SUMMARY

In the beginning of 2020, I took part in Google’s Design Challenge — a seven-day design challenge that interaction design applicants are expected to complete as a part company’s hiring process. The challenge offered two prompts for me to choose from, and the prompt I chose was the following:

“Your school wants to strengthen the community by encouraging experienced students to connect with new students and help them adjust to campus life. Design an experience that allows mentors and mentees to discover each other. Consider the needs of both mentors and mentees, including how someone may become a mentor and how to connect mentors to mentees.”

The case study below outlines how I approached the problem, applied the design process and formulated a solution: