Can you lie about your CPA progress when you interview for other jobs? “I’ve passed 1 exam” when you haven’t?

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You can lie about anything in an interview but you’ll be screwed if they ask for proof! You just have to weigh whether or not it’s worth it

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Why lie about that

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Can you? Sure. Should you? Well...

What exactly is the point of this? Can't you just say you're eligible and studying for it? Why lie and say you've passed 1 part?

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Lying about passing 1 exam won’t help you. Nobody cares unless you’ve passed all 4.

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Dumb question. Why would you lie about something like this. People stretch experience sometimes and that’s easy to figure out with 2 or 3 good questions but blatant lying will get you fired. Just like expense fraud is the easiest way to get fired.

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Sure

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No one would even care about that haha, but i say go ahead and lie if that's the approach you want to take. You'll hopefully learn you lesson sooner than later... Because later it'll really bite you in the ass if you keep it up, as you deserve

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Lol they won’t ask for proof but if you wanna say you passed one just go pass one.

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This is not what I’ve done btw so don’t lie on your interviews

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Glad we've got that message across to you!

if you lie, you always have to remember the lie you've told. and things get built on top of that

That’s why you jot it down somewhere handy lol

Thanks y’all hahahaha I’m never mentioning my tests ever again

Mentioning your tests isn't a problem. Lying about them is

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What if they ask for proof?

No. You can’t

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