20 Interview Flops Where Hiring Managers Figured Out Candidates Were Lying: ‘They literally started crying when we brought out a laptop for the skills test’

Sometimes, embellishing a resume can come back to haunt you forever. Obviously, honesty is the best policy, but it can be tempting to over-exaggerate in such a competitive job market. It can be hard to stand out. Sometimes, it’s even accidental. Perhaps the way you phrased something on your resume gave the hiring recruiter the…

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‘Fine, do your job then’: HR puts a stop to employee’s office tradition of bringing in bagels from family-owned business due to ‘HR policy’

HR is infamous for its strange and often frustratingly rigid ways. Their job is to serve the company, which is fair, as that’s what they’re getting paid to do. On the other hand, they can overlook employee’s complaints in the process, or enforce petty rules that nobody really cares about. For instance, what’s wrong with…

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