A simpler application.
Several teams behind it.
The hackathon theme was AI-driven hiring: exploring how backends from different teams could work together through Career Scout, Indeed’s existing AI for job seekers.
An engineer-formed team was looking for PM/UX support. I joined to shape the job-seeker experience around personalised, one-click applications, replacing the usual multi-step process.
Make the complexity
disappear from the experience.
I designed all the screens and flows as implementation guidance for the engineers. We discussed the underlying technical difficulties together, then worked out how the UI could accommodate them without passing that complexity on to job seekers.
- My focus
- The job-seeker journey, interface screens and application flows.
- Engineering’s focus
- Connecting the AI with job-seeker profiles and résumés, job descriptions, and employer/company background.
Give the idea a flow
engineers could work from.
I mapped the journey from Career Scout’s suggestion through application review, résumé editing and confirmation. The screens gave us a shared reference for discussing the experience and its implementation within the overnight deadline.
Career Scout would turn an employer invitation into a tailored application, ready for the job seeker to review, edit and submit.
An invitation to connect.
The existing invitation asked job seekers to share their contact information or decline.
Watch the redesign.
Career Scout’s suggestion
A suggested match and a clear way to review the application.
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Interactive reconstruction with sample data. No applications are sent.
Explore the screens.
From Career Scout’s suggestion to a reviewed application. Scroll sideways to explore; select a screen to enlarge.
Career Scout’s suggestion
A shared experience.
A plan to build it.
Our final presentation brought the UX prototype together with a cross-team collaboration plan, connecting the job-seeker journey with the engineering work needed to support it.
Taking the idea forward would also require further product and legal review, including privacy considerations and alignment with Indeed policy.
A starting point
for Career Scout.
After the presentation, the Career Scout team took our prototype as a starting point for further development. The feature was not released, and I don’t know how that work was subsequently prioritised.
My contribution was turning a cross-team technical possibility into an experience people could see and discuss: a clear application flow, backed by a plan for collaboration.
About the source material
- Based on my account of the hackathon, my UX contribution and the handoff to the Career Scout team.
- Original screens exported from the “Apply with Career Scout” design file. The résumé uses fictional details.
- The interactive demo was rebuilt for this page with iOS-style presentation, sample data and simulated AI.
- The technical collaboration document is private.