PrancingPotato
PrancingPotato

Lying on resume

Do you lie in your resume?

Yes, this is the way 🤫
No, I am scared 😟
No, I have integrity 😵
174 votesexpired
18mo ago
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TwirlyCupcake
TwirlyCupcake
Gitlab18mo

As an interviewer, I have rejected good performing candidates because of the obvious lies. Because people without integrity are liabilities irrespective of their skill levels.

WigglyMuffin
WigglyMuffin

What if I remove some of the companies from my resume of my initial career phase as it's been less than 1 year?

SquishyWalrus
SquishyWalrus
EY18mo

Keep it. Every experience counts

PeppyKoala
PeppyKoala
100ms18mo

No point in overpromising and under delivering. Best to be as advertised, helps with setting expectations

TwirlyWalrus
TwirlyWalrus

I have two CVs. One with my present skills that I send to companies, another with extra skills I keep as a reference for upskilling.

FluffyPanda
FluffyPanda
Student18mo

In my early days while I was just a beginner in Kotlin, I wrote it as a skill in my resume and applied for an internship. The interviewer hammered me like crazy......what if I had lied instead? I would have not even been able to answer the little that I did.

SleepyTaco
SleepyTaco
Traya18mo

No, because I know that somehow somewhere someone will find it out

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