AI UX Design Certification
Earn the credential Certified AI Product Designer SOA-AIUX. It certifies that you can design AI-powered products people trust — setting expectations, conversational and agent UX, handling errors and uncertainty, and responsible AI.
- Advanced difficulty.Assumes years in the role or deep specialist knowledge.
- 20 scenario questions
- 30 minutes, timed
- 75% to pass · 90% for distinction
- Free no sign-up needed
- LinkedIn-ready · add it to your profile in one clickSee how ↓
What is the AI UX Design Certification?
The AI UX Design Certification is a free, test-based credential from Science of Apps. It certifies that you can design AI-powered products people trust — setting expectations, conversational and agent UX, handling errors and uncertainty, and responsible AI. Pass the 20-question, 30-minute test with 75% or more to become a Certified AI Product Designer (SOA-AIUX). Every question is based on published standards and research — including Guidelines for Human-AI Interaction (Microsoft Research), People + AI Guidebook (Google PAIR), People + AI Guidebook: Explainability + Trust (Google PAIR) — and each answer is explained with its source.
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- AI Product Designer
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- AI Product Manager
- Product Designer (AI)
- Prompt / Interaction Designer
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Career guide · 11 min readHow to get an AI product designer job in 2027: trust, uncertainty, agent UX and the portfolio that proves it
How to get an AI product designer job in 2027: what hiring managers test, trust and agent UX skills, portfolio proof, pay and a 6-week plan.
Read the hiring playbook →What the test covers
Four domains with 5 questions each, drawn from a bank of 10 per domain, so a retake brings questions you haven't seen. Every domain links to the free Laws of UX guides its questions draw on.
- 01
Choosing where AI fits
25%- Decide when AI helps and when it doesn't
- Pick automate vs augment
- Scope AI features around real tasks
Study: Tesler's Law, Occam's Razor, Mental Model
- 02
Expectations, trust & transparency
25%- Set capability expectations up front
- Show sources and confidence honestly
- Calibrate trust — not too much, not too little
Study: Mental Model, Authority Bias, Labor Illusion
- 03
Conversational & agent UX
25%- Design prompts, suggestions and follow-ups
- Keep users in control of agent actions
- Design for latency and streaming
Study: Doherty Threshold, Recognition over Recall, Progressive Disclosure
- 04
Errors, safety & responsible AI
25%- Design for wrong answers and hallucinations
- Collect feedback that improves the system
- Handle privacy, bias and consent
Study: Postel's Law, Peak-End Rule
Based on published standards
The questions are original scenarios, and each one names the public standard, official guide or research it draws on — shown under the question while you answer, and linked in your review. These are the sources behind this certification:
- Guidelines for Human-AI InteractionMicrosoft Research10 questions
- People + AI GuidebookGoogle PAIR8 questions
- People + AI Guidebook: Explainability + TrustGoogle PAIR4 questions
- People + AI Guidebook: Errors + Graceful FailureGoogle PAIR3 questions
- Laws of UXJon Yablonski1 question
- Building effective agentsAnthropic1 question
- Response Times: The 3 Important LimitsNielsen Norman Group1 question
- Progressive DisclosureNielsen Norman Group1 question
- What is GDPR?GDPR.eu1 question
- AI Risk Management FrameworkNIST1 question
- The Peak–End RuleNielsen Norman Group1 question
- Prompt engineering guideOpenAI1 question
- Progress Indicators Make a Slow System Less InsufferableNielsen Norman Group1 question
- Memory Recognition and Recall in User InterfacesNielsen Norman Group1 question
- C2PA content credentialsCoalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity1 question
- General Data Protection Regulation (full text)gdpr-info.eu1 question
- Customer service skillsZendesk1 question
Try a sample question
Your AI assistant sometimes invents product features that don't exist. Which design change helps users most?
- Make the assistant sound more confident
- Hide the AI label so users trust it more
- Add a longer disclaimer to the footer
- Ground answers in your docs and link the source for each claim
Show the answer
D. Ground answers in your docs and link the source for each claim — Grounding and citations let users check claims and calibrate trust. Confidence or hidden labels make wrong answers more harmful. The real test has 20 questions like this.
How the test works
30 minutes, 20 scenarios
One question per screen, with a progress bar and a countdown. Your progress is saved on this device if you need to pause.
Graded on our server
Answers reach the page only after you submit, so the certificate can only be earned by passing.
Every answer explained
Pass or not, you see every question with the right answer, why, and the source behind it. Pass mark 75%, distinction 90%.
Your certificate
Founder-signed, with a QR code and credential ID. Download PDF or PNG, add to LinkedIn, and it's emailed to you.
