Design Portfolio Case Study Audit
Check that a case study shows thinking, not just outputs.
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Audit a case study in my design portfolio. Case study text and images described: [CASE_STUDY]. The role and results I can claim: [ROLE_RESULTS]. The kind of employer I am targeting: [TARGET_EMPLOYER]. Check for problem framing, my specific contribution versus the team's, research evidence, trade-offs and rejected options, outcomes with honest metrics, and reflection. Flag a polished-screens-only story, unexplained jargon, claims of impact with no data, and confidential material that should not be shown. Return a scorecard from 1 to 10 for clarity, depth, honesty, outcomes and readability, a list of missing sections, and a suggested outline with word counts. Mark anything covered by an employer confidentiality agreement as needing permission [VERIFY]. Add a check for accessibility of the case study itself: image descriptions, text contrast, and whether the story can be followed without the images. Suggest how to present a project that failed or changed direction, since honest reflection often impresses reviewers more than a flawless story. Then evaluate the case study as a reviewer who has five minutes and fifty applicants. Produce a skim test: read only the headings, the first sentence of each section and the captions, and write down the story you understood. Compare it with the story I intended. Identify where the narrative depends on images that cannot be seen by a screen reader and recommend text equivalents. Check whether the work shows judgement, such as why options were rejected, how constraints shaped decisions, and what I would change now. Suggest cuts that reduce length by a third without removing evidence. Produce an outline for a presentation of this case study in an interview that lasts ten minutes, with the three questions I should invite, the two weak spots I should address myself, and a short list of artefacts to bring, with permission. Close by listing the three questions an interviewer is most likely to ask about this project and how my answers should connect to the case study text.
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