How hard do you guys lie during interviews? I have the motto “if I worked on it, then I actually architected, managed, led, and maybe even sold it”

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I don’t lie, but I will modestly exaggerate.

Reality: supported excel model development and helped edit slides

During interview: I was the CEO’s right hand man and advisor on key strategic initiatives

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@C2 I busted out laughing. You won in my book today.

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10 min weekly exercise to update a forecast spreadsheet and email it out to the same group of people each Friday:

“I managed the sales pipeline for the practice leader, presenting analysis of key pursuits, forecasted revenues and staffing requirements to senior leadership”

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that's it. no more lobster on reserve weekends for you EY3

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I don’t lie in interviews. I’m the man. If they don’t see that then I don’t want to work for them.

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I’m not killing it in real life. Just job interviews and fishbowl jokes

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You only architected, managed, led and sold it? I also lead the implementation, follow on work and enhancements which will occur in phase 2. If phase two is slated to happen after I leave, as long as I don’t see it canceled I’ll assume my project led to the phase 2 stuff.

Expected Incremental revenue is my second favorite phrase, followed by discovered and engineered

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D6, like a b0ss!

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Boom

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Accenture mds be like

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This shit will catch up with you. Smart, savvy hiring managers will see through your bullshit. Overselling yourself is a great way to end up working at an inept company incapable of hiring good talent surrounded by other bozos who bamboozled their way past the interview process (like Accenture)

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Bcg1 I got a manager exit so I’m not writing code. My coworker got a senior architect position. Both of us are average performers. I’m not going to fang though. I’m going to a prop trading firm with very competitive pay in nyc

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I don’t have to lie because I actually do all of those things

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EY - no brownies for lying in FB too. We know your game

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you have to lie to your client atleast 10 times a day, why not start with the interview. and if you are getting interviewed by the Partner, no shame in lying to the biggest liar.. same for HR interview.. same for recruiter.

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Shit escalated quickly

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“dOnT lIe To HiRiNg MaNaGeRs ThEy ArE sMaRt AnD wIlL fIgUrE iT oUt”

I call bullshit. Most of the time the recruiters have no idea what the work they’re hiring for. I’ve literally had dozens of interviews where the HR screen couldn’t give me any more details on the position than what was posted. And Jesus H Christ, this is consulting. Literally everything we do is based on overselling our achievements and underplaying our weaknesses. We’re all phonies.

Not to mention most of us spend 99% of our time wordsmithing and formatting PowerPoint slides, so stop acting like we actually have any real technical experience.

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Unfortunately this is true. I’ve had recruiters call me just to fucking network. They don’t even have jobs available. Such a waste of time

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All internal work is also client work. I list the industry on resume as whatever it needs to be. The way I see it, since my firm serves all industries I am working for all industries when I do internal work for the firm.

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Same

I just say I “collaborated” a lot. So what if my collaboration contribution was one email.

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i thought this was normal?

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Lying is the worst thing you can do during an interview. Be confident in your own values

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telling that your response had no reactions

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Lie as much as a partner would in client meetings. That's my rule of thumb

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That’s actually worse than me if that translates to accenture mds.

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OP is the best 😂

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Thanks I try 💁🏻‍♂️

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I exaggerate sometimes but I'm lucky enough to not have to lie. But if you do lie just make sure you can back it up

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Jesus I thought I didn’t but after this thread who knows

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I think it’s on par with big 4. Some groups are better than others.

I’m delivering a $40m project right now fam. It’s all on me.

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Whoa OP. The Harare office must be killing it!

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How do you think I got into D?

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Lol never gets old

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This reminds me my current project: working on some items with the director of tax of a global leading firm (current client) and the guy is even afraid of touching the financial model some others have prepared for him - guy makes easily more than 300K total comp

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He prob got there somehow ..unless youre saying he does nothing

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