Candidate Jane Doe
Your Application Report
Tailored analysis of your application, recruiter feedback, and client insights to help you understand your fit, benchmark against peers, and refine your pitch.
Published date
🚀 Aug 12, 2025
Applied date
📥 Aug 13, 2025
Pitch status
❌ Rejected
Reruiter
👤 John Smith
How to use it?
This report is more than a rejection note — it’s a roadmap to improve your chances in future applications.
🧠 Turn rejection into growth
🧭 Understand client expectations
📊 Compare your pitch to competitors
🎯 Refine your positioning for future applications
✅ Role Fit
Role Overview
Highlights
Candidate
Jane Doe
Role
UX/UI designer for SaaS MVP
Client
Apple Inc.
✅ You can start ASAP and they needed that
⚠️ Your rate was higher than the stated budget
❌ Language skills were below client’s requirement
Overall, your profile showed strong seniority and relevant expertise, but your higher rate and missing language skills limited alignment with this role. With adjustments, your pitch remains highly competitive for similar opportunities.
Fit Breakdown
Adam Horn
🏆 Overall Score
📊 Benchmarking
Pool Overview
Highlights
Total applied
212
Shortlisted
12
Rejected
199
✅ Strong experience – Top 10 in the pool
⚠️ High rate – Above average & budget
❌ Portfolio score – Below peers, quick win to improve
With rate adjustment and portfolio polish, you’d likely move into the top 10%
You vs. Competition (212 pitches)
🏆 Winner vs. You
Winner Profile
Your Profile
Winner
Confidential
💰 Hourly Rate
$100
8th
💪 Experience
8 yrs
45th
📑 Portfolio Score
4.5
5th
✅ Fit Score
88%
8th
📍 Location
Berlin
Match
🏢 Commute
On-site
Match
🗣 German
Fluent
Match
📆 Availability
40 hrs/w
Match
🛠️ Skills
UX design
UI design
Motion design
Match
🏆 Overall standing
1st
✅ Why they won
Their profile matched all core requirements — fluent German, on-site availability, and a portfolio score that stood out.
You
Jane Doe
💰 Hourly Rate
$120
25th
💪 Experience
20 yrs
4th
📑 Portfolio Score
2.0
56th
✅ Fit Score
75%
Gap
📍 Location
Budapest
Gap
🏢 Commute
Remote
Disqualified
🗣 German
No
Disqualified
📆 Availability
20 hrs/w
Match
🛠️ Skills
UX design
UI design
UX research
Match
🏆 Overall standing
32nd
❌ Why you didn’t
Your higher rate and missing language/onsite fit outweighed your strong experience and skills.
🧠 Summary
Strenghts
Weaknesses
⚖️ Verdict
✅ For future roles:
You’re highly competitive for remote, senior-level UX/UI projects in English-speaking or international environments, where experience and expertise are valued over local fluency.
❌ For this role:
Your chances were limited due to budget, language, and onsite requirements.
Application audit for
Freelance UX Designer
Applied 2 weeks ago
