Telling the truth at a job interview...

There is honesty. Then, there is providing too much information. Don't confuse the two--especially not when it comes to a job interview. Answer an interviewer's questions honestly, but limit the information you provide through your answers.

Being honest should always be your priority during a job interview., but there are also things you should not tell or justkeep it to youself so you won't make any complications.. in your case I know you exert an effort but I guess that job isn't meant for you.. I also been in that situation when I thought I was hired already and then the call I am waiting for did not come.. I was so disappointed but what can I do.. its there lost not mine.. anyways I just look for another job and I was lucky then I got hired..

i have been in a lot of interview myself and i think most of the time being brutally honest has got me though. Hehe i mean i have tild them what i think an telling them ihad other job interviews simply means i am looking for a job. And if they dont hire me someone else will. Haha

I think you are saying that if you hadn't told Dunkin Donuts that you had another job application, you think you will be hired? I think that you should go to the office to follow up your application instead of just calling them.Maybe your file were transfered to another person or another department already. When applying for job interviews, I think it will not be a lie if we skip things that we shouldn't tell. We can divert our answer to another by not telling a lie. In life general, Honesty is really the best policy. But there will be instances in your lives that will require us not to tell the truth. Sometimes, the truth can hurt.

Being honest in a job interview helps you put up a good image on the interviewer, because they will know how genuine you are in such working position. I do put up a good take on dealing with interviews most especially telling truthful information about the interview process. However, this really depends on how you make up your sentence or putting the impression on your employer because sometimes, some employers will misunderstand your purpose, most especially telling some things that will make or break the opportunities.

Of course honesty the best policy always. You have to say the truth especially at a job interview. Someone will find out about your lie. And I think your boss will prefer you to be honest and not lie to him.

Honestly is always and I mean always your advantage. There are a lot of different ways in confirming if the applicant is telling the truth or not. There are even some companies that hire investigators for certain applicants - positions. Just a tip when it comes to job interviews though... Answer all of the question as honestly as possible but do not offer additional information. More words means more mistakes. Just tell her a short story. No need to tell her what other companies are you interested in.

I agree with what koatia said. You should always be honest whenever you are on a job interview. It just so happened that maybe the Dunkin Donut personnel thought that you wouldn't be able to really have your time for them since you applied for Walmart and thought that maybe you'd be hired there as well and you would choose being at Walmart's coz of a higher pay.

It is better to tell the truth especially your education and work experience. No one really benefit in the long run by telling lies or bragging w/out basis.

When interviewing for a new job, honesty is not always the best policy. You don't want to talk badly about the company you left. You want to give personal reasons why you are looking for a different job without selling out your former employer no matter how bad they were. It will make your qualifications look all that much better. You can avoid talking about your former employer just by focusing on your goals. If you don't have anything good to say...don't say it at all. This is the way it be no matter what.

First of all, this whole fiasco might not have been because of you telling them you applied for another job, it can be due to the ignorance, negligence and incompetence of the personnal person. But it may have been because of that, too. But what I'm saying, is that it wasn't necessarily your honesty that resulted in them not hiring you. Secondly, I do think honesty is the best policy. But sometimes it's better not to tell other people things. It's not dishonesty. Dishonesty is when they ask you something, and you lie, or you don't tell something when you are expected to tell that. Well, from the experience in my country, you have to fill in an application for several jobs all at once to have ONE where they ask you in for an interview. Of course every company wants to think that they're so effing great that you wanna work there AND ONLY there, and they might get offended if they got to know you applied for elsewhere. But if they don't ask, in my country it's better not to tell... you have more chances in a really bad economical situation if you apply for more...

I think it's always good to have a habit of being honest. The truth will set you free! It would be bad to have lied then they find out later after you get the job then get fired.

There is honesty and then, there is too much information. If the person who was interviewing you didn't ask you about another job possibility - then you don't have to tell them. They already know that you must be looking for other work because they know if you are looking at one job, then you must be looking all around for any kind of work. You don't need to 'spill the beans' you can use discernment about what you reveal at a job interview. I mean, you didn't even get the job at Walmart because they somehow messed it all up - they couldn't find your paperwork, etc. So, I think Dunkin Donuts was thinking is that you might tell another company about your Dunkin Donuts interview. You don't want to sound like you are gossiping about other companies. So, it is important to be honest but at the same time, it is also important to be discreet.

Honesty has no place in a job interview. Anyway...why would it matter if you applied to another job? Most people apply to several different places when job hunting.

Yes it is good, to be honest at a job interview, because it you weren't, they would have found out, information from your last job, by contacting them anyway, I am sorry you didn't get the job.