Most video editors think their reel gets them the interview.
But new research shows something surprising:
The longer a hiring manager looks at your resume, the more likely you are to get an interview.
Eye-tracking + AI analysis found one section that predicts interviews better than anything else:
Dwell time on your Experience section.
In other words…
If your Experience section keeps a producer, creative director, or hiring manager reading — you’re in.
If not? You’re skipped.
As someone who’s worked with hiring teams and reviewed hundreds of editor resumes, this makes total sense. In interviews, the #1 question creative leads ask themselves is:
“Did this editor actually ship real work — and what impact did they have?”
Here’s how to make your Experience section sticky so decision-makers stay longer, trust you faster, and invite you to interview.
1. Kill the Wall of Text
People don’t read resumes. They scan for relevance.
Editors especially get hurt by long paragraphs because creative leads want fast clarity on:
- What tools you know
- What formats you edit
- What industries you’ve worked in
- Whether you can work fast & deliver under pressure
Keep bullets to 1–2 lines, max 3. If your resume looks like a screenplay, they’ll bail.
2. Put Experience Up Top
Hiring managers evaluate in under 1 second whether your resume deserves attention.
Your Experience section must be the first thing they see under your summary — not skills, not education.
Why? Because video editing hiring decisions come down to:
- How much you’ve shipped
- Who you’ve worked with
- What results your edits created
Experience = trust.
Reel = proof.
Skills = nice to have.
3. Use a Clean, Repeatable Structure
Keep every job formatted the same way so it’s easy to skim:
Company / Client
What they do (1 line)
Your Role + Dates
Your Scope (short 1–2 line paragraph)
Impact Bullets (your wins)
This lets hiring managers consume your resume the same way they scrub through footage: fast.
4. Lead With the Wins THEY Care About
This is where most video editors mess up.
You list what you think is impressive, not what they need.
Instead:
- Study the job posting
- Identify their top 3 needs (speed? storytelling? motion graphics? deadlines? short-form content?)
- Make your first three bullets prove you’ve already done the job they want to hire for
Top-load your best work the way you’d hook the first 3 seconds of a video.
5. Add White Space (This Alone Boosts Interviews)
Crowded resumes scream:
❌ “I don’t know what’s important.”
❌ “I haven’t edited my own story.”
Clean spacing = confidence.
Use:
- ¾” top/bottom margins
- 1” side margins
- Space between bullets
- No text packed edge-to-edge
Great editing is about clarity.
Great resumes are too.
The Truth: Hiring Managers Aren’t Reading… They’re Evaluating
A resume isn’t a document. It’s a decision filter.
They’re thinking:
- “Do you understand pacing?”
- “Is your experience relevant to our content?”
- “Do you finish projects?”
- “Can I trust you with deadlines?”
- “Do you make my job easier?”
Make that easy to see in 6 seconds, and they’ll slow down.
Once they slow down, you get the interview.
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