Design · surface the loop

Prove you can design what an AI surface should be.

Prompt-interface design, uncertainty surfacing, recovery flows, and AI design systems. Verified by what you've shipped, not what you've sketched.

Hiring for: AI Designer, Human-AI UX Designer, AI Product Designer.

18-question adaptive quiz across prompt-interface design, uncertainty surfacing, generative UI, agentic UX, onboarding, and capability surfacing — plus a graded prompt-interface design. ~10h total.

4 skill clusters

The microskills the rubric tests against.

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AI Design roles in the SignalAI marketplace.

18 months

A verified score is good for 18 months before re-certification.

What you'll prove

The clusters every Design candidate is graded on.

Prompt-interface design

Empty states with contextual prompts. Examples that calibrate user expectations. Progressive disclosure for advanced controls.

Uncertainty surfacing

Inline citations, span-scoped sources, an honest 'ungrounded' state. No probability percentages without calibration.

Feedback and recovery

Undo, regenerate, edit-and-retry — all one click. Thumbs-down paired with a structured-reason picker. A non-AI escape hatch that's discoverable.

Design narrative

Names the trust principle. Shows a rejected alternative with reasoning. Articulates the riskiest design call and how the surface mitigates the downside.

Sample project brief

Design a prompt-interface for a non-expert user

Pick a real domain (legal, medical, finance, creative). Design a surface where a non-expert user can verify any answer without leaving the page.

Deliverables

  • · Static prototype (Figma, Framer, or live HTML) of the primary flow
  • · Empty state with three contextual prompt chips, not generic
  • · Uncertainty-handling pattern with one rejected alternative
  • · 1-page design narrative naming the trust principle

How grading works

Transparent rubric. Same bar for everyone.

Each criterion is scored 0–5 with a written rationale. Your score is the weighted sum, published with the rubric so an employer can see exactly what you did.

Interface clarity

Primary action one click. Examples calibrate expectations. Demo user reaches answer with no onboarding copy.

Uncertainty handling

Inline citations. Honest ungrounded state. No probability theatre.

Feedback and recovery

Undo, regenerate, edit-and-retry. Structured-reason picker. Discoverable escape hatch.

Design narrative

Names the trust principle. Shows a rejected alternative with reasoning.

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What a verified profile looks like

Every candidate publishes the same way.

See an example scorecard with the composite score, rubric breakdown, project artifact links, and quiz top-microskills. Yours will look exactly like this.

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Design candidates take AI Builder Foundations today.

The AIB Foundations assessment grades all three rubrics — including Design — on the same bar. Standalone Design Foundations ships in cohort 02.