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Requirements found
Marketing Compliance
What this posting asks for
Level: Senior — The title says "Senior".
Main responsibilities
- Own the design direction for a core area of travel and expenses and set a vision and roadmap for it with Product and Engineering.
- Take loosely defined problems and decide what needs to be true, what to build first, and what to leave out. Turn them into clear scope, milestones, and shipp…
- Define the underlying models (states, transitions, edge cases) before designing screens, so the product behaves consistently across surfaces, and bring those…
- Plan, run, and synthesize your own research, and use customer feedback and data to make and validate design decisions.
- Design AI-assisted experiences, including how an agent asks for confirmation, explains what it did, and lets people fix mistakes.
- Partner with Product and Engineering as an equal on scope, sequencing, and tradeoffs. Raise risks early and keep design involved through build.
- Work across team boundaries on shared components, policy rules, and payment flows. Resolve conflicts before they reach engineering, and represent design in c…
- Raise the quality bar for the team through critique, clear standards for content, color, and component states, and contributions to the design system.
- Mentor other designers through feedback, pairing, and sharing how you approach ambiguous problems.
- Present work and rationale clearly to leadership, partners, and customers, and document decisions so others can build on them.
Competencies an interviewer will look for
- Technical skill Core
In the posting: “By combining global corporate cards and banking with intuitive spend management, bill pay, and travel software, Brex enables founders and finance teams to ac…” · “Product designers at Brex partner closely with Product, Engineering, Research, Data, and Go-to-Market teams to solve high-stakes problems for ambitious compa…” · “Most of our customers don’t think about this software until something goes wrong: a receipt is missing, a reimbursement hasn’t arrived, a trip falls outside …”
Show it by: Names the tools, languages or systems used and how; Explains a technical choice and its trade-off. - Communication Core
In the posting: “We’re also building AI agents that handle the manual parts of expenses and compliance, and we design how those agents behave, explain themselves, and recover…” · “Ability to facilitate discussions, synthesize inputs, communicate tradeoffs, and build alignment across stakeholders.” · “Clear communication, strong feedback habits, and a collaborative approach to improving both your own work and the work of others.”
Show it by: Adapts the message to the listener; Gives an example of explaining something clearly in writing or speech. - Teamwork and collaboration Core
In the posting: “Working at Brex allows you to push your limits, challenge the status quo, and collaborate with some of the brightest minds in the industry.” · “As a Senior Product Designer, you’ll lead ambiguous, cross-functional product work from problem definition through shipped execution.” · “Partner with Product and Engineering as an equal on scope, sequencing, and tradeoffs.”
Show it by: Says what they did inside a team, not only what 'we' did; Shows how a disagreement was handled. - Ownership and accountability Core
In the posting: “You’ll be expected to operate with high ownership and low oversight: identifying what needs to be true, breaking ambiguity into actionable paths, facilitatin…” · “Own the design direction for a core area of travel and expenses and set a vision and roadmap for it with Product and Engineering.” · “6+ years of product design experience, with a track record of shipping end-to-end features in fast-paced product teams.”
Show it by: Takes a task from start to finish without being chased; Owns a mistake and what was changed after it. - Customer focus Core
In the posting: “Brex’s AI-native automation and world-class service eliminate manual expense and accounting tasks for customers so they can focus on what matters most.” · “You’ll turn complex financial workflows into clear, intuitive experiences that help customers move faster, make better decisions, and trust the systems they …” · “You’ll be expected to operate with high ownership and low oversight: identifying what needs to be true, breaking ambiguity into actionable paths, facilitatin…”
Show it by: Puts the customer's need in their own words; Shows a result for the customer, not only for the company. - Planning and organisation Core
In the posting: “Plan, run, and synthesize your own research, and use customer feedback and data to make and validate design decisions.” · “Resolve conflicts before they reach engineering, and represent design in cross-team planning.” · “6+ years of product design experience, with a track record of shipping end-to-end features in fast-paced product teams.”
Show it by: Shows how priorities were set when everything was urgent; Mentions deadlines met and how. - Data and analysis Core
In the posting: “Product designers at Brex partner closely with Product, Engineering, Research, Data, and Go-to-Market teams to solve high-stakes problems for ambitious compa…” · “Plan, run, and synthesize your own research, and use customer feedback and data to make and validate design decisions.” · “Experience partnering closely with Product, Engineering, Research, Data, and other cross-functional partners throughout the product development process.”
Show it by: Uses a number to describe the situation or the result; Explains what the data showed and what was done with it. - Adaptability and learning Core
In the posting: “As a Senior Product Designer, you’ll lead ambiguous, cross-functional product work from problem definition through shipped execution.” · “You’ll be expected to operate with high ownership and low oversight: identifying what needs to be true, breaking ambiguity into actionable paths, facilitatin…” · “Mentor other designers through feedback, pairing, and sharing how you approach ambiguous problems.”
