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  1. Week 4 of thoughtbot Startup Incubator: AvidFirst

    The AvidFirst team is starting to crystallize the product idea through constant research and interviewing.

    Dave Iverson
    September 1, 2023
    • Incubator
    • Startup
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  2. Recapping our June - August podcast episodes

    If you’ve missed any of our recent podcasts, get a quick synopsis to see which ones you’d like to catch up on.

    Liz Dombroski
    September 22, 2022
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  3. Interviewing like it's a classroom. In a good way.

    Observing some aspects that job interviews and learning and teaching a foreign language have in common, in communication style in a broad way.

    Valeria Graffeo
    August 15, 2022
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  4. Steal this interview script

    A boilerplate script for 1:1 remote user interviews.

    Elaina Natario
    May 3, 2022
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  5. Empathize with Your Customer

    When you’re stuck in the weeds of a particular problem, don’t forget to take a step back and hear from those most impacted by your work: your customers.

    Josh Clayton
    March 19, 2019
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  6. Updating Our Technical Interview

    When our technical interview began to feel “off”, we identified pain points and crafted a new experience, resulting in less bias, reduced variance, and a more accurate representation of day-to-day work.

    Josh Clayton
    May 11, 2018
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  7. Advice for our user

    You signed up for a usability test…but what the heck is a usability test?

    Jaclyn Perrone
    December 28, 2016
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  8. Tips For Conducting User Research Interviews

    When you know it’s time to go out talk to some users, but you don’t know how.

    Jaclyn Perrone
    July 1, 2016
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