Be honest during your job interview
Have you ever attempt to cheat in a job interview? Or at least, have thought of doing something like that and believes that you can actually get away from it?
Don’t do that. Never EVER do that unless you are 100% confident your interviewers will not find out about your lies.
As for me, even if I do feel confident I can get away with it, I won’t. Why? Here are some of the reasons why you should be honest during your job interview.
- You would not want to feel regret about those lies. You might end up spending many many years with that company and the last thing you want is to live with those lies for that many years. And what if the bosses realized you lied during the interview, after working there for few months? It’ll be very hard for them to trust you anymore.
- You would also want the interviewers to rate you for what you are and not what you’re not. What’s the purpose of trying to make them believe what you’re not? If they ask you some questions, just answer truthfully. They will hire you if you are really suitable for the job. This also ensures that you will not be under tremendous pressure for the new job since the interviewers rated you accordingly.
- By being honest, it also allows the interviewers to pay you appropriately. There’s no point hiking up your current salary by putting a fake “current salary”. Remember the amount of money the company pays you will be directly proportionate to their expectations of you. If you want to cheat to get a higher salary, you have to be prepared for higher expectations and heavier workloads (maybe more than you can handle). Also, most interviewers are smart enough to ask you for your latest payslips. Please don’t give lame excuse like “I’ve lost the payslips while moving house”. That line has been used far too many times.
- Most interviewers including the Human Resource personnel most probably know you’re lying. Some of them can see through your lies irregardless of how good your acting is. They have seen such cases too many times and you’re not the first. What makes you think you can perform “better” than the other earlier candidates who got turned down due to dishonesty? It’s better for you to be honest, than for them to find out you’re lying. Furthermore, there’s always the thing called “reference checks”.
That’s why I personally feel that one should always be honest during his or her job interview – that includes the content you put in your CV too. Bear in mind that, no matter how smart or talented you are, an interview candidate who tell lies during the interview has no place in the new company.
Yeah, don’t lie. Once word is out that you lied your way to a job, you’re sunk. Then you’ll end up selling mixed rice at the back of a van.
@ Damien
Mixed rice can earn quite a lot leh.
i wont lie about skills that i dunno at all la. but if i know something a bit, then i said i know it more than i actually know la..but i wont say i am expert la.. then after that if really need to do it, i quickly brush up my skill lor..
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Agree. You probably will not excel in the new company also because you gave the impression you’re something that you’re not.
@ cbenc12
But I must ensure I don’t over-promise too especially if the employers are VERY desperate for that particular skillset.
If i know something, I will try to sound convincing to a certain level.
@ Friedbeef
Yeap, the HR and interviewers will remember you.
There is one thing and it happens in real is that your current boss could be a best friend of your interviewer. So becareful of what you plan to say especially “lie”.
@ ChampDog
Haha, yeah. That’s why I told people never to burn the bridges no matter what. This world is pretty small.
Ya, it happens to me recently when we tried to perform some background check to one of the candidate and turns out she lies about the salary. That’s why I mention about this.
Having said that as you said too, if you’re 100% sure that no one knows you’re lying, then you can just go ahead but there are levels of lying. To make it short, you don’t tell doesn’t mean you lie is a best strategy if you really plan to lie. You can drive the conversation to where the interviewer will not ask the question that you don’t want him to ask you.
Opps… what am I doing here? I better shut up.
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@ ChampDog
Didn’t you ask for the payslip? I know some companies do that, just to be safe.
Anyway, it’s true that if you don’t say A, doesn’t mean you’re lying. You just keep quiet about it. Hahha, but well, better be honest la and try not to mislead the interviewers one way or another unless you are really desperate.
Ar… sometimes pay slip can be faked too.
Usually the pay slip is taken after the offer in my company and we haven’t gone through this step yet for her.
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@ ChampDog
:O Fake the payslips?!?! Wah, can sue the person for doing that. Hahha. It’s stupid to put your “lies” on a piece of paper.