What is the best lie to tell in an interview: advice from a career expert

Manchester-based careers expert Isobel Panton recommends lying in interviews or you won't get the job. New York Post tells you what you should lie about during an interview.

Dismissal from previous job

Pantone recommends lying about the reason for leaving your previous job.

"Even if it's a good reason, if it's negative, I don't want to hear it," Panton said in video on TikTok, which has garnered 2 million views. – Stay positive, stay professional, stay progressive.”

Instead, she suggests saying something like, “I want to leave my current company because I feel like I’ve exhausted all my opportunities to grow there.”

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She recommends emphasize, why you want to get a position in a promising company. You can refer to its “dynamic” qualities, as well as opportunities for promotion and career growth.

Inflating one's price

Career coach advises to 'always lie about how much interviews you pass and how many job offers you receive."

"Even if it's your dream job, don't say this is your only interview. It will make you seem desperate," she explained.

"And if a potential employer thinks you have a lot of options, they'll take you more seriously. And then you'll have a better chance of getting the offer you want," Panton said.

Planning long trips

Panton says you should keep your travel plans to yourself. For example, don't let slip your plans to "go on a year-long trip to Thailand."

"When job seekers admit to planning a trip next year, they are signaling to employers that they want a job that will pay for that trip," she explained.

Building your own business

Finally, the career development specialist advised against disclosing the goals of creating “your own empire.”

"I'm a huge proponent of side hustles - I love them. But don't get me wrong: If you come into an interview and tell me that this money is seed money for your own business, I'm going to assume that you're working on your other side hustles during your working hours," she continued.

This tells her that the applicant has other motives for working for her company.

Pantone's advice opened the eyes of job seekers to the realities of corporate work, with some claiming that "interviews are about who lies better."

"It's actually a bit sad," one user lamented.

“But why is it so necessary to lie?” asked another.

"The corporation is just a bunch of people lying to each other. I hate everyone for it," another commented.

“Basically, you have to pretend that you don’t need a job for the money, even though that’s the main reason people work at all,” his like-minded person shared his opinion.

"It's a game and you have to play it!" concluded one viewer.

"So I'm not cut out for career climbing because I'm a bad liar," someone in the group joked.

"Everything here illustrates the most annoying aspects of the company's culture and hiring practices," grumbled one disgruntled user.

But Panton urged TikTok users not to kill the speaker.

"Hey, I don't make the rules," she emphasized.