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Originally Posted by FireGilbert
Hello job seekers. So I recently interviewed for a position that would have been a promotion with a competitor pretty much next door. The first and second interviews went well and I was confident I was one of the finalists for the role. Anyways I didn't end up getting a job offer with their feedback being they were very impressed with me but wanted to go with someone more experienced.
A while later I was discussing this with my old boss. He had a bit of a chuckle and said "more experienced" just means the other guy was able to BS more than you. This got my thinking, how much BSing is appropriate in an interview process? Obviously you want to sell yourself in your resume and in the interview but how much is too much?
Personally, as an engineer, I would never lie about a technical skill but am thinking there is room to stretch the truth and sell myself higher on other more vague skills like team work, project management, time management, multi-tasking, etc. Any thoughts?
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I think you're boss is giving you a bit of a stretch. I've found in recruiting that the winning applicant is fully able to sell himself a bit better then the other candidates. More experience means that he or she was a bit better at conveying that experience and how it effects their career.
In this day and age interviewers have gotten pretty good at sniffing out bs, because companies are really wary of the counterfeit candidate. The person that lies or BS's.
Interview skills are every bit as important as job skills, the ability to sell yourself or sell concepts is a hugely valuable tool. By getting to the final round or finals means that your interview skills were probably very good and your resume was probably very good, but the guy that one told a more compelling story.
Just my 2 cents.