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AITOU · AI-POWERED JOB DECISIONS
A clearer signal.
A confident next step.
Helping international candidates
navigate the job search
with AI, data, and trust.
DISCOVER → VALIDATE → PREPAREBUILT AROUND THE NEXT DECISION ↗
FROM FRAGMENTED DATATo a clearer
way forward.↗
way forward.↗
SPONSORSHIP SIGNALS.
HUMAN DECISIONS.Explore the experience ↓
HUMAN DECISIONS.Explore the experience ↓
An AI-powered job decision platform for H1B & OPT candidates.
From the first promising role to the next interview, AiTou brings decision-critical information into the moments that matter.
REPORTED PROJECT IMPACT
Job posts analyzed
Companies in the USCIS dataset
00 / THE CHALLENGE
A job search with more at stake.
International job seekers make high-stakes decisions during their job search.
Unlike domestic candidates, H1B and OPT applicants must evaluate sponsorship likelihood, company history, and visa risk — often without reliable or complete information.
Critical signals are scattered across government datasets, job boards, and community sources, turning job decisions into a slow, stressful, and error-prone process.
THE DESIGN QUESTION
How might we help international candidates make confident, informed job decisions in an environment defined by uncertainty and information asymmetry?
Confidence over guesswork.
Help international job seekers make more confident, informed job decisions by reducing uncertainty around sponsorship, company history, and visa risk.
Less research. More focus.
Improve job search efficiency by surfacing decision-critical signals at the right moment in the workflow, reducing time spent on manual research across fragmented sources.
A reason to come back.
Drive sustained product usage during active job search periods by becoming a trusted decision-support tool rather than a one-time lookup utility.
What we set out to test +
Clearly surfacing sponsorship likelihood and company history will increase candidate confidence and repeat usage.
Synthesizing fragmented data into decision-ready insights will reduce research time and accelerate action.
Context-aware interview preparation will increase perceived value and sustained engagement throughout the job search.
01 / CHROME EXTENSION
The right signal. Right where you look.
A Chrome extension that surfaces visa sponsorship signals directly in LinkedIn job listings.
International candidates often spend hours researching whether a role is eligible for H-1B or OPT sponsorship.
By bringing verified sponsorship signals directly into the job discovery flow, the extension helps users quickly filter out non-viable roles and focus their time on opportunities that matter.
Powered by USCIS data across 30,000+ companies.
For candidates: simpler is better.
The goal is to develop a tool that simplifies and enhances the job-hunting process for international candidates, making it easier for them to secure meaningful employment and advance in their careers.
For international job seekers, job searching isn’t just about finding roles — it’s about managing risk.
We began by considering what matters most to our users during their job search.
The answer is 'Visa Sponsorship'.
For the business: a new entry point.
AiTou already has an established brand as a job-seeking and referral platform. However, due to the significant layoffs in the tech industry, fewer people are using the referral program. We aim to create an entry point to attract new users and expand our user base.
We aim to identify job seekers' pain points and provide solutions with a minimal learning curve.
Quickly accumulate users and direct them to our main domain.
New users can discover existing features on our website, driving business expansion.
AT HOME IN THE WORKFLOW
Same signal. Any mode.
Original extension UI · sponsorship signals inside LinkedIn
Verified sponsorship badges appear directly in LinkedIn job listings, helping candidates quickly decide which roles are worth applying to.
To preserve a seamless browsing experience, the extension matches LinkedIn’s native UI and typography.
Supports LinkedIn’s dark mode for a more comfortable job search experience.
A FEEDBACK LOOP, NOT A DEAD END
Missing data?
Keep the conversation open.
When no sponsorship data is available, users can report inaccuracies directly from the job listing. This ensures candidates are never blocked by missing information.
User feedback becomes part of the data loop, improving accuracy while keeping maintenance scalable.
EXPLORE THE FEEDBACK FLOW
Thanks for your feedback!
We appreciate your input and will review it and update our data accordingly.
Original confirmation message · interactive walkthrough
Explain the signal, in context.
Inline tooltips clarify critical sponsorship signals at the moment of discovery, helping users quickly assess eligibility without leaving the job listing.
Data sources are clearly attributed to USCIS, reinforcing trust and confidence in every decision.
02 / DASHBOARD
Turn information into confidence.
A personalized dashboard that surfaces relevant, newly posted roles as soon as they appear.
Timing matters in a competitive job market.
The dashboard highlights new opportunities based on user preferences, helping candidates act quickly and focus on roles that matter most.
Behind the design: information architecture +
From signal to confidence.
When a role passes the initial filter, users can click directly into a detailed view of the company’s sponsorship history.
This allows candidates to validate signals, understand patterns, and decide whether a role is worth pursuing further.
READ THE EVIDENCE
One company. Three ways to look closer.
Explore sponsoring companies.
Users can dive deeper into company-level sponsorship data to validate and compare opportunities.
03 / AI TOOLS
From intent to the next opportunity.
FROM ROLE TO READY
Turn intent into applications.
Repetitive writing can turn a promising role into a stalled application. Bring the role, the resume, and the first draft into one focused flow.
ORIGINAL PRODUCT UI
01 · Required experience and skills
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Original interface detail · highlights added for this case study
Practice with a purpose.
Interview preparation is often unstructured — users don’t know what to practice, how to improve, or whether they’re making progress.
By adapting to each user’s role and performance, the interview assistant delivers targeted questions and feedback at the right time, helping users practice with clarity and purpose.
Feedback you can act on.
Instead of generic AI chat, the Interview Report focuses on what actually went wrong — and what to improve next.
Performance is broken down into clear signals such as communication clarity, structure, and word choice, allowing users to spot patterns, track progress, and improve with intention over time.
Progress that stays with you.
Interview preparation is rarely linear. Users need visibility into what they’ve completed, where they left off, and what still needs work.
The interview dashboard helps users manage sessions over time, resume unfinished interviews, and build consistent practice habits instead of starting from scratch.
04 / REFLECTION
Clarity, even under uncertainty.
WHAT I TOOK FORWARDDesign the decision.
Design the decision.
Not just the screen.
This project was shaped by real constraints, a competitive job market, limited resources, and high-stakes user decisions.
Working on AITou pushed me to think beyond interface design and focus on end-to-end product problem solving. I broke down complex, ambiguous challenges into smaller, testable decisions, balancing user needs with business realities throughout the process.
With limited resources, I took on responsibilities beyond design, including product scoping, prioritization, and lightweight research. This experience strengthened my ability to operate across product, design, and strategy, and reinforced how much I value building practical solutions that can ship and scale.
WHERE THE PROJECT LANDED
Paused, with lasting lessons.
Although the product was eventually paused due to funding constraints, it successfully supported thousands of users during an especially challenging hiring cycle.
The learnings from AITou continue to shape how I approach product design, focusing on clarity, decision-making, and building systems that remain valuable even under uncertainty.
AITou reinforced how much I value designing systems that help people make better decisions under uncertainty, a principle I continue to carry into every product I build.