring managers see in a portfolio - What is the legal age to start freelancing as a designer from India. - Thoughts on take home ...
01 - Part 1 | Understanding Startup Design Careers w Sidharth
January 26, 2020 18:26 - 27 minutes - 20.7 MBHello there 👋 This is Part 1 of the Instagram Live with Sidharth. Currently, the Head of Design & Product at Headout and he is passionate about solving problems and loves to impart design knowledge as well. He's curious and phenomenal bundle of energy. This part 1 covers (not in any particular order): - Thoughts on getting a design certification - What do hiring managers see in a portfolio - What is the legal age to start freelancing as a designer from India. - Thoughts on take home ...