Lying on Your Resume
Is it a good idea to lie about some skills or projects in your resume? Anyone who lied during their interview about their skills/expertise/projects and got away with it?
How about some "puffery"; perhaps spotlighting your contributions a little too bright?
"Fixed a couple of hundred defects before delivery" changes to "architected and main technical lead" for a project.
If you just say "it was a team effort, I contributed to the best of my ability and we were very successful" no one will even give you an interview.
No.
I'd go further than that and say it's never a good idea to lie about anything in any situation.
I've never lied on my résumé, and I don't think this is something advisable. However, it may be wise to embellish reality.
Straight lying is tough sometimes
Reality often dictates that you must lie
Think of a politician that does not lie
They know we hate truth tellers
Ditto hiring managers