Site Graphics and Multimedia Design Forum

Some of the things I ask when hiring ... And this is all off the top of my head so keep that in mind:

When creating graphics, what do you feel is the most important aspect: Planning, design or implementation ... And why?

When working in Flash, what is a reasonable timeframe for say a 800x100 px banner?

When creating graphics, when is 'eye catching' "too much"?

In the past, what was your favoite project and why?

What is your experience with CSS and do you find it superior or inferior? Explain why.

CanadianChris, consider this: If you don't know about the position you're hiring for, you might plan some really off-the-wall generic questions. Try to catch them off guard with maybe some humor and then drill them again with relevent questions. Test how the take 'relaxed pressure' as I like to call it. The more explaining they can do, and the better they handle it ... either 1) the more they know, or 2) the better they are at *BS*ing. This you just have to take a gamble on.

There are a few books available that I have seen for hiring graphic designers.

Good luck!

* How much experience do you have?
* Where do you go for inspiration?
* Who is your favourite designer?
* What software do you have experience using?
* Do you design using standards/tables/css etc?

The reason for this question is there is often a certain misrepresentation of portfolio pieces. For instance, an artist has a knock-out site or print piece and upon thourough questioning you find out 'their part' was merely adding the copy - they didn't do the layout, imagery etc.

When interviewing my favorite questions are the off beat ones like, if you were a super hero, which one would you be and why? (It tests their creativity on the fly and it's a great barometer to see if they have a sense of humor!)