Do the recruiters lie?

Some of them - might lie.

I know that maybe it is not a good answer, but let’s admit that in some situations the recruiters have to lie.

Don’t blame them - the candidates also lie. But let’s see why recruiters do this:

• Recruiters don’t have the entire image of a problem
• Recruiters want too much to hire a candidate
• Recruiters  are forced (by the client, by a manager) to present only some information
• There is no training program or a Faculty to prepare enough a recruiter
• Recruitment activity is very complex and sometimes you don’t have time to cover properly all the aspects of a process

What you can do as a candidate:

• Start to be honest yourself
• Take your information from more people (eg: the technical interviewer, some peers from the company, some reviews from online, some statistics)
• Ask relevant and specific questions
• Be attentive to recruiters reactions
• Ask for a time to think about your decision

As a candidate be always strong prepared regarding your experience because this it the most powerful argument with any company. In this case, there can't be lies.

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