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What this means is that your resume and on-paper experience align you to the role, but something you're doing or saying when you come in to interview is exposing you as junior.
I don't mean to be hurtful, but that's most likely what's happening. I would start having coffee-chats with senior+ copywriters you have relationships with, and asking them to run mock interviews for you. They will very quickly be able to identify and point out where you're shooting yourself in the foot in interviews, and will hopefully give you advice for how to avoid doing that thing.
Make sure that you’re talking about your work and not just your personal life in your interviews! No matter how much someone seems to like you, ultimately you still need to arm them with reasons why you should get the job because you’ll add to the team
i got hired as an intern and when the term was over and they were hiring full-time, i was told i wasn't gonna be hired because i didn't have enough experience... so i feel you.
How the heck!?!
Feeling discouraged.
Sorry, OP! Been there and it’s quite frustrating. I would just keep trying and play up your strengths. Along with gather all the feedback and craft a story which correlated to each so that for the next interview you can be ready for certain questions or proactively conquer it.
I went through dozens of interviews last year between finishing grad school and “re-starting” my career (even up to the 7th and final interview with one company) and they told me the same thing, along with plenty of other companies. I think it’s just something companies tell people when they went with someone else for one reason or another (I.e. someone they already know) or just don’t want to have to bother to explain. Extremely frustrating - keep at it! I landed at a job and company I love in the end. It’ll work out!
It probably is something they could figure out beforehand. But every face to face meeting is worth having. If they like you, they may remember you when something else comes up that’s more right for you. And it’s good practice
One tip is to ask them specifically what they’re seeking in the person they hope to hire. Then use that information to share how you can express those qualities and/or how you’ve expressed them in previous situations.
I guess it's because something in your resume made you look like a viable candidate despite lacking experience. Sonething they want to be impress by someone so much that he/she will be hired on the spot. Worth taking a chance on the interview
Don’t try to do this- don’t try to count yourself out before you go. Go to every interview you can get.
The journey of interviewing has always been frustrating. I have heard "not enough experience" more times then I can remember. In 2000 I was going for gigs that included digital projects and was told they were looking for 10 - 15 years DIGITAL experience and this was for a lower-level role. That would be pretty much impossible to find someone with that length of experience back then. After while I started being a bit more defiant and straight out said "good luck finding someone". Once I finally got in the mindset the employer needed me and I went into the interview with that thinking I came across more confident and started getting offers. Stick with it, something will come through for you. Good luck.
Can’t tell you how many interviews I had with this happening. So often, it was recruiters/ teams who wanted to meet me and grow a relationship so they could keep tabs on me—they didn’t have the scope for someone as junior as I was, but the minute I got a FT junior role, I got so many messages about potential roles. A lot of times, all a company needs is for you to have one thing under your belt before they can justify bringing you on. It’s frustrating and asinine, but you just have to keep pursuing that foot in the door. It’ll happen, and once it does, you’ll have an infinitely easier time
Are you meeting with multiple people on these interviews? Or just one person who is the hiring manager? I echo the others in this thread. You probably look pretty good on paper, but you are doing or saying something that is causing people to turn you down. If you are hearing the phrase "not enough experience" from a recruiter, it's often not the real reason why the hiring manager said no. Could have been chemistry that was off.
If experience is the real reason, then have you misled about skill sets or experience on your resume? Are you embellishing during the interview? Do you provide details if they ask you about specific experience that you do have?
What does your job history look like on your resume? Are we talking straight out of college, intern experience, or are you currently a junior?
It’s all political. - They already know who they want to hire and just need to go “through the motions” so they don’t get in trouble for not complying with State or Federal employment laws.
It’s either, “not enough experience” (aka: you look too young or you’re not mature looking enough... / regardless of your previous work history triumphs and success; the Team or Clients may see you as a “baby” and not take you seriously in the role.)
Or maybe someone doesn’t like the color of your outfit. Or they have a, “OMG, did you check out the hairstyle on that candidate?! I would NEVER!” type of attitude.
At the end of the day; we work in Advertising and it’s disillusioned for any of us to think that looks and appearance aren’t always being judged based on someone else’s perception of their desired beauty, grace, age, candor, clothes, or whatever else they feel that day.
Just keep pushing along. Everything happens for a reason and everything happens for a reason. - 7 times out of 10, if a company takes more than a month to fill a role; it’s usually because they just don’t really want to... so it’s best to move on to greener pastures.
Who’d want to work for a company or team like that anyway? 🤷🏽♂️
It is odd that you keep getting to these interviews. Obviously you're resume is making the companies believe you have more experience than you do. Have you asked the interviewer why they included you in the candidates? It's a perfectly legitimate question, especially if it is happening multiple times. Also you didn't mention if you were interviewing to jump levels. Those can be a hard group of interviews. You may have the creative chops and work for the next job, but the interviewer has to decide if you have the intangibles for the next level. Either way the fact that you are getting in doors and people like you is good. You just need to figure out why you aren't closing - so ask.