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Daniell Yang is a product designer at Coinbase crafting delightful mobile experiences for the Retail Growth team to help users learn about cryptocurrency and get started with their first investment. Prior to Coinbase, he interned at companies like Block (Square), Datadog, and Shopify. In his free time, Daniell is busy exploring the world of DeFi, playing badminton, and singing at karaoke.

In this episode, Daniell talks about his experience recruiting for product design internships: how to craft your portfolio, ace design interviews, and select the company that is right for you. With Daniell's robust intern experience, he's become a veteran at finding success in design internships. He chats with us about what he's learned from his exposure to the world of design: how to navigate the workplace as an intern and how to maximize your chances of getting a return offer.

Ashley Wang is a product designer at Spotify working on podcast monetization for creators. She is curious and passionate about the creator economy. Previously, she worked at BCG Digital Ventures, incubating the next generation of startups, and LinkedIn, improving the LinkedIn Profile experience. Outside of work, Ashley co-founded Product Path with friends to help bridge connections between junior product designers and managers.

In this episode, Ashley delves deep into the features that make a design portfolio stand out. She also gives advice on building a portfolio deck and presenting it at your on-site interview. Ashley talks about the lessons learned from her varying design experiences, leading her to join Spotify in a role that best fits her interests.

Rebecca Narin is a software engineer at Peloton. Prior to working at Peloton, she interned as a software engineer at a variety of different startups- including Wiser, a retail data analysis company, and Sharebite, a B2B food ordering platform. Rebecca chats with us about her experience working at Peloton and why she felt it was the right fit for her.

In this episode, Rebecca also gives advice to college seniors and new grads preparing for software engineering interviews. She suggests leveraging your network and proactively reaching out to the software engineering community in order to maximize your chance at landing a software engineering job. For technical interviews, she talks about her decision to use HackerRank to prepare for interviews.

In this episode, Malavika Pande, Program Manager at Microsoft, shares her experiences breaking into product management. Growing up, Malavika never wanted to be siloed into a particular path. She fell in love with the field for its versatility, dipping her toes into multiple problem spaces. Throughout our talk, Malavika discusses how she navigated discomfort and unknowns, which helped build her ability to work effectively with stakeholders in emerging product areas. She walks through the key skills from her Computer Science background that transferred to her current product role.

Malavika graduated from Columbia University in 2020 with a degree in Computer Science and a focus in Intelligent Systems.

These are Malavika’s personal views and don’t necessarily reflect those of her employer.

TK Kong is a Product Manager at Ramp, a corporate card and spending management platform. Previously, TK decided to forgo his return offer at Facebook to join an early-stage startup hoping to accelerate his career at an exponential pace. He reveals how he took advantage of asymmetric upsides to grow his career, whilst discovering the flexibility of a horizontal org.

We also chat with TK about his journey of starting his career as a product designer, following the transition into product management after discovering his passion for wearing multiple hats at the job.

On the side, TK is the founder of interns.design, a site that helps students find paid design opportunities. You can find TK on Twitter @thetkkong

Claudia Haddad, Associate Product Manager at Coinbase, is deeply interested about applying psychology to creating intuitive and delightful products. She studied Cognitive Science and Consumer Psychology at Penn, which lead her to her passion for empowering diverse talent in tech and making product roles more accessible. We chat with Claudia about her move from software engineering at Facebook to product management. We also talk about her advice for product management recruitment.