I went through the Ramp design interview process earlier this year (2026) for a mid-level product designer role. There's almost nothing specific to Ramp design interviews online so hopefully this helps someone.
The portfolio review This is where the process starts diverging from what most design interview guides prepare you for. Ramp is a B2B fintech tool, so the people reviewing your portfolio are thinking about: can this person design dense information tables, complex approval flows, edge cases in multi-step forms? If your portfolio is mostly consumer apps with hero images and clean landing pages, you need to do some explaining.
I led with a case study on a billing dashboard I'd redesigned. That resonated immediately. The questions were fast and specific: how'd you decide on this table layout vs a card layout, what was the accessibility story for this status badge, did you user-test the approval flow or did you ship and iterate. They were not interested in my brand work. I mentioned it briefly; nobody asked a follow-up.
Expect about 45 minutes on portfolio review with 2-3 people (product, design lead, sometimes engineering). Bring 2-3 deep case studies rather than 8 shallow ones.
Design exercise They gave me a prompt during the onsite: redesign the expense submission flow for a power user who submits 50+ expenses a week. Real problem, which I appreciated. I had about 30 minutes to think and sketch (low-fi is fine), then present and take feedback for another 30.
They pushed on: how do you reduce friction at scale, what information does the user need vs what can you defer, how do you handle error states when a receipt can't be parsed. The design system question came up: if we already have components for this, how do you work within constraints vs advocate for something new.
Behavioral Standard design behavioral questions: conflict with eng, how do you handle feedback that changes your direction late, how do you communicate design decisions to stakeholders who don't read design docs.
Bottom line: Ramp wants product designers who think in systems and can handle complexity. The aesthetic bar is secondary. If you love clean minimal B2C work and find enterprise UI depressing, this might not be the fit. If you get nerd-excited by a well-designed approval modal, you'll enjoy the interview.