Comments on: Don’t Be Too Honest?

By: Top 10 Interview Tips : Bizzia

Top 10 Interview Tips : Bizzia — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 14:48:02 +0000

[...] Be open and honest – Lying will catch up with you, whether you believe it or not. In this market, if you get caught, it will be a heavy penalty and it may take months to recover. Honesty is still the best policy! [...]

By: Drew Williams

Drew Williams — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 03:56:15 +0000

All I can say to this it is not so clear cut. More often than not you’re filling out an electronic application and if you don’t enter the correct alpha/numeric field. Do you answer the question the way the form wants you to because there is no way to answer “open” for salary expectations? Explain it away in the interview with I really meant this but there was no way to enter on application? Take it as an automatic screen out and suffer the consequences. These days computers are reading both the resume and application and if you don’t have the right buzz word they are spit out. I don’t know about you but I don’t really consider it lying if I only interact with a computer and not a human being like am I going to offend it?

By: Petrov

Petrov — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 19:54:53 +0000

it is great!

By: Join Me - Blog Talk Radio @ 9:00 AM EST

Join Me - Blog Talk Radio @ 9:00 AM EST — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 13:06:55 +0000

[...] AM EST. I will be hosting my first Blog Talk Radio Show. My main topic will be: Do You Dare to Lie? Too Honest? Lying on your resume. If you need assistance with your next interview, if you have general [...]

By: Interview Chatter Top 10

Interview Chatter Top 10 — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 03:45:57 +0000

[...] 1. Don’t Be Too Honest? [...]

By: b5media - Summer Business

b5media - Summer Business — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 03:32:41 +0000

[...] Is there such a thing as too honest? Well, some of us may think there is, but Darlene from Interview Chatter doesn’t. According to her, “There are not varying degrees. Either you are honest or you are not. Either you are telling the truth or you are not.” Find out why. [...]

By: Darlene McDaniel

Darlene McDaniel — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 00:48:36 +0000

Hey Mary Emma – Thanks for the comment! I appreciate your comment. That is all I am saying at this point, but your point about the 10% increase in sales was one of the issues I had with the article. How do you quantify the 10% increase by moving the displays. I would love to know how he “justified” that when asked about it in the interview.

By: Mary Emma Allen

Mary Emma Allen — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 00:39:53 +0000

Great article, Darlene. Too many people, in our country and our world, believe in stretching the truth to mean what they want…not what it really is. It’s great to see someone standing up for truth and honesty. When I read Penelope’s story about her brother, I’d say that the 10% increase in sales wasn’t necessarily a total result of his rearranging the displays. It might have helped, but unless it was proven by the store’s statistics, Penelope was stretching the truth in the resume.

By: Darlene McDaniel

Darlene McDaniel — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 14:44:40 +0000

Hi Gary – Thanks for sharing your comment!! I appreciate your insight. CONFIDENCE is a huge advantage walking into an interview. When you lie or “stretch the truth”, it leaves you in a more cautious posture than if you know you have been truthful and you can dialog with confidence with your prospective employer. Thanks for visiting!

By: Gary

Gary — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 14:06:50 +0000

One of the main disadvantages of stretching the truth on our resume is that we will walk into the interview on shaky gound, anxious that we may have to convince the interviewer our false claims.
On the contrary, if we have been 100% honest on the resume, we will walk into the interview with a clear conscience and genuine confidence.
And what better selling point is there, then sincere confidence?