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User Research & Testing

See where real users struggle before deciding what to change.

Use interviews, observation and usability testing to answer specific product or website questions. Connect what people say with what they do, and turn the findings into decisions the team can act on.

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Related website experimentation

HireVue project context
Related website experimentation

Making a complex platform easier to explore and request a demo.

Xivic connected journey analysis, live experimentation and implementation to help HireVue improve the website experience around its hiring platform.

Explore the HireVue work

Interactive walkthroughs, mobile experiences and landing-page tests.

When this matters

Find the reason behind an incomplete task.

Analytics can show a drop-off without explaining it. Watching people attempt a realistic task can reveal missing information, unclear labels and assumptions the team no longer notices. Focus the research on a decision you need to make, recruit relevant participants and turn the findings into changes that can be tested.

What the work includes

A focused research plan

Define the decisions to inform, the users to include and the tasks or concepts to examine. Choose methods that fit the question and the stage of the work.

Research and usability findings

Observe representative users and capture recurring obstacles, language and expectations. Distinguish patterns from isolated feedback and state the limits of the sample.

Prioritized changes and validation

Translate findings into design, content or workflow recommendations. Identify what should be tested again and what evidence would support the next decision.

Your team receives the research plan, findings with study limits, and a prioritized set of decisions and changes. Agree participant access, consent, handling of research material and who can approve the resulting product changes before sessions begin.

How we measure progress

Record whether representative users complete the task, understand the information and encounter a critical obstacle. State the sample and study conditions so the team understands what the findings can support.

Observed task successComprehensionCritical usability issues

When to start elsewhere

UX/UI & Design Systems

When the research identifies interaction or content problems, turn those findings into a testable interface.

Product Strategy

When findings change which users or tasks deserve investment, revise the product direction before committing to a release.

What do you need to learn from the people using the product?

Bring the unanswered question and the decision it affects. We will identify the participants, method and tasks needed to investigate it.

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