How to fake in an interview and succeed?

Nish Nishant

Sreenath Madyastha wrote:

I never succeeded in faking myself in an interview neither in my resume ? But some do and succeed !! What makes them to tick ? Is that a talent by birth ?

One of the most frequently asked questions in interviews in India for fresh candidates (just out of college) is : "Will you stay with us for long, if we select you? Or do you think you'd want to jump into a bigger company?" 100% of the candidates answer : "Yes, I'd stay with you for a long time. I want to get the experience of working in a small company" 99% (approximate) of these people jump jobs 3-6 months after they are hired :-)

Regards, Nish

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Rama Krishna Vavilala

What matters is whether you are happy or whether you will be happy doing all those tricks. I personally can not.

Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place. Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are, by definition, not smart enough to debug it. -Brian Kernighan

Nish Nishant

What exactly do you mean by faking? To answer, "I am totally a team-person" to "Do you enjoy working in a team?" may not be a 100% honest answer for a lot of people - but they still have to say that. You can't say, "I hate working with other people" and expect to get a job. Another such example is to answer, "I love working for small companies" when asked "Will you stay with us long time, or will you jump to a bigger company?", and to jump at the first opportunity you get. Both the above cases are instances faking (or saying lies), but that's how it is. Of course, it'd be totally wrong (and dumb) to claim to have 7 years of COM experience, if the first time you heard the term was last week.

Regards, Nish

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Red Stateler

Sreenath Madyastha wrote:

What makes them to tick ? Is that a talent by birth ?

Magic tricks. Just makes coins disappear and reappear and your interviewers will be so astonished by the distraction, that they won't be able to prove you're a fraud.

"You act like jew." -Score: 1.0 (3 votes).

_AK_

But despite that company believes them. :)

Best Regards, Apurva Kaushal

_AK_

May be for the time being they get the success for in the late run they suffer, because if you put some fake experience then obviously its lot harder to prove it later on. :)

Best Regards, Apurva Kaushal

Nish Nishant

Apurva Kaushal wrote:

But despite that company believes them.

Interesting that the post got posted - I got an error, and I had to re-type another reply :-)

Regards, Nish

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Stuart van Weele

Why are you even trying? Just learn the material and get your skills up. Even if you fake it through an interview, prepare to be canned in the next 3- 6 months.

_AK_

Nishant Sivakumar wrote:

Interesting that the post got posted - I got an error, and I had to re-type another reply

:-D

Best Regards, Apurva Kaushal

_AK_

And that in turn lot tougher than faking.. :)

Best Regards, Apurva Kaushal

darkelv

It's a lot easier in the long run. :)

Sreenath Madyastha

OK!! Many company I have seen will do the interview for a, b and c skills. When their actual requirement is for d skill.

Jun Du

You never succeeded in faking or never faked...mind the difference. ;P

Best, Jun

_AK_

Sreenath Madyastha wrote:

interview for a, b and c skills. When their actual requirement is for d skill.

:^) I don't think it is a normal process.

Best Regards, Apurva Kaushal

darkelv

Then you have to convince them you are able to pick up a or b in a short time, and have sufficient skill in d. A lot of the time, the company don't expect a candidate to be expert in all the items they listed in the JD.

led mike

Sreenath Madyastha wrote:

I never succeeded in faking myself in an interview

why would you want to fake yourself in an interview? :confused:

led mike

Paul Watson

True. Though a little bit of a different situation they asked me that in the interview for my current job and I said I wanted to spin out with the project, not stay with the incubating company. They liked that. Also, being on an annual work permit means it is even likilier I won't be sticking with them. They don't mind though what with being a research firm. People come and go here a lot, not out of disatisfaction but just the way the firm is.

regards, Paul Watson Ireland FeedHenry needs you

Shog9 wrote:

eh, stop bugging me about it, give it a couple of days, see what happens.

darkelv

Because of competition. If 200 candidates send in the resume, 100 of them claimed they know everything in the JD (and in fact they don't), and the company doesn't really care as long as someone get hired, he'll be in disadvantage. That's life.

_AK_

And also to get some better package than what they actually deserve. :)

Best Regards, Apurva Kaushal

Anand Vivek Srivastava

Nishant Sivakumar wrote:

"Will you stay with us for long, if we select you? Or do you think you'd want to jump into a bigger company?" 100% of the candidates answer : "Yes, I'd stay with you for a long time. I want to get the experience of working in a small company"

I got that question in my interview, I did not say yes; rather told them that I am out to work, will work with you as long as I am satisfied. I did get the job. (I am a fresh candidate, right out of college)