The written, online job description doesn’t match how the job is being described (the way it’s described sounds better)—minor miscommunication internally or major red flag?

The written, online job description doesn’t match how the job is being described (the way it’s described sounds better)—minor miscommunication internally or major red flag?

hey! Would you consider it a major red flag if the way a job has been described to you in interviews sounds pretty different (and better) than it does from the written, online description?

I was reached out to for a marketing job and have been given an offer. During each round, when I’ve asked, I’ve been told this is a very creative role that’s really about writing and shaping the marketing story and strategy and leading the strategy, not a data-heavy role that’s just about making materials for sales (I very much do not want the latter). What’s weird is that the actual online job description for this role (including when the same people who have interviewed me post about it online) explicitly mentions things like sales, loving data, providing data integrated solutions, etc.

I brought this up during my latest interview, and the person I spoke with actually agreed with me, saying he dislikes how the job description is written and seemed to write it off as “just how the company refers to this job” and that it’s not an indication on the job itself. (Even though he’s one of the people promoting it online as a job that’s loving data)

granted, this is a big company so maybe there’s some truth to that, but it still strikes me as odd that there’s such a disconnect here. I was honest that, while how they describe it sounds great, if I had just first found this job online myself, I never would’ve applied.

it would be a lot more money than my current job, they’re saying work/balance is great, and make, but the last thing I want is to get sucked into a job that’s a lot of what I don’t want to do/focus on, when I don’t dislike my current job.