What do you think are some white lies that don't matter? To what extent is lying and altering details on resumes acceptable? How should a job seeker approach the honesty thing ?
Never lied on the resume, but I did get it rewritten by ChatGPT to make the points sound effective yet concise.
Also I think a lot of times people write their own recommendation letters and just get it signed from managers, it’s acceptable now
I used my friend's resume throughout the hiring process, just changed my name and contact info. I even got the assignment done by him. Landed the 25 lpa job. Today is my first day and I don't know what to do :(
Yes, I'm the ex-founder of the company, I was building for 3 years.
Now looking for job, had to change the role from Managing director and Founder to, Product Manager.
That's what I lied about, nobody touches a ex-founder or ex- entrepreneur maybe? Idk
Used the title - 'director' instead of 'manager'
I think it's okay to hide things, like I don't mention dates sometimes or the period of the job, otherwise they get weird about taking a break or something.
I will go first, i have deleted my first company from my resume because even though i was very good at coding. They put me in a support project in graveyard shift. I faked illness to get out of shift, and later on was removed and put in...
My resume isn't exactly the most honest document out there - I'd say about 60-70% of it is made up of lies or exaggerations. I added a couple of years of experience to get a better salary when I started out, and it worked! Now I'm gettin...
I had a short stint in a firm like < 3 months... so If I don't show this experience in my resume will it come later in background verification? The thing here is there's this small Joining bonus associated with this and if the candidate...
Suppose I have worked with reactjs and other frontend stacks. But the recruiter asks for nextjs experience, which I have never worked upon. Should we lie at this point given you can learn and prepare for the techstack if it is to be aske...
