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Maya Henderson

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· Completed a new official assessment.
· One Workplace Judgment observation added.
· Updated career preferences.

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Maya Henderson

Senior Product Designer

Berlin, Germany · Open to hybrid roles

I care about building things people can trust — the interfaces, the teams, and the decisions behind them. I like teams that treat clarity as kindness.

Role requirements

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5+ years product design
Candidate reports eight years
Candidate reported
Led design reviews
Mentioned in self-reported experience
Candidate reported
Written communication sample
Available
Assessment evidence
EU work eligibility
Not provided
Not provided

Observed evidence

What this profile suggests, and why

Current evidence is drawn from the June 18, 2026 assessment. Older assessments remain in your Assessment History.

Applied employers

Workplace Judgment

Prefers transparent disagreement over consensus theater

Across two scenarios, Maya raised objections in writing and invited counter-arguments before decisions were locked. She named tradeoffs explicitly rather than hedging.

Evidence

"I asked for fifteen minutes to write down what I was actually worried about, then I shared…"
Workplace Judgment·04:12–05:45·Inspect →
"Trust means people can tell me the version of the story that isn't flattering to them, bec…"
Reflection·written·Inspect →

Observation ob-001

Working style

Structures ambiguity by narrowing scope first

Given open-ended prompts, Maya described starting by writing the smallest working definition of the problem, then expanding once it held.

Evidence

"First I try to write the smallest possible version of the problem in one paragraph. If I c…"
Working style·09:38–10:22·Inspect →
"We shipped a feature nobody used. I ran a small teardown a month later. The honest answer…"
Problem-solving·18:22–19:35·Inspect →

Observation ob-002

Under Further Review

Communication

The candidate has requested additional review of this observation. The original observation is temporarily unavailable while the supporting evidence and context are evaluated.

Problem-solving

Runs teardowns after unsuccessful work

Described conducting a structured retrospective a month after a feature underperformed, involving a team she hadn't originally consulted.

Evidence

"We shipped a feature nobody used. I ran a small teardown a month later. The honest answer…"
Problem-solving·18:22–19:35·Inspect →

Observation ob-004

Assessment history

Your profile develops over time

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June 18, 2026
Version 2026.06
Assessment currentContributing to profile
Current official assessment. Four observations contributing to the profile.
Categories: Workplace Judgment · Working style · Communication · Problem-solving · Reflection
December 12, 2025
Version 2025.12
Assessment out of date
Previous official assessment. Retained for longitudinal growth insights.
Categories: Workplace Judgment · Working style · Communication
June 8, 2025
Version 2025.06
Assessment out of date
Earliest recorded assessment. Retained to show development over time.
Categories: Values (legacy category) · Working style · Communication

Professional record

Experience

Northwind Labs
2022 — Present
Senior Product Designer
Design lead for the customer trust surface. Grew the design team from 2 to 5.
Self reported
Foldhouse
2019 — 2022
Product Designer
Onboarding and payments. Ran the first accessibility review across the app.
Self reported
Independent
2017 — 2019
UX Researcher
Contract research for small B2B teams. Focus on longitudinal interviews.
Self reported

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Profile activity you may see

· June 18, 2026 — Maya Henderson completed a new official assessment.
· June 18, 2026 — Maya Henderson added new evidence to Communication.
· July 10, 2026 — A previously available observation for Maya Henderson is Under Further Review.
· July 4, 2026 — Maya Henderson updated career preferences.