It's a culture fit. They'll talk about "vibes" or similar language, but what it really means is "with a 5 minute conversation I can figure out if you're similar enough to me culturally and if you aren't, there's no way I want to be anywhere near you."
I've literally been rejected from roles for this exact reason before. I can't get rid of my working class realism, thinking in terms of physical movement of things. They want an abstracted cheery gogetter who can smile with their vocal chords.
It's a culture fit. They'll talk about "vibes" or similar language, but what it really means is "with a 5 minute conversation I can figure out if you're similar enough to me culturally and if you aren't, there's no way I want to be anywhere near you."
I've literally been rejected from roles for this exact reason before. I can't get rid of my working class realism, thinking in terms of physical movement of things. They want an abstracted cheery gogetter who can smile with their vocal chords.