Recruiters spill the beans on candidates’ worst CV lies

Ever jumped out of the window to escape the porkies you’ve told on your CV catching up with you at interview?

This actually happened with one of the candidates put forward for interview by a consultant Recruiter spoke to this week. Recruiter revealed earlier this week, the English claim to be the most honest UK candidates at interview.

Seeing as this is our first week in our new home, having moved from Farringdon to Aldgate in the City of London, Recruiter took the opportunity to ask a couple of our new neighbours about the worst candidate lies they have heard at interview.

To hear what Sonia Bhambra, senior consultant at Just IT Recruitment, Simon Taylor, founder and CEO at Triple Seven Group, and Will Gornall, senior consultant at Triple Seven Group company ESG Recruitment, had to say, click on the video below:

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