{"id":609,"date":"2015-07-22T12:37:57","date_gmt":"2015-07-22T12:37:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cn7w3i4565-staging.onrocket.site\/?p=609"},"modified":"2017-06-28T13:14:19","modified_gmt":"2017-06-28T13:14:19","slug":"the-worst-lies-people-tell-in-interviews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/the-worst-lies-people-tell-in-interviews\/","title":{"rendered":"The Worst Lies People Tell in Interviews"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Everyone is guilty of stretching the truth in job interviews. Especially if you REALLY want the job, you&#8217;re in the hot seat, and you find yourself exaggerating or flat-out lying to convince the hiring manager your the one for the job. It is an easy trap to fall into, but it is not the best strategy. Interviews were not born yesterday and they can smell a lie from a mile off. They have seen and heard them all. Here at Adzuna HQ in South Africa we have compiled a list of the worst lies people tell in interviews. Avoid them at all costs.<\/p>\n<h2>1. I work well with everyone. Everyone loves me<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/giphy-7.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-611 aligncenter\" alt=\"Interview lies to avoid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/giphy-7.gif\" width=\"500\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>2. I quit my last job, I wasn&#8217;t sacked<\/h2>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Interview-lies-to-avoid8.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-625\" alt=\"Interview lies to avoid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Interview-lies-to-avoid8.gif\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a><\/h2>\n<h2>3. I love a 2 hour commute. It gives me time to myself<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Interview-lies-to-avoid7.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-624\" alt=\"Interview lies to avoid commuting\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Interview-lies-to-avoid7.gif\" width=\"500\" height=\"325\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>4. Yes I have definitely researched your company<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Interview-lies-to-avoid.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-615\" alt=\"Interview lies to avoid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Interview-lies-to-avoid.gif\" width=\"250\" height=\"275\" \/><\/a><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>5. I am a great team-leader. I love working with people.<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Interview-lies-to-avoid2.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-616\" alt=\"Interview lies to avoid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Interview-lies-to-avoid2.gif\" width=\"500\" height=\"230\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>6. There is no point contacting my last boss, he loved me!<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Interview-lies-to-avoid3.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-618\" alt=\"Interview lies to avoid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Interview-lies-to-avoid3.gif\" width=\"500\" height=\"264\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>7. Relocation!? Yes please<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Interview-lies-to-avoid4.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-619\" alt=\"Interview lies to avoid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Interview-lies-to-avoid4.gif\" width=\"500\" height=\"243\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>8. I don&#8217;t test well, ignore my school grades<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Interview-lies-to-avoid5.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-620\" alt=\"Interview lies to avoid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Interview-lies-to-avoid5.gif\" width=\"480\" height=\"234\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>9. How would former colleagues describe you? Captain fabulous!<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Interview-fails.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-621\" alt=\"Interview lies to avoid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Interview-fails.gif\" width=\"540\" height=\"304\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>10. Disruptive? Never! I hate office gossip<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/giphy.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-622\" alt=\"Interview lies to avoid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/giphy.gif\" width=\"500\" height=\"267\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>11. You can smell smoke on me? My dog is trying to quit.<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Interview-lies-to-avoid6.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-623\" alt=\"Interview lies to avoid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Interview-lies-to-avoid6.gif\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The best thing to do in interviews is to present the best version of you. Don&#8217;t tell lies.<\/p>\n<p>Happy job hunting!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Everyone is guilty of stretching the truth in job interviews. Especially if you REALLY want the job, you&#8217;re in the hot seat, and you find yourself exaggerating or flat-out lying to convince the hiring manager your the one for the job. It is an easy trap to fall into, but it is not the best<a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/the-worst-lies-people-tell-in-interviews\/\"> Continued \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[127,79,51],"tags":[211,214,212,213,77],"class_list":["post-609","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fun","category-job-interview","category-personal-brand","tag-funny","tag-gif","tag-interview-fails","tag-interview-lies","tag-job-hunting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/609","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=609"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/609\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}