Honest UX Talks

Ioana, Anfi

anfisign1@gmail.com

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Booking Overview

Honest UX Talks is a weekly show about building a UX design career—covering portfolio/job-search realities, challenges, and mental health, plus practical lessons for transitioning into design. The podcast mixes career guidance with guest experiences (e.g., interviews and hiring processes), making it useful for UX leaders and career experts who can share credible, actionable insights.

Metrics

Episodes: 179

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.8/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Female

Location: USA

Instagram: 4.1k followers

Contact Information

anfisign1@gmail.com

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Host

Ioana - Co-host of Honest UX Talks, with 20 years of experience in the UX field. Leads weekly conversations focused on UX design careers, challenges, portfolios, and mental health, and helping people trans...

Anfi - Co-host of Honest UX Talks, with 20 years of experience in the UX field. Co-leads weekly conversations about UX design career challenges, portfolios, mental health, and lessons for design transitions.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

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Typical Credentials:  
UX designers and career-facing practitioners (e.g., hiring/interview success stories, senior ICs/EMs with recognizable company experience, portfolio/job-search experts; also UX leaders who can discuss design systems and the impact of artificial intelligence on UX work).
Required Achievements:  
Worked at notable product/technology companies (e.g., Meta, Klarna, etc.), Demonstrated interview/hiring success (especially for competitive roles), Built or advanced UX design systems/AI-ready workflows, Published career guidance via blogs/newsletters/substacks or taught UX/joined career communities

Recent Guest Discussions

Dan Cario - Career Capital, Ux/ui Differences Working Abroad (hong Kong), Journey Into Meta, Factors Behind Meta Interview Success, And Impact Of AI Startup Work As AI Expanded.

Recent Topics

User Experience, Ux Design, Career, Portfolio, Job Search

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
Honest UX Talks
:

#180 The state of job hunting in 2026

May 27, 2026

Anfi and community members from Into UX Jobs share their real job‑search journeys — how many applications they submitted, how many interview stages they went through before landing their role, how long the process took, what their take‑home challenges looked like, the questions the design managers asked, the hardest moments they faced, what current job hunters need to know, practical interview tips, and the unfair advantages that helped them stand out.Timestamps: 02:40 - Members share general...

#179 Building career capital with intention w/Dan Cariño

May 06, 2026

nfi and Dan discuss the insights he gained from his experiences at H&M, Klarna, and Meta. They delve into his time working abroad in Hong Kong and how user interface design differs in that part of the world. The conversation also covers Dan's journey at Klarna, his path into Meta, and the key factors that contributed to his success during the Meta interview process. Additionally, they explore how his work at an AI startup influenced his career as artificial intelligence became more wi...

#178 What we got wrong about AI replacing design?

April 29, 2026

Anfi and Ioana discuss how AI has changed the approach to design systems. They explore the idea that AI was expected to replace UI systems, but in reality, design systems are becoming more important. Why were people so confident that AI would replace them? And why won’t that happen?They also talk about what makes a design system AI-ready and whether AI operators will become a future role—should teams start specifically assigning people to manage AI within design systems?This episode was recor...

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