I’m completely baffled by agencies wanting to interview me. They always end up choosing a cc,mas,VCU grad over me. What’s the point of even interviewing me?

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Gotta up those interview skills man.

If you're getting interviews, your work is not the problem.

Schedule mock interviews with people. Rehearse your story, articulate the value you can bring to that agency, and keep doing this until you get something.

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OP, when you rehearse your spiel do it in a conversational way, that’ll help with the stoicism. I usually rehearse out loud and add in casual hand gestures and whatever else it takes to make it sound natural.

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No reputable creative team gives fuck where you went to school.

By convincing yourself that this is what’s preventing you from landing the position, you are ignoring the actual things that you have direct control. Sounds like your work is solid if you’re getting to the interview stage, so you already have an enormous advantage over the vast majority of applicants. Now what can you do to position yourself as the right choice alongside the other strong contenders?

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Some good advice here but I would like to acknowledge that people like to hire people with who they have things in common with (like school). When I was at Droga that place was (I don’t know if it still is) like 60% VCU 30% Miami ad and 10% every place else. It was t some weird coincidence. It is harder to break through but don’t let it get you down. Practice your interview skills. Ask people you know to put in a good word for you. You’ll land something great sooner or later

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Your time will come champ. Portfolio schools are worthless. I should know. I went to one of those.

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I scammed there too without a portfolio

Maybe it’s your cynicism

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It could be those places are looking to get a more experienced person for less $, or the interviewer went to one of those schools, or any number of things that has nothing to do with you.

You can ask recruiters if there were specific reasons you did not get the job. Sometimes they’ll be honest. It could help a lot.

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Because they don’t NOT like you or your work, and places usually interview multiple people for the same role.

Don’t ever assume you’re not getting the job because of something you did or didn’t do. Very often it comes down to who was recommended, what the previous relationship was etc.

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I’ve had experiences in the last year where I was told “they loved you but went with someone the ECD had worked with in the past”or “you were great but the other candidate came recommended by the client”.

It’s disappointing each time.

But then I remind myself, I’ve worked at great places, have the respect of all my former teams... if xyz place can’t see that it’s on them not me.

Who you know helps get an initial interview, yes. But it can also tip the scale all else being equal.

Probably because they know you from this app

@AD1, 😍

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