20 Interview Flops Where Hiring Managers Figured Out Candidates Were Lying: 'They literally started crying when we brought out a laptop for the skills test'

Sometimes, embellishing a resume can come back to haunt you forever. Obviously, honesty is the best policy, but it can be tempting to over-exaggerate in such a competitive job market. It can be hard to stand out. Sometimes, it's even accidental. Perhaps the way you phrased something on your resume gave the hiring recruiter the wrong impression of your skillset. Look, we know that scenario is likely quite rare, but we often side with job candidates here at FAIL Blog. This time, however, we're going to take a look at the candidates who were caught lying on their resumes when hiring managers confronted them during interviews about their so-called "experience."

This list of anecdotes was compiled from the following r/AskReddit thread, and in this case, we're not dealing with hiring managers who had some kind of axe to grind. These were folks who wanted their candidates to succeed, and it was the interviewees who got themselves into trouble. For more stories like this, take a look at this list of "unwritten" adulting rules.

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Posted by BenWeiss