In a UI/UX design internship for freshers, you spend far less time choosing colours than you might expect. Most of the work is understanding users, sketching wireframes, building screens and clickable prototypes in Figma, and reworking them after feedback. What you walk away with is a portfolio of two or three projects that shows how you think, not just how your screens look.
Below is what each stage involves, the projects worth building, how long programmes usually run, and how to tell a useful internship from one that just hands you tutorials. It follows the workflow taught in UI/UX design training at Solitaire Infosystems, an IT training and software development company in Mohali.
A UI/UX design internship is a supervised, project-based training period where beginners learn to design websites and apps the way design teams do: research first, then structure, then visuals, then testing. The two halves are easy to mix up, so here is the short version.
In practice you do both, and most freshers find the UX side harder at first because it means making decisions before anything looks finished.
Expect six stages. They overlap, and you will loop back through some of them more than once.
Good design starts with people, not palettes. Before opening Figma you work out who will use the product, what they are trying to get done and where they get stuck.
Common beginner mistake: skipping this step because it feels slow. Without it, every design decision later turns into “I just liked it this way”, which is hard to defend in an interview.
A user flow maps the steps someone takes to finish one task, such as ordering food or booking a ticket. Wireframes are the greyscale skeleton
of each screen in that flow: layout, content order and navigation, with no styling.
Common beginner mistake: adding colour and images to wireframes. It pulls feedback towards looks when the question at this stage is structure.
Figma is the main tool in most UI/UX workflows today. Knowing where the buttons are is not the goal; working cleanly enough that someone else can pick up your file is.
This is where the visual work happens. You apply a consistent spacing scale, a clear type hierarchy and enough colour contrast for text to stay readable. The W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines are the standard reference for contrast and readability, and it is worth reading the basics early.
A single beautiful home screen shows taste. A full set — home, listing, detail, checkout, confirmation, error — shows you can design a product.
Linking your screens into a clickable prototype lets you watch someone try to finish a task before any code is written. Give them the task, stay quiet and note where they hesitate.
Your first version will not be your best, and nobody expects it to be. Mentor reviews usually point out the same few things: inconsistent spacing, too many font sizes, unclear buttons and navigation that only makes sense to the designer. Fix, retest, and keep the earlier versions — showing how a design improved is one of the strongest parts of a portfolio case study.
Solitaire Infosystems offers UI/UX training in three durations. A rough guide to what each one is good for:
| Duration | Best suited to | What you can realistically finish |
| 4 weeks | Students who need summer or semester training and want to test their interest | Figma basics, wireframes and one small project |
| 6 weeks | Students who want one solid portfolio piece | The full workflow on one project, research to prototype |
| 6 months | Final-year students and graduates aiming for a design role | Two or three complete case studies, deeper Figma and design-system work, regular mentor feedback |
If your goal is a job rather than a certificate, the longer format gives you time to build, test and redo projects properly. Details are on the 6 months industrial training page
You do not need design experience or a design degree. B.Tech, BCA, MCA, diploma and polytechnic students regularly move into UI/UX, as do graphic designers who want to work on apps and websites. What matters more is curiosity about why people use products the way they do, attention to detail and a willingness to redo work after feedback. Coding is not required, though knowing how websites are built helps when you hand designs to developers.
Ask these before you join any programme:
Be wary of anyone promising guaranteed placements. A strong portfolio and the ability to explain your design decisions are what actually get you shortlisted.
Solitaire Infosystems is a software development company that also runs job-oriented IT training and internships from C-110, Phase 7, Industrial Area, Mohali, Punjab, which is convenient for students across Chandigarh and the Tricity. The UI/UX track follows the workflow above: user research, flows and wireframes, Figma, full-screen UI design, prototyping, testing and portfolio building, in 4-week, 6-week and 6-month formats. Solitaire also runs stipend-based internships, so ask the team which tracks currently include one.
Want to see the modules and next batch dates? Explore the UI/UX design internship at Solitaire Infosystems or talk to our team about which duration fits your course.
Yes. Most UI/UX interns start with no design background. You need basic computer skills and a willingness to practise; research, wireframing and Figma are taught during the internship.
No. UI/UX designers work mainly in tools like Figma. A basic understanding of how websites and apps are built helps you design things developers can build, but writing code is not part of the role.
Short programmes run 4 to 6 weeks and cover the basics plus one project. A 6-month internship or industrial training gives enough time to build two or three full case studies for a job-ready portfolio.
Two or three complete case studies are usually enough. Each should show the problem, research, wireframes, final screens, prototype and what changed after testing.
Solitaire Infosystems in Phase 7, Industrial Area, Mohali offers UI/UX training and internships in 4-week, 6-week and 6-month formats, with project-based learning and portfolio work.
You do not need to be a designer before you begin. Pick one real problem, design a solution, test it with a few people and fix what breaks — that single loop teaches more than a month of tutorials. When you are ready to do it with mentor feedback, see the UI/UX training options at Solitaire Infosystems.
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