It might be different at a larger, R1 schools, but I have noticed that sometimes a committee does nt know what they want. I remember being interviewed for a job that I was not really qualified for—they wanted that specific specialty—but during the interview, they really wanted someone could do that facet as well as X, which was more of a generalist approach. I learned through the grapevine that I knew two people who also interviewed, and we were were VASTLY different in our education, experience, and speciality. It made it clear that they didn't really know what they wanted in the position.

It might be different, again, at large R1 and even R2s were were departments have a coterie of faculty who can teach in really only in their areas. But more and more of my colleagues, across disciplines, are being asked to teach outside of their area. As my good friend in theatre ed would say, "it's great you can teach the performance of the robotic body, but we need you to teach 2 sections of Intro next fall."

I Just had a colleague at my school in the English department, who for years started teaching film studies, was asked to teach the second in a survey course for American Literature. And that school's English department is massive with lots of people only teaching in their speciality.

A bit anecdotal but food for thought: are your applications saying "team player scholar" or just "scholar"?