#InterviewTips #BehavioralQuestions #HonestyInInterviews
Hey everyone! 👋 How many of you lie during interviews when faced with behavioral questions? 🤥 It can be tempting to embellish our answers to make ourselves look better in the eyes of the interviewer, but is it really worth it?
I recently finished an internship interview and found myself making up scenarios for questions like “Tell me about a time you made a mistake.” I followed the STAR method and received positive feedback, but I can’t help feeling a bit guilty about it.
Here are some possible solutions to consider:
– Focus on highlighting your actual experiences and achievements, even if they seem less impressive 🌟
– Practice telling stories that may not be as flashy but are true to your experiences 📖
– Remember, honesty is always the best policy in the long run! 🚀
Have you ever faced a similar dilemma during interviews? How did you handle it? Let’s discuss! 💬 #InterviewStories #JobSeekerAdvice
Sometimes. And by “sometimes” I mean ALL TIMES. ALL THE TIMES. EVERY OF THE TIME!
Lie, cheat, embellish, fluff, provide someone else’s urine… No, officer, can’t say that I’ve done those.
I don’t particularly lie during my interviews, but I do embellish my experience and whatnot.
Such stupid questions should not exist anymore. Bad HR requires you to lie, it is almost an ethical stand to take.
The real question is do you want the job when the company doesn’t know how to manage people? 😉
I don’t lie. I’m a good interviewer. I know how to prep for questions. I’ve never had a reason to lie.
They’re not playing on an even level. Neither should you.
I don’t think there’s anything wrong about it, nor is really dishonest in practice. They’re looking to see if you answer the questions correctly and demonstrate the skill set they’re looking for. Whether the stories actually happened is irrelevant to the fact you knew the right stories to give, which is the actual skill they’re looking for because it demonstrates an understanding of the question rather than an arbitrary, but true, answer.
Out of curiosity, what did you say about a time you messed up? I had that question come up on one of my recent interviews.
The process encourages lies. If you tell the truth you are at a disadvantage
They lie to you to about work hours, job descriptions, etc. Therefore don’t feel bad.
as long as u STAR’ed the thought process is what they are looking for
I definitely fluff it up if it’s concerning disagreeing with people.
I tend to be pretty passive for the most part. The disagreements I find myself in aren’t usually what I’d consider major, so when I’m approached with the question of how to handle it, or maybe even what the specific situation was, I don’t mind bending the truth.
I lie about my employment gap. On my resume, I had that I was self employed but I’ve seen on here nightmare stories from shitty ass background check companies like HireRight trying to verify that… so I took it off and now I just say a family member had some health issues so I took time off to care for them. If they ask how I could afford to do it, I say I have rental properties. I’m pretty sure they wouldn’t ask for documentation to verify any of that…
They lie to us regularly about pay and working conditions. I have no issue lying to them, in fact I encourage it.
Behavioural questions are just begging to be lied to. You’re just doing what ‘The Market ’ set itself up for
I usually think through the questions and come up with honest answers to the best of my ability but you gotta exaggerate if you’re good with others.
However, I tried not practicing once and was just straight with them. Needless to say they only asked one STAR question and pretty sure that was that. Was something like name a conflict you have had with an employee at your current job and explain how you handled it.
I said my company is almost 100% senior level people with very clear lines of responsibility, so as long as you voice your opinions then it’s up to the one responsible what route to go and you respect that and their experience.
That was not good enough, they want conflict, they NEED conflict. So yeah, gotta find something adjacent+extreme embellishment+I was the hero.
Honestly, I doubt many care if you’re honest with your answer. I suspect they’re just trying to gauge what you think is right in a scenario of your choice.
I never lie. I’m terrible at it. I mean sure I might not tell them something but I don’t lie because I always get caught.
I think I “lie” on every one of those questions. I can’t usually remember specific instances so I basically take the sum of things that I’ve done/that have happened and form a story based on that.