Live Portfolio Reviews: Red Flags & Green Flags
🎯 For UX designers, researchers & product designers | 🧠 Beginner–Intermediate | 🕒 60 min | 💵 Free
Your portfolio is often the first thing a hiring manager sees — before any conversation, before any interview. Yet most designers have no idea what actually gets noticed in the first 30 seconds. The gap between what you intend to show and what a reviewer actually takes away can quietly cost you the role.
In this session, Réka Nagy (Product Designer at UXfolio) and Gene Kamenez (CEO & Co-Founder of Uxcel) will review real attendee portfolios on the spot, walking through exactly what stands out for better or worse through the lens of the hiring process. You'll see firsthand how portfolios communicate problem-solving, design decisions, collaboration, and outcomes, and what it really takes to shift the overall impression. This isn't theory, it's a live, unfiltered look at what works and what doesn't.
You'll leave with a sharper, more critical eye for what makes a portfolio work and a practical lens you can apply immediately when reviewing and strengthening your own.
🧠 What You'll Learn
• See how UX portfolios are evaluated in real time through an experienced hiring reviewer's lens.
• Recognize what hiring managers look for instantly and spot the common mistakes that make them skip to the next candidate.
• Understand how case studies communicate your design thinking beyond the final screens.
• Leave knowing exactly which projects to feature, how to structure your case studies, and what to cut.
🕘 Agenda
Intro (5 min) — Setting the stage and framing what a strong UX portfolio review actually looks for.
Portfolio red flags & green flags (10 min) — A focused breakdown of the most common patterns that impress or concern hiring reviewers
Three selected portfolio reviews (30 min) — Live, unfiltered reviews of three real attendee portfolios with honest, constructive feedback.
Q&A (10 min) — Open floor for questions about portfolios, the hiring process, and what to do next.
Closing (5 min) — Key takeaways and how to carry the learnings into your own portfolio review.
⚙️ Format
Live webinar with real portfolio reviews and group Q&A. You'll watch Réka and Gene review three attendee portfolios in real time, then have the opportunity to ask questions about the hiring process and portfolio strategy.
👤 Who Should Attend
This session is for UX designers, UX researchers, and product designers who are actively building or refreshing their portfolios. If you've put real effort into your case studies but aren't hearing back from recruiters, this talk will help you reframe your approach and fix it.
🎤 Meet Your Speakers
Réka Nagy is a Product Designer at UXfolio, where she helps designers create portfolios and case studies that get them hired. Having reviewed thousands of portfolios and participated in hiring, she brings firsthand insight into what recruiters actually look for—and what many designers miss.
Gene Kamenez is the CEO and Co-Founder of Uxcel. As host of this session, he'll guide the conversation with Réka and help uncover practical insights designers can use to strengthen their case studies and stand out in the hiring process.
🛠️ Tools
• No tools required for this session.
🤝 Brought To You By
Uxcel is a learning platform used by 500,000+ product professionals and 200+ organizations to build cross-functional skills across UX design, product management, and AI. Learn through short, gamified courses that fit into a working day, earn certifications, and build a portfolio with real-world project briefs. Ranked Top 50 Educational Product worldwide by G2 in 2024 and 2025.
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UXfolio is a UX portfolio builder created for UX designers and researchers, used by over 200,000 professionals worldwide. Every feature, template, and tool is designed around how hiring managers evaluate portfolios, based on years of research. The platform includes optimized portfolio templates, research-based case study structures, AI writing assistance, a thumbnail designer for creating professional project visuals, and built-in device mockups.
📌 Notes
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