Lies I told on my CVI've not had to lie on my CV (resumé for all you 'merkins) for a while, but way back when I was a teenager and C was a cool programming language, I listed it as one of my skills.
My new boss was remarkably nice about me spending my first week's employment reading a "how to program in C" book.
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chthonic, Thu 6 Jul 2006, 15:55)
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He wasn't lying......Just a bit niaeve...
Every now and then I interview new lads/lasses for jobs. Although I work in Sweden, The CV's (for our company) need to be in English...
The CV in question had passed through many hands, All Swedish, and all had approved him.
My Turn.
Two of us, one native english speaker and one very tallented in the language sat with the guy and looked through his CV. He was sat nervously as we read in silence (this is a Standard Technique)... we got to "My activities outside of work" and we both pissed ourselves laughing... loudly... looked at each other and re-doubled the laughter... gained composure, looked over at the gangly geeky looking engineer, Mentally pictured him in a latex maid's uniform... and pissed ourselves again. It was one of those moments that would have been fine, if it weren't for my like-minded friend sat next to me, laughing his guts out.
Once we'd managed to calm down, we had to explain that the phrase "I take role-playing seriously - dressing up and acting out my inner-most fantasies" might need further explanation when placed on a CV ...
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Humpty Dumpty was Pushed Is unaware of having any limits., Fri 7 Jul 2006, 11:25,
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