Experience & portfolio

The Experience engine offers hands-on challenges across four verticals. Finished work can appear in the public gallery and on your recruiter profile.

Browse challenges

Open Experience to see published challenges grouped by kind:

• Software — repos, demos, technical deliverables
• UI/UX — design files and prototypes
• Slide deck — presentation deliverables
• Marketing — campaigns and creative work

Click a challenge for the full brief, deliverables list, estimated hours, and partner name (if applicable).

Start a challenge

1. Open a challenge at /experience/challenges/{slug}.
2. Click Start challenge to create a draft submission.
3. You land in the submission workspace.

Teams

Some challenges support teams:

• Create team — get an invite code to share with teammates.
• Join team — enter an invite code from a teammate.

Submission workflow

Submissions move through three states:

Draft

• Edit title, summary, portfolio URL, and cover image (max 2 MB).
• Save draft at any time.
• Click Preview (lock) when ready to review.

Preview

• Fields are locked so you see exactly what reviewers will get.
• Back to draft to make changes.
• Submit for review — requires a portfolio URL.

Submitted

• Awaiting admin approval.
• When approved or featured, your work can appear in the public gallery.

Deliverables vary by challenge — common examples include GitHub repo links, demo videos, and Figma files. Read each challenge brief carefully.

Public gallery

Browse community work at Experience → Gallery:

• Filter and open submission cards.
• View cover image, summary, and external project link.
• Featured badge highlights standout work.

Approved gallery items can sync to your dashboard portfolio URL if empty, and appear on your public profile.

Connect to your career profile

Completing challenges builds proof beyond bullet points:

1. Submit strong work to the gallery.
2. Enable your public recruiter profile.
3. Share your profile link with employers alongside your Tracker pipeline and Resume Lab drafts.