What you earn

Pass, then add it to LinkedIn in one click
No typing. The Add to LinkedIn button opens your profile’s Licenses & certifications form already filled in: the certificate name, Science of Apps as the issuer, the issue date, your credential ID and a link recruiters can use to verify it.
- 1Take the 30-minute test
- 2Score 75% or more
- 3Click Add to LinkedIn

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Frequently asked questions
What is the AI UX Design Certification?
The AI UX Design Certification is a free, test-based credential from Science of Apps. It certifies that you can design AI-powered products people trust — setting expectations, conversational and agent UX, handling errors and uncertainty, and responsible AI. Pass the 20-question, 30-minute test with 75% or more to become a Certified AI Product Designer (SOA-AIUX). Every question is based on published standards and research — including Guidelines for Human-AI Interaction (Microsoft Research), People + AI Guidebook (Google PAIR), People + AI Guidebook: Explainability + Trust (Google PAIR) — and each answer is explained with its source.
How do I get a AI UX Design certification for free?
Read the four skill domains on this page, study the free guides and sources linked to each, then take the 30-minute test online. There is no fee, course or sign-up. Score 75% or more and you get a Certified AI Product Designer certificate straight away — on screen, as a PDF and by email — with a credential ID anyone can verify.
Are the AI UX Design Certification questions based on real standards?
Yes. The questions are original scenarios written by Science of Apps, and each one is based on a public source you can read: Guidelines for Human-AI Interaction (Microsoft Research); People + AI Guidebook (Google PAIR); People + AI Guidebook: Explainability + Trust (Google PAIR); People + AI Guidebook: Errors + Graceful Failure (Google PAIR); Laws of UX (Jon Yablonski); Building effective agents (Anthropic). The source is shown under each question and linked in the answer review. Science of Apps doesn't copy questions from other tests.
What does an AI UX designer do?
An AI UX designer decides where AI should help users, sets honest expectations about what it can do, designs conversational and agent interactions that keep users in control, and plans for wrong or uncertain answers so people can trust and recover from the system.
Can I take the AI UX Design Certification from any country?
Yes. The certification is online, in English and free everywhere — people take it from India, the US, the UK, Europe, Africa, Latin America and Asia-Pacific. Your certificate is dated with your own local date and can be verified from anywhere at scienceofapps.com/certification/verify/.
Will the AI UX Design Certification help me get a job?
It helps you stand out: it shows employers, in a form they can check, that you can apply choosing where ai fits and expectations, trust & transparency to real product scenarios. Add it to LinkedIn and your CV, and back it with portfolio work that shows the same skills — certifications open conversations, portfolios close them.
How hard is the AI UX Design Certification?
We rate it Advanced: assumes years in the role or deep specialist knowledge. It has 20 scenario questions — 5 from each of 4 domains — and a 30-minute limit. You need 75% (15 of 20) to pass and 90% for distinction.
How do I prepare for a AI Product Designer job?
To get an AI product designer job in 2027, show you can decide where AI belongs, set honest expectations, design for wrong answers, keep people in control of agents and measure whether trust is calibrated. Hiring managers want one case study where an AI feature failed gracefully, not ten chat-screen mockups. Learn the PAIR and HAX guidelines, then prove the basics with a free test. Our full career guide covers the hiring process, interview loop, pay and a prep plan: scienceofapps.com/blog/ai-ux-design-career-guide/
How much do Science of Apps certifications cost?
Nothing. There is no fee to take a test, to receive the certificate, to have it emailed or to verify it, and no sign-up.
How are the tests graded?
On our server, not in your browser. The answers never reach the page until you submit, so a certificate can only be earned by passing. Each certificate gets a unique credential ID stored by Science of Apps.
What happens if I don't pass?
You see your score for each area and every question with the correct answer and why, with the published source behind it. You can retake after 30 minutes, and the retake draws questions you haven't seen yet.
Do the certificates expire?
No. Every certificate is dated, so it always shows when you passed. Retake a test any time for a newer date or a higher score.
Can I add the certificate to LinkedIn?
Yes. After you pass, Add to LinkedIn opens the Licenses & certifications form with the certificate name, Science of Apps as the issuer, the issue date, your credential ID and the verification link filled in. You can also download it as a PDF or PNG, and it's emailed to you as a PDF.
How can an employer verify my certificate?
Every certificate has a credential ID and a QR code. Scanning it, or entering the ID at scienceofapps.com/certification/verify/, shows the holder's name, the certification, the score and the issue date from our records.
Are these accredited qualifications?
No. They are Science of Apps' own assessments of applied skill. They aren't issued by a university or standards body, and they work best alongside a portfolio that shows the skills in real work.
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