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Evan Sunwall

Evan Sunwall is a User Experience Specialist with Nielsen Norman Group. A former software developer, he enjoys helping users accomplish complex tasks, tackling the challenges of enterprise-level application design, and exploring effective management practices for design teams. 

Articles and Videos

  • A Lesson on Top Tasks from Hurricane Beryl

    Companies that do not support their users’ top tasks in a crisis fail their users and their reason for existence.

  • 10 Steps for Better Storytelling in UX Job Interviews

    Searching for a UX job and want an edge on your competition? Stop endlessly iterating over your portfolio and start practicing storytelling to ace your UX job interviews.

  • Promptframes: Evolving the Wireframe for the Age of AI

    Promptframes enhance wireframes with prompt writing and generative AI, boosting content fidelity and speeding up user testing. No more lorem ipsum.

  • Have Your UX Job Wish Come True With METEOR

    UX job interview questions and whiteboarding challenges that ask you to resolve a situation are tough. Remember METEOR to structure your problem-solving process and give effective answers.

  • Shine in Your UX Job Interviews with STAR

    Confusing and vague answers during your UX job interview can dim your chances. Remember STAR to communicate with poise and confidence.

  • Usability Heuristics Applied to Board Games

    Usability heuristics suggest what influences the design of successful board games.

  • UX Resumes for Students and Graduates: Guidelines and Tips

    Sometimes UX students and graduates struggle to create their resumes. Learn which content to prioritize and how to convey it to persuade UX hiring managers and successfully start your UX career.

  • UX Portfolio Updates: A New Year's Resolution

    Is your UX portfolio woefully outdated? Use this simple technique every new year to capture your important achievements and make the task more manageable.

  • Common-Knowledge Effect: A Harmful Bias in Team Decision Making

    Teams often make worse decisions than individuals by relying too much on widely understood data while disregarding information possessed by only a few individuals.

  • UX Resumes: 10 Things to Remove

    Supercharge your UX resume’s effectiveness by prioritizing substance over style, reducing bias, and highlighting results.