Finishing College, Saving & Investing

For those of you who have graduated college and started your career, or for those who started a career without college, I’ve got a question for you, if you don’t mind. When begining to save for a house, did you set up how you were going to save?

for example, did you save certain percentages of take-home pay for a down payment for a house, general savings, checking account for daily expenses etc.? I’m wondering if it would be wise to start a CD or other type of account to save for a down payment for a house.

If anyone has imput/ advice, it would be appreciated.