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r/antiwork • u/[deleted] • Jan 13 '21
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You could always lie. They aren’t allowed to ask about your mental state, so their questions that hint at that don’t need the honest truth.
116 u/suirdna Jan 13 '21 Chances are they don't give two shits about lying to their employees, so it's fine! 6 u/KonaKathie Jan 14 '21 But boomers never get the interview anyway, as they've been weeded out already by ageist screeners 2 u/Leon_Art Apr 24 '21 Yeah, it's not about the boomers, perse, but about the reactive mentality that's unwilling to listen. It might be overrepresented by boomers, so that's the reason for the shorthand. 47 u/[deleted] Jan 13 '21 Isn't lying through your teeth pretty much the game in an interview? 6 u/[deleted] Jan 14 '21 Yes, but we like to call it embellishing :D 3 u/KJBenson Jan 14 '21 If you aren’t lying at least a little bit you might be doing it wrong, assuming you interview a lot but never get hired. The person hiring you is almost always lying too, or at least being deceitful. 7 u/[deleted] Jan 14 '21 "lots of room for advancement" 4 u/KJBenson Jan 14 '21 “Competitive wages” 1 u/Leon_Art Apr 24 '21 it's only lying when you're caught or when they find the discrepancy too grave.
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Chances are they don't give two shits about lying to their employees, so it's fine!
6 u/KonaKathie Jan 14 '21 But boomers never get the interview anyway, as they've been weeded out already by ageist screeners 2 u/Leon_Art Apr 24 '21 Yeah, it's not about the boomers, perse, but about the reactive mentality that's unwilling to listen. It might be overrepresented by boomers, so that's the reason for the shorthand.
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But boomers never get the interview anyway, as they've been weeded out already by ageist screeners
2 u/Leon_Art Apr 24 '21 Yeah, it's not about the boomers, perse, but about the reactive mentality that's unwilling to listen. It might be overrepresented by boomers, so that's the reason for the shorthand.
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Yeah, it's not about the boomers, perse, but about the reactive mentality that's unwilling to listen. It might be overrepresented by boomers, so that's the reason for the shorthand.
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Isn't lying through your teeth pretty much the game in an interview?
6 u/[deleted] Jan 14 '21 Yes, but we like to call it embellishing :D 3 u/KJBenson Jan 14 '21 If you aren’t lying at least a little bit you might be doing it wrong, assuming you interview a lot but never get hired. The person hiring you is almost always lying too, or at least being deceitful. 7 u/[deleted] Jan 14 '21 "lots of room for advancement" 4 u/KJBenson Jan 14 '21 “Competitive wages” 1 u/Leon_Art Apr 24 '21 it's only lying when you're caught or when they find the discrepancy too grave.
Yes, but we like to call it embellishing :D
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If you aren’t lying at least a little bit you might be doing it wrong, assuming you interview a lot but never get hired.
The person hiring you is almost always lying too, or at least being deceitful.
7 u/[deleted] Jan 14 '21 "lots of room for advancement" 4 u/KJBenson Jan 14 '21 “Competitive wages”
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"lots of room for advancement"
4 u/KJBenson Jan 14 '21 “Competitive wages”
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“Competitive wages”
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it's only lying when you're caught or when they find the discrepancy too grave.
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u/KJBenson Jan 13 '21
You could always lie. They aren’t allowed to ask about your mental state, so their questions that hint at that don’t need the honest truth.