Never claim to have won a Nobel Prize if you haven’t actually won a Nobel Prize.
Most employers are well aware of the fact that applicants are bound to embellish their CVs a little when applying for a job.
Embellishment is one thing, blatant lying is another and you should get a kick out some of the most ridiculous things ever found on a CV in a survey by the Careerbuilder website.
Some of the items listed below were (terrible) mistakes, while some of the claims from some job applicants were so ridiculous that it’s clear they graduated from the Step Brothers school of job interviews.
Enjoy.
- Applicant claimed to be a former CEO of the company to which they were applying.
- Applicant claimed to be fluent in two languages – one of which was pig Latin.
- Applicant wrote “whorehouse” instead of “warehouse” when listing work history.
- Applicant’s personal website linked to a porn site.
- Applicant introduced himself [in the cover letter] by saying “Hey you.”
- Applicant vying for a customer service position gave “didn’t like dealing with angry customers” as the reason for leaving her last job.
- User name of applicant’s email address was “2poopy4mypants.”
- Applicant claimed to be a Nobel Prize winner.
- Applicant claimed to have worked in a jail when they were really in there serving time.
- Applicant who claimed to be HVAC certified later asked the hiring manager what “HVAC” meant.
- Applicant said to have gotten fired “on accident.”
- Applicant claimed to have attended a college that didn’t exist.
- Applicant for a driver position claimed to have 10 years of experience but had only had a driver’s license for four years.
- Applicant listed as a reference an employer from whom they had embezzled money and had an arrest warrant out for the applicant.
- Applicant’s stated job history had him in three different companies and three different cities simultaneously.
Hat-tip to i100
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