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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2 lies on 1 CV (2-for-1)Before that security license thing came into force, I applied for some great job in security which paid big time, so I really wanted to get it.
At that time I had a mate who worked at his Dad's security firm (the Dad actually owned it) that have previously been hired by celebrities and famous people for personal protection.
Basically I persuaded my mate to allow me to say that I'd previously worked for this security firm so I put it on my CV.
Not only that, I added that I'd previously worked for MI5 too.
At the interview, they were very impressed with my CV and the question came up about my MI5 job. My answer to the first question was "I cannot go into detail about this job under any circumstances", then my answer to the second question, "Again, I cannot go into detail about this" and you get the idea. I also mentioned that due to strict security reason, they couldn't contact MI5 themselves to get a reference and that I'd have to do it for them.
A week later I got offered the job and took it.
:-)
(, Sat 8 Jul 2006, 23:50, Reply)
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