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From: masticol@topaz.rutgers.edu (Steve Masticola)
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Subject: Re: Lieing to get a job
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Date: Thu, 27-Aug-87 10:17:41 EDT
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In article <1839@tekig5.TEK.COM> chrisa@tekig5.TEK.COM (Chris Andersen/Omega) writes:

>  Q: What would be your ideal job?
> 
>  A: Describe the job you are interviewing for, even if you know that it
>     isn't ideal.  If you don't really want to work there, you can always
>     turn down the offer.
> 
> I don't know about you but I would call this lieing.

I'd also call it a bad policy: it might turn out that the company has
a more suitable job available than the one you're interviewing for.
This happened to me in one case.

Another type of lying to get a job (also heard on an NPR essay about a
year back) is asking someone to falsify references. Specifically, the
person in question was looking for a job as an editor, and asked the
essayist to write her a recommendation saying (falsely) that she had
worked with him in the past. He refused to do this; she didn't get the
job.

Personally, I think honesty is the best policy, though it may at times
be a luxury. If you're not starving, tell the truth.

- Steve