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Prototype V1.0

THe following 5 screens were presented to users in Version 1.0 of our prototype

Recommended/Favorites


The recommended screen is the first screen that the user sees after they have logged in. It displays positions that we believe you are interested for your review based on data filled in on your profile, previous searches, current favorites, lexical analysis of messages sent and received and browsing history.

The favorites screen is a copy of the recommended screen that holds only the items you have marked as favorites. As such every item on this page is starred. Other differences include the title Favorites instead of Recommended and the arrow in the sidebar points to Favorites instead of Recommended.

Post Review


The post review screen is navigated to by clicking on the Post Review text link in the sidebar.

Messages


The messages screen allows you to send and view messages sent to you.

Advanced Search


The advanced search screen gives you the ability to narrow your search results by the same simple criteria as the form used to post reviews.

Profile View


The profile page is similar to a profile page on any social networking site. When you post a review of a job it is assumed that you held the position and updates that information.

Briefing

The following was given to every usability subject of Jobious:

Jobious is a web-based internship and job review service specifically designed for MIT students that combines aspects of both MIT's CareerBridge and InfiniteConnection.

Common tasks that a user may perform after logging in are:

  • Reviewing positions you have held
  • Browsing for internship positions recommended to you based on your preferences
  • Marking certain positions as your favorites for later review
  • Sending messages to other users to request additional information about positions they have held.

While participating in this study you should assume that you have previously created an account on the site and are already logged in.

Scenario Tasks

Task Number

Text Prompt

1

Favorite a job that is recommended for you.

2

Read a 5-star review of one of your recommended tasks and contact the user that wrote it.

3

Post a review about the position you held last summer.

4

Post a review about the worst interview process you have experienced.

5

Find out what positions John Curtice has held.

6

Unfavorite something.

7

View jobs that pay "a lot".

Prototype V1.0 Observations

User 1

Task Given

Unexpected Responses

1

  • Wondered if there was a correlation between the star used to favorite the posting and the stars used in the line graph.
  • Thought something else should have happened besides the star next to it as a visual reminder. Specifically the number changing

4

  • Easily navigated to the post review screen but was confused that there was no marker for internship versus normal position.
  • Did not put the term internship into the textbox.

5

  • Used the text box as expected, but commented that he wished that he got more feedback as he typed, requesting similarity to Facebook and Google's incremental search.
  • Said that he expected a search result screen rather than a direct linking to John's profile page.

6

Performed as expected.

User 2

Task Given

Unexpected Responses

1

  • Performed as expected.

2

  • Took clicked on the link of the job almost immediately, but was surprised by the slide-out behavior as the "is normally for minmal additional data, not the entire posting."
  • Thought there could be way too much data presented on the frontpage at once if the user opened all of the reviews at once.
  • Hesitated to click on the user's name to contact them as she didn't think it was a link
  • Was surprised when the click on the username took you to the user's profile page as opposed to message sending interface. Wanted that transition to be the default behavior.

5

Performed as expected.

7

  • First jumped up to the search bar to begin the search and became frustrated that she couldn't find the advanced search options right there.
  • Took a while to find the Advanced Search sidebar tab. "That isn't the last place I would look for it, but it certainly wasn't the first"
  • Really liked the idea of the range searches and thought the emblematic notation was nice, but not consistent across the site

User 3

Task Given

Unexpected Responses

1

As expected, but asked "Is this the favorite button?" before clicking it.

3

NOTE: We performed this function incorrectly and handed the user the advanced search screen as opposed to the review screen.

  • The response of the user was interesting as she tried very hard to make the range functionality serve her purpose of ranking the job. She settled on showing the variability in the hours and difficulty axes, but was stumped on what to do when there for Overall Rating and Pay.

5

As expected.

6

  • Expected the unfavorited item to be immediately removed from the screen.

7

  • Very unclear on what "a lot" meant, but settled on only the 5 dollar sign. Didn't really understand how to represent this with the current expression of range. Finally ended up selecting all 5 dollar signs but was not satisfied that was the best way of presenting the information.
  • Took time to fill in all of the fields for the range search(as a default they are blank)

Prototype V2.0

Prototype V2.0 Observations

User 4

Task Given

Unexpected Responses

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User 5

Task Given

Unexpected Responses

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User 6

Task Given

Unexpected Responses

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