Feature Work · iOS & Android · Product Design
Marrow is India's leading platform for medical postgraduate entrance preparation — trusted by lakhs of doctors across NEET PG, INI-CET, and beyond. I joined as a product designer working on features, flows, and improvements across a product already deeply embedded in people's lives.
lakhs of doctors
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projects shown here
A small slice of the work — selected to show the breadth of problems tackled within an existing, live product.
Context
Designing inside
a living product.
Well-established product
Years of design decisions, patterns, and user habits already baked in. Every change had to feel native.
Lakhs of active users
Hundreds of thousands of students in high-stakes exam prep. Any UX misstep has real consequences.
First principle
Minimal change, always first.
Before exploring bold directions, the first question was always: can we solve this by changing as little as possible? Sweeping redesigns weren't an option.
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Interactive Videos
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Renew Experience
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Marrowthon
Feature · Video
Interactive
Videos
UX Designer
ROLE
6 Months
TIMELINE
ios/Android
PLATFORM
BRIEF
Project Overview
Students spend a significant amount of time watching MCQ discussion videos during exam preparation, but the current experience is largely passive and linear.
Although the content itself is valuable, the product does not support the natural behaviour students already exhibit while learning. Users frequently pause the video, attempt the question on their own, resume playback, seek forward to check the answer, and go back if they are wrong.
From a UX perspective, this creates unnecessary friction, repeated effort, and breaks the learning flow.
The brief for this project was to redesign the MCQ discussion videos experience in a way that feels more interactive, intuitive, and responsive to real student behaviour.
Instead of forcing users to manually create their own learning flow, the product should support that flow directly through in-video interactions, instant feedback, and easier navigation.
PROBLEM
Students built a workaround. The product never noticed.
Students already try to make MCQ videos interactive on their own. Instead of passively watching, they pause, solve, seek, and resume repeatedly throughout the session.
This creates unnecessary effort and breaks the natural learning flow.
01- Current User Behaviour
Pause Video
Students pause the video as soon as the MCQ appears so they can attempt it independently.
Solve Manually
They try to solve the question on their own before hearing the faculty explanation.
Resume Playback
Once they decide on an answer, they continue the video to check whether they were correct.
Seek Forward
If they are right, they manually skip ahead to save time and move to the next question.
Seek Backward
If they are wrong, they often go back to listen to the explanation again.
02- Pain Points
User Friction
These are the functional issues users face while navigating the current experience.
Too much manual effort
Users constantly pause, seek, and scrub through the video.
Hard to find answers
There is no clear indicator of where the correct answer is revealed.
Poor experience on 2x speed
Fast playback makes it even harder to pause and seek accurately.
Slow navigation
Moving between questions takes more time than necessary.
Breaks learning flow
Constant interruptions make the experience feel fragmented.
Emotional Friction
Beyond usability, the current experience also creates frustration and fatigue.
Feels repetitive
Users repeat the same pause-and-seek behaviour for every question.
Wastes time
Exam-focused students want faster ways to move through content.
Creates frustration
Finding answers manually feels inefficient and tiring.
Less engaging
The experience feels passive instead of interactive.
Adds stress during exam prep
Too much effort during revision can feel overwhelming.
GOAL
Opportunity, Solution & Design Principles
Students are already trying to create an interactive flow manually by pausing, solving, seeking, and resuming videos on their own.
The opportunity was to support this behaviour directly inside the product.
What are we solving ?
Solve inside the player
Answer MCQs without leaving the video.
Instant feedback
Know immediately if the answer is correct.
Faster progression
Move to the next MCQ without manual seeking.
Explanation revisit
Go back to explanations more easily.
Less manual effort
Reduce pause, seek, and scrub behaviour.
Better engagement
Make learning feel more active.
Defining Principles
Persistent actions
Keep answer options and “Next MCQ” visible.
Non-intrusive design
Do not interrupt the learning flow.
Clear feedback
Show correct and wrong states instantly.
Playback aware
Work smoothly across pause states and 2x speed.
EXPLORATIONS
Exploring the experience
Different interaction patterns were explored to understand what would feel the most useful and least disruptive.
The focus was on balancing engagement with simplicity.
OPTION 1
Full-Page Overlay
Long questions · Image-heavy content · High focus interactions
OPTION 2
Side Panel Layout : Auto pause with timer
More focused · Better for important questions · Slightly more disruptive
OPTION 3
Side Panel Layout : Continue Playing
More natural · Less intrusive · Better for fast-paced viewing
CHOSEN DIRECTION
EXPLORATIONS
UI Explorations
Different interaction patterns were explored to understand which layout felt the most intuitive, least disruptive, and most effective for learning.
The focus was on balancing usability, visibility, and engagement without interrupting the video flow.
FINAL
The solution
SCREEN 1
Feature Introduction
Feature only appears in landscape mode and a tooltip pops up the first time it's opened
SCREEN 2
Feature Setting
The feature is optional and the user can turn it off using the toggle in the settings
SCREEN 3
Default MCQ State
SCREEN 4
MCQ Selection State
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