I spent the last 2 weeks prepping for and interviewing 13 candidates for my “designer who can ship” position. I prepared 6 questions to ask each of them, and I pretty much stuck to that script in every conversation. Of course, I also followed a few natural rabbit holes in every conversation, wanting to dive into more detail about certain things. One question I kept coming back to for almost every candidate was: How did you pick that typeface? Regular readers already know how nerdy I am ab...
