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What are the main reasons mid-level creative applicants with sufficient overall (maybe not industry) experience for the role are passed on prior to a phone screening?

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I’m not art, but I’m creative leadership. Hope you don’t mind. I don’t think you’ll find one single satisfying answer. Maybe your book isn’t a match. Maybe you’re applying for an in-house role, and your experience is too agency-side for them. Or vice versa. Maybe you’re too digital or not digital enough. Throughout my career, I don’t know that there’s been a single “main reason” why I’ve gotten rejected from different places.

Without knowing the specific job, there’s not a specific answer. The only thing you can do is what we all do - keep swinging, and keep improving your book.

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Agree with CW1. Also though - you can tell if you will get along with someone on the phone right away. As a manager I don’t want to bring in someone I have to babysit or someone who seems unmanageable, either. A personality match to me as a direct superior is a big factor for who I hire.

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