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I Cracked a 100M $ Fintech Company in One Interview — Here's What I Used
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items Most people apply to fintech companies 10, 20, 30 times and never hear back. I came from a Finance/BBA background — not a design school, not a CS degree. And I cracked a fintech KYC company in one interview. This isn't luck. It was preparation, the r...
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📚 Books That Changed How I Think
🛠️ Tools I Use Daily
🎓 Courses That Built My Skill
⚡ Everything Else That Helped
📚 Books That Changed How I Think
Mastery, Deep Work, Laws of UX, Design of Everyday Things, Thinking Fast and Slow, Hooked, Refactoring UI
Came from Finance. No design degree. Read this before my fintech interview — cracked it in one shot. Greene's best work. Read it.
Mastery
Fintech companies need people who think deeply. This book taught me how to focus when everything around me was noise. Essential.
Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success
Most practical UX book I've read. Every principle connects directly to fintech design. I referenced this in my actual interview.
Laws of UX: Psychology for Better Design
The bible of UX. Interviewers reference it. Design teams reference it. Just read it before any serious interview.
The Design of Everyday Things: Revised Edition
This one gave me an edge nobody else had. My finance background made me connect behavioral economics directly to UX design — and this book is where those two worlds meet. In fintech, understanding how users make financial decisions is everything. Thi...
Thinking, Fast and Slow
Fintech products need users to come back — to check balances, complete verifications, use features. This book explains exactly how habit-forming products are built. I referenced this framework directly in my interview when talking about user retentio...
Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products
🛠️ Tools I Use Daily
Figma, Mobbin, Notion, Behance Pro
The tool every fintech design team uses. I built my entire portfolio in Figma — KYC flows, onboarding screens, identity verification UI. If you are not on Figma, you are not in the conversation. Start free, upgrade when serious.
Plans & Pricing | Figma
This is where I studied how real fintech apps like Revolut, Wise, and Stripe actually design their flows. Before my interview I spent hours on Mobbin just understanding patterns. It made me look like someone who lives and breathes the industry.
Mobbin — UI & UX design inspiration for mobile & web apps
🎓 Courses That Built My Skill
Google UX Certificate, Interaction Design Foundation
I built my entire interview prep system in Notion. Case study breakdowns, design principles I was memorizing, company research on the fintech I was applying to, weekly learning tracker. Without an organized system your prep becomes chaos. Notion kept...
The AI workspace that works for you. | Notion
Structured, credible, and globally recognized. If you are transitioning into UX from another field this is the fastest legitimate path. I went through core modules to sharpen my fundamentals before going deep on fintech-specific design.
Google UX Design
⚡ Everything Else That Helped
Audible, Leuchtturm1917 Notebook
Old school but powerful. I journaled my entire learning process — what I studied, what confused me, what clicked, what I wanted to say in the interview. Writing forces clarity. Greene talks about this in Mastery. The designers who reflect on their le...
LEUCHTTURM1917 A5 Hardcover Notebook Black
I listened to Mastery and Deep Work on Audible during commutes. If you are busy and struggling to find reading time — this is the answer. One subscription unlocks one book a month plus access to thousands of others. Worth every rupee.
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