# What is your favorite design tool? Why? — Aced Aced (formerly Exponent) publishes a public search API over its indexed pages; the guide is at https://www.aced.io/agents/agent-access. Source: https://www.aced.io/questions/4271/favorite-design-tool Source observed: 2026-11-04T23:11:15.001Z Last checked: 2026-11-04T23:11:15.001+00:00 Indexed: 2026-11-06T04:55:25.679+00:00 --- # What is your favorite design tool? Why? We are **Aced (formerly Exponent)**, an interview-preparation platform with courses, interview experiences, practice questions, and coaching. This page is a technical interview question categorized for **Technical Program Manager** and **Product Designer** roles, and associated with **Apple** and **Google**. ## Question details - **Category:** [Technical](https://www.aced.io/questions?type=technical) - **Roles:** [Technical Program Manager](https://www.aced.io/questions?role=tpm), [Product Designer](https://www.aced.io/questions?role=product-designer) - **Companies:** [Apple](https://www.aced.io/questions?company=apple), [Google](https://www.aced.io/questions?company=google) - **Reported activity:** 2 technical interviews; last asked 7 months ago - **Community answers:** None contributed yet Detailed company statistics for this question are available through [Upgrade](https://www.aced.io/upgrade?src=questions). ## Interview experience One interview experience is shared for this question: ### [Apple · 7 months ago](https://www.aced.io/experiences/apple-technical-program-manager-interview-09dba9) **Role:** Technical Program Manager > I got into Apple through an internal referral and interviewed for two EPM roles, but I completed the full process only for Siri. The Siri process took about two months from late January to late March, started with just recruiter emails instead of a recruiter call, then a short hiring manager chat, then a six person loop of 30 minute interviews, and then two additional director conversations. The whole thing felt much more casual than other big tech interviews I have done, with a lot of behavioral and project walkthrough questions, a lot of time left for my questions, and almost no real technical grilling. The most unusual parts were how many senior people I met, including directors after the loop, and the fact that my hiring manager came back in the loop and asked me zero interview questions. I passed the interviews, but I am still negotiating because the level and compensation came in lower than I expected. The experience describes an Apple Siri EPM process lasting about two months, involving recruiter emails, a hiring-manager conversation, six 30-minute interviews, and two subsequent director conversations. The contributor described behavioral and project-walkthrough questions, little technical questioning, and ongoing negotiation after passing because the level and compensation were lower than expected. ## Related questions - [What is your favorite brand and why?](https://www.aced.io/questions/837/favorite-brand-and-why) - [What is your favorite music app and why?](https://www.aced.io/questions/2955/favorite-music-app-reasons) - [What is your favorite Slack feature?](https://www.aced.io/questions/5148/favorite-slack-feature) ## Related courses ### [UX & Product Design Interview Prep](https://www.aced.io/courses/product-designer-interview) ![UX & Product Design Interview Prep](https://images.ctfassets.net/x78yjrjc11pq/6bSjuhpNfU7emXQdz776t5/389a7c3fc4c4006965c8471b06554b8a/user-insight_a3d886ea91__281_29_4333187956.jpeg?w=800&h=800&fm=webp&q=75) We help candidates pursue UX and product designer roles at Meta, Google, Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, and other top companies. 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