Do You Lie About Your Experience In Your Resume To Get Job ? Scared/Fond Of It ?

Lying on your Resume to a prospective employer is grounds for dismissal almost everywhere..if you didn't get caught at first,by the interview stage,would you really want to end up being fired in disgrace if they ever did find out? It's all about trust..if they can't trust you to give truthful information when you're applying for the Job,Why should they trust you if they actually gave you the job,only to find out You'd lied to them? And That's leaving aside the issue of denying the person with the right qualifications and/or experience for that job who'd honestly applied and been relegated to second place by someone's dishonesty..It's scamming,it's fraudulent..Low.. but some get away with it..is it worth the risk?

I don't think it's right to lie in our resumes about our work experience. Even the smallest detail can be a big thing once it's found out to be falsified. We should try to to be honest and credible all the time. We'll never know when these lies will backfire. I believe that it is better to present ourselves in an honest manner. If we can't get the job because of this, let it be. ^^ It is always better to have a clean conscience: less worries! ^^

Hi Ganesh, Lying is bad for any purpose. Indians are basically dishonest. For this reason India is much more behind of many countries.

Hello my friend Ganesh44 Ji, Seeing you after very long time. Let anything be there i am at par with you . No need to lie today, else one has to pay next time may be by paying with interest and one may not be able to recovr whole of one's life. Take care. May God bless You and have a great time.

No,it is not good to do that. It is always good to be honest at the first place,as if the saying goes "first impression lasts" During interview,some interviewer are psychologists and they might know that you are lying,so beware. Have a good day always

I wouldn't do that, since it's not honest at all and I would feel very uncomfortable doing it. For example, what if they ask me to do something that, according to my resume, I'm supposed to know, but in reality I have no idea about it or I'm very bad at it? That wouldn't be good. And those things usually get found out about sooner or later anyway, which would probably result in the company firing you or something along these lines... So no, only telling the truth for me :)

I wouldn't lie in a job application or resume because it always comes back to bite you. They will either find out and fire you or you will oversell your abilities and when they hire you, they will find out that you don't know how to do the job. It's always best to be honest and people will appreciate it. Besides, would you like to have known that the doctor you went to lied about his abilities on his resume/credentials?

Me, I would be too scared to lie in case my story was checked. Even with the knowledge that there would be too many applicants to ring the companies and check them all it would still be on my conscience. What's the point of lying about experience?? The whole idea is that you have the relevant qualities to do the job . There's also the possibility that someone who has legitimately had experience will be cheated out of a job.

no and i never would because it could affect job performance.

Lying is wrong. I have never lied about my job experience. Since I'm retired now with a nice pension, I hope I will never have to write a resume.

Hi Ganesh44, No, I would not feel very comfortable lying about my education or previous job experiences on my resume. When a person lies about these things, they will eventually get caught. I know times are tough in the employment world, and people are doing anything, including lying on job applications, to get that desperately needed job. However, it would be a shame and personally embarrassing to be caught in a lie about your qualifications and then have to been fired from the job. Honesty is the best policy when filling out that job application. Only applying for the jobs that you know you are qualified for will eliminate having to lie about you job experiences and your college education.

i would never try it, cheating some one in this case is like killing yourself, if you can't cope up with the work they have given based on the resume (by luck if you get a job) and you will kicked out of office with in no time.

For me I don't like to do bad thing's because Jehovah God would get angry and when it is happened no blessing would make in you.

As a business entrepreneur. I don't like any kind of false resume. Resume is one thing which shows the persons knowledge and his/her professional behavior. So if there is a false resume in front of then your company and the whole organization is deprived by that person. It is a crime.

I think people should not lie and put fake job experiences in order to get one. It is unethical to do that. The company pays for their employees performance. Employees experiences is a proof of that. So if you lie with your job experiences and the company gives you work that you didn't know well basically you will get fired instantly.

I have never lied myself about my experience to get a job. i do know of those that have done it. it might get you the job, but you you will usually get found out when you can't perform tasks that you say you have done. it doesn't really do you much good to lie about your experience. You are worthy of the job, or you are not.

Skills should get you a work.. not lies. :) Here in the Philippines, if the Company has proven that the things you wrote in your application form are fake, you will be kicked out of the Company and you will be a well known liar in the whole industry. They have a database that has applicants who has issues with something. They share those database and if you lie, they will know. So, either you lie and get a job, or lie, get caught and will be blacklisted already!

It is never ethical to lie about job experiences.If an applicant can LIE about their job experiences, what other LIES can they come up with? Why should they lie anyway? Besides, once they lie and can get away with it, they will never stop lying for the rest of their lives. If I am an employer, and I found out that an applicant lied to me, I will talk to other employers and tell them about the lie an applicant made in my company to prevent other people from lying. No one likes to have liars in a company. Its quite stupid for people to lie about such things. They never thought of the things can affect them in the future. Even if they did not have any bad intention.. LYING is still bad.

hi there, if you really want that job, you will do anything just and to get that job.and sometimes you need to add a little white lies on your papers. making it more presentable and a qualifying one... but of course it should also be realistic.

There's no such thing as white lie.The end would never justify the means.And remember that the truth will make you happy, if you'll lie just to get the job, you'll somewhat feel that you're not indeed happy with it since your conscience will tell you that you are justifying. No I would say it's a big NO to lie.