Would you voluntarily spend another five hours on this kind of problem? Why?
UX/UI Engineering · 90–120 min
Turn a confusing form into a usable flow
Experience the bridge between observing a problem, testing an idea and implementing an accessible interaction.
Start the experiment01 · Setup
What you need
- Basic HTML/CSS and a little JavaScript. Paper and a browser are enough; no paid design tool. If no participant is available, label your self-review honestly.
You may stop when the timebox ends. An incomplete result is still useful evidence.
02 · Task
The work sequence
- 01
Choose a three-field event-registration form. Write the user task, a confusing moment and a sketch of a simpler flow.
- 02
Ask a consenting peer to try the sketch with fictional data; do not coach. Note observed behavior separately from your interpretation.
- 03
Implement labels, instructions, validation errors and a success state. Preserve entered data after an error.
- 04
Use only the keyboard, zoom the page and check a narrow screen. Revise one issue and write a before/after decision note without claiming statistical proof.
03 · Pay attention
Watch your reaction, not only the output
- Did feedback change your design, or did you defend the first sketch?
- Did you enjoy both understanding the task and implementing the details?
Plot twist
Difficulty does not mean the career is a bad fit. The useful question is whether curiosity returned after the difficulty.
04 · Reflect
Three honest questions
Which part gave you energy, and which part drained it?
What evidence—not a salary video—would you gather before choosing this path?
This site does not save your answers. Put them in your own notebook if useful.
05 · Where to go next