Emily (Mengyi) Zhang

Like everyone else, I really gained a lot of confidence in every single step. The process isn’t only how we present, but it’s also the back story, so in the future, I feel more confident, especially when you talk about the details. That’s gold for me.

Rob Rausch

Joining the Ask Like A Pro series was the best decision I ever made. I just want to tell anyone who is considering the program that I went from getting no interviews… to have five recruiter requests per day for companies like Deloitte Digital. Top of the food chain. This works. That's proof of concept. That's how powerful this was. Michele got me back in the game.

Heidi Johnson

My stakeholder cried when I delivered the research because it was so impactful for what she needed to hear. She’s already put some of my recommendations into motion.

Geetanjali Khanna

I gained a lot of learnings and insights into how I could improve my practice as a researcher. I learnt the best practices of collaborating with stakeholders, the importance of piloting and screeners to improve efficiency and quality of the research process, and the art of asking the right questions and synthesizing the results to gain insights. Above all, the course helped me build confidence and faith in my instincts as a researcher. The journey was filled with its fair share of challenges as I balanced it with a demanding full-time Master's program. However, it was certainly worth it.

Constantina Stratoudaki

​The project came with many challenges but also great learnings. Asking the right questions, to the right people, in the right way, the importance of collaboration with your stakeholders, frameworks, available tools, best practices, and yes, how to identify fraudulent participants. I was shown how to be a better researcher from an ethical point of view. I learned to value all beautiful minds, to listen carefully to all questions, to appreciate the time and effort of all participants (regardless if they qualify or not) and the importance of compensation. It's been a great experience and I truly feel I learned from one of the best.​

Mia Sara Bruch

I’m so thankful to have found Michele and Curiosity Tank! We covered an amazing amount of information and I walked away from the class with a tangible work product. I was hired for a long-term user research contract at Microsoft. This will involve both generative and evaluative research, and it will be a wonderful learning experience. I literally couldn’t have done it without you.

Pavlo Yakovets

Everything Michele taught us was totally applicable.. feedback, all of the soft skills, research as a team sport. Michele really emphasizes how we can collaborate better with the rest of the team.

Heidi Johnson

It’s such hands-on experience – not just a single module that you do where you’re not taking learning and immediately applying it to something. That’s one of the things that attracted me to the course is that you had to work on a project. You weren’t just sitting in an online course listening to somebody talk about how to do user research. You were immediately applying it and then coming back two, three days later and reporting on what you learned and then learning from your classmates, as well.

Lanae Felice

Michele! I got a job in UXR!! I’m going to be using all of your awesome Curiosity Tank tools. I definitely think what I learned in the course really helped me in the whiteboard challenge of the interview process. They made an offer the morning after that interview! So thank you for sharing your knowledge. It is so helpful! I got another offer from Lockheed Martin in the same week!

Jason Larkin

Understanding the difference between findings and insights was eye-opening. And that findings don't always equate to insights. Even though I have experience drawing out findings from other journalistic work and research work, this was different. But ultimately talking with the stakeholder about top-level findings and themes, seeing their surprise in some of them and realizing how my work will have a true impact, was really exciting and instilled a lot of confidence.

Naz Gilliland

What an experience! Thank you Michele for being a phenomenal teacher and mentor. I learned so much from you over these last several months both as an observer and an all-in. I went from self-doubting my capacity for this work to feeling confident that I will thrive in it.

Rob Rausch

Remarkable experience. Intellectually fascinating content. Highly organized yet flexible, human-centered, amazing love, support, plus the wonder of watching everyone succeed and get confident. Michele Ronsen has the magic recipe and is the most inspiring mentor in the biz!

Julia DeBari

"I highly recommend Ask Like A Pro! Michele's a wonderful educator that cares about her students and that they are learning and practicing the right material. This is the best program out there for transitioning to UXR. I have taught at over 10 different UX bootcamps and mentored 100s of career transitioners. Michele takes the time to explain the why of each methodology and how to adjust when something doesn't work out. Whenever I have anyone making to transition to UX Research, I always send them to Curiosity Tank. I have never had a single person regret going.”

Cori Pepelnjak

Michele—you are one of the most motivated, engaged, authentic, and passionate teachers I have known. What an impact you have. Thank you! I truly feel I am set up for success as a new user researcher—you have helped me build a strong foundation and provided a plethora of resources to turn to as I continue (forever) to grow as a researcher, collaborator, and change-maker.

Rob Rausch 2

Remarkable experience. Intellectually fascinating content. Highly organized yet flexible, human-centered, amazing love, support, plus the wonder of watching everyone succeed and get confident. Michele Ronsen has the magic recipe and is the most inspiring mentor in the biz!

Ellen Lichtig

“I’m glad to have had the chance to learn. I have been going through the material methodically and have appreciated the range, especially the resources and content elaboration through the videos. Some parts are simply great; it is nice to be made aware of so many processes and research must-do’s, especially understanding how all this builds and to learn about conceptual approaches as well as the challenges others have faced and moved through. Really good. Plus access going forward; not many professionals offer that, so aren’t we lucky?”

Jason Shonk

“I couldn’t see how we could move into a more research-driven culture. This series armed me with the right knowledge, skills, and confidence to take action and now I am pioneering our research efforts throughout my product space. My manager and stakeholders are bought in and we are changing the culture in ways I did not think was possible. This experience gave me the confidence and know-how to do this. And The Enterprise User Experience org announced the UXR career path this morning.”

Mo Goltz

“The Ask Like a Pro Series helped improve my research game dramatically by starting with a solid plan. Prior to this course, my plans were not as robust or detailed. They got the job done, but now I’m able to set myself up for success for more demanding and complex projects.”

Krista Lohse

“Grateful to have been part of the series; learned more than I ever imagined. Thank you, Michele Ronsen, for creating these workshops.”

Liliana Lambriew

“I feel reinforced, reassured and reinvigorated. Listening to you made me once more realise how much I love UX / Design Research and its process, tactics and tools. My career transition was so worth it.”