Design skills sections are checked against the portfolio, so every skill listed should appear somewhere in a case study. Indian recruiters separate product design, research and brand skills, and look for Figma depth, accessibility awareness and developer handoff. Research methods and testing tools deserve their own lines rather than being folded into “UI/UX”.
Usability testing
The bare list gives no proof. The bullet shows usability testing in action, with participants, location, the prototype used, the design change made and the effect it had after release.
The hard skills employers screen for first.
Name them exactly as they appear in job descriptions.
Specific to this job — show them with an example, not an adjective.
User research and interviews, Interaction design and user flows, Wireframing and prototyping, Visual design and typography, Design systems, Usability testing, Information architecture, Accessibility (WCAG), Figma, Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop, Adobe After Effects or Lottie, Miro or FigJam, Maze or similar remote testing tools, Google UX Design Certificate, Presenting design rationale, Receiving and giving critique, Negotiating scope with engineers, Empathy with low-literacy users, Storytelling in case studies
Written by the DigitalCVMaker team for designers applying in India. Every example is original — none is copied from a real person’s profile — and each is built around what employers and clients in this field look for: the role, a specialism, and proof you can back up. We revise the page when that changes; the date at the top shows the last update.
Only list skills you can back up with an example in your experience section or at interview.
List them if you can build simple layouts or understand how components are implemented, since that improves handoff and earns respect from developers. Do not overstate it; most Indian product teams hire designers for design judgement, and a coding test is unlikely unless the role mentions front-end work.
List a tool only if you have used it in delivered work, such as generating early moodboards or placeholder copy, and explain how. Hiring managers are more interested in whether you can judge and refine outputs than in a long list of tools you tried once.
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