Recruitment: Common Lies by Employees

When you recruit people, the main goal of your organization is to select best employee. The main disadvantage is that you cannot read minds, you have to depend upon the resumes, degrees and on the information provided by the candidate in the interview process. Half candidates lie during their interview. It may affect the productivity and revenues of your organization. In worst scenario, you may need to pay penalties.

Here we discuss some common lies told by candidates during interview.  

1.”I got X Grade at Y University”

In this field, a candidate can deceive you easily. It is rare that a company check the background of documents. They can represent fake degree during interview. It may result in the selection of the unqualified candidates.

2.”I am employed from past X Years”

 There may be some time gap between two employments but candidates feel that it may hurt their chances of getting good job. So, they extends dates to cover gap. In this case, you can talk politely and ask reasons in any.

3.“I made X improvements at my last job”

Employees generally say they made accomplishments at last job like increase in turnover, efficiency. It is difficult to cross check these arguments. So, you can ask candidates the ways of bringing these accomplishments and how they would go making these improvements in your company.

4.”I was team leader at last company”

Candidates generally lie regarding this point to gain hike in salary and better post. You can cross check it just by calling last employer. You can also ask questions about leadership skills and ask him solutions by putting him under some circumstances.

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