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Dashboard Redesign

Dashboard Redesign (2026-05-16): Dashboard redesigned around three jobs: complete profile, practice interviews, and share with recruiters—less clutter, clearer next actions.

·3 min read·Honestify Engineering

Feature area: Dashboard

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This release covers Dashboard Redesign Version 2.1.1, shipped 2026-05-16. Status: shipped. No breaking changes.

Summary

Dashboard redesigned around three jobs: complete profile, practice interviews, and share with recruiters—less clutter, clearer next actions.

Feature sprawl made the dashboard a grid of equal-weight cards; new users could not find the critical path. Jobs-to-be-done layout with progress ring, prioritized action queue, and collapsible secondary modules.

What Changed

Progress hub

New

Completion score with explicit next step suggestion.

Action queue

New

Prioritized tasks: upload resume, add project, practice question.

Simplified nav

Improved

Grouped settings, KB, and analytics under secondary menu.

  • Progress hub — Completion score with explicit next step suggestion.
  • Action queue — Prioritized tasks: upload resume, add project, practice question.
  • Simplified nav — Grouped settings, KB, and analytics under secondary menu.

Why We Built It

Feature sprawl made the dashboard a grid of equal-weight cards; new users could not find the critical path.

We prioritized this work because AI quality feedback correlated with missing context in this surface. The fix needed to be durable—not a patch—so we addressed root causes in Dashboard rather than symptoms alone.

Engineers, recruiters, and hiring managers all benefit when Honestify behaves predictably in production. This release reflects that bar.

User Impact

Profile completion within 7 days up 33%; weekly active practice users up 21%.

AudienceHow you benefit
EngineersFaster profile setup, clearer AI answers, less manual rework
RecruitersMore complete profiles and reliable share links when candidates use Honestify
Founders / hiring managersBetter signal on candidate preparation and skills alignment
Platform engineersImproved observability and clearer error surfaces

Relevant skills: react, typescript, system design. Target roles: frontend engineer, full stack engineer, engineering manager.

Technical Highlights

  • React composition refactor; dashboard shell component
  • Server-driven action queue from profile state machine
  • A/B test framework for layout variants
  • Reduced client JS 22% on /dashboard

Changes covered by integration tests and Playwright smoke paths on critical user journeys.

Before

Dashboard Redesign: before vs after

Before

Twelve dashboard widgets with no visual hierarchy; key CTAs below the fold on laptop screens.

After

Hero progress strip, three primary actions, and 'More tools' drawer for advanced features.

Users moving from the previous experience should notice hero progress strip, three primary actions, and 'More tools' drawer for advanced features.

Screenshots

Future Improvements

What we are building next

  • Customizable widget order
  • Manager view for team hiring (teams plan)
  • Weekly email digest of suggested actions

Known limitations

  • · Legacy users may need one session to learn new nav

Feedback welcome: Reply via in-app feedback or support—especially if you hit edge cases we did not cover in this release.

This update connects to other Honestify work:

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