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When I was getting started in my design career getting jobs was hard. I had a good portfolio but not much experience. Met another designer one day and told her my dimena. Her response: Just lie. She told me everyone does to get work. So I took that advice. Next job I got paid me 2x the previous one and soon enough I wasn't lieing anymore. You think Musk got where he is today thanks to ethics and honesty? Jobs and Gates both stole either knowledge or actual products from others. I still have friends submitting resumes with large gaps, asking for help. They send it over and I embellish the hell of it, always works.
I'm fixing up my resume right now and I don't know how to lie (I'm a student with little experience trying to land and entry job). What did you lie about?
If you have ever done something (even a bit, even just in the classroom): you are proficient in that thing. That's the lie.
"Can you do this?"
" Yup sure thing. I have experience with that. "
Be warned, they may test you. Cram to refresh if it seems relevant.