Show it by: Describes learning something new quickly and using it; Shows a change of plan and how they adjusted. - Attention to detail and quality Core
In the posting: “Whether crafting interfaces, shaping product strategy, or harnessing AI to empower our users, we obsess over quality and clarity.” · “You’ll bring strong craft, product judgment, and systems thinking to the work — raising the quality of both the product experience and the way the team designs.” · “Our work covers travel booking, expense management, reimbursements, and the policy and compliance tools that sit underneath them.”
Show it by: Gives an example of an error caught before it caused harm; Names the check or standard they used. - Stakeholder management Core
In the posting: “You’ll be expected to operate with high ownership and low oversight: identifying what needs to be true, breaking ambiguity into actionable paths, facilitatin…” · “Present work and rationale clearly to leadership, partners, and customers, and document decisions so others can build on them.” · “Experience partnering closely with Product, Engineering, Research, Data, and other cross-functional partners throughout the product development process.”
Show it by: Shows how they aligned people with different goals; Explains how they handled a 'no' from someone senior. - Problem solving Core
In the posting: “Product designers at Brex partner closely with Product, Engineering, Research, Data, and Go-to-Market teams to solve high-stakes problems for ambitious compa…” · “Resolve conflicts before they reach engineering, and represent design in cross-team planning.”
Show it by: Describes a real problem, the options considered and the one chosen; Shows how the cause was found, not just the fix. - Leadership and mentoring Core
In the posting: “Mentor other designers through feedback, pairing, and sharing how you approach ambiguous problems.” · “Present work and rationale clearly to leadership, partners, and customers, and document decisions so others can build on them.”
Show it by: Describes setting direction or a standard others followed; Names someone they coached and what changed for them.
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Practice questions
- Tell me about yourself. Dedicated step-by-step practice.
- If an interviewer asks something improper How to respond to questions about age, family, origin or health.
- Built from this posting (7):
- Walk me through a piece of work where you used your strongest technical skill. What exactly did you do? From this posting
- Tell me about a time you had to explain something complex to someone outside your field. From this posting
- Describe a time you worked with another team to deliver something. What was your part? From this posting
- Tell me about a task you took from start to finish without anyone asking you to. From this posting
- How have you used marketing in your work? Walk me through one real example. From this posting
- Tell me about a problem you solved using compliance. From this posting
- Tell me about a time you helped someone on your team get better at their work. From this posting
- This posting reads as Software engineering: its questions come first.
- Tell me about the hardest bug you have tracked down. How did you find the cause? Software engineering
- Describe a technical design decision you made and the trade-off behind it. Software engineering
- Tell me about a time you disagreed with a teammate in a code review. Software engineering
- Production is down and you are the first engineer to notice. What do you do in the first 30 minutes? Software engineering
- How do you decide what to test before you ship a change? Software engineering
- Walk me through a feature you built from start to finish. What tools and languages did you use? Software engineering
- Tell me about a time you helped a less experienced engineer get unstuck. Software engineering
- Your estimate for a feature turns out to be badly wrong halfway through. What do you do? Software engineering
- Describe a time you handled an upset customer or colleague.
- Tell me about a time you had several deadlines at once. How did you decide what to do first?
- Give an example of a mistake you caught before it caused a problem.
- Tell me about a time you taught someone how to do something.
- Describe a time you took the lead without being asked.
- Tell me about a time you had to explain something complicated in simple terms.
- Describe a process you improved.
- Do you have any questions for us?
- Why do you want to work here?
- Why is there a gap in your employment? Difficult question
- Why did you leave your last job? Difficult question
- Why are you changing careers? Difficult question
- What is your greatest weakness? Difficult question
- What are your salary expectations? Difficult question
- You seem overqualified for this role. Why do you want it? Difficult question
- Improper-question practice: How old are you? / Do you have children? / Where are you from originally?
- A customer is angry about a delay you did not cause. What do you do?
- How do you keep track of many open customer requests?
- Tell me about a time you could not give a customer what they wanted.
- You find that the inventory count does not match the system. What do you do?
- Tell me about a time a shipment or delivery went wrong.
- How do you make sure safety rules are followed on a busy shift?
- Two managers ask you to book the same room at the same time. What do you do?
- How have you used spreadsheets in your work?
- Tell me about a time you had to enter or check a lot of data accurately.
- Tell me about a sale or agreement you are proud of.
- A prospect says your price is too high. How do you respond?
- How do you keep your pipeline organised?
- Tell me about a technical problem you solved on your own.
- You find a bug right before a release. What do you do?
- Walk me through how you would check whether a report's numbers are right.

