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One time, I sent in a question to a panel of anonymous recruiters asking if they could tell that a quantitative number in someone's resume bullet points was bullshit, and if they even cared.

The only responses I got out of that were "generally we can tell if you're embellishing, and the hiring manager can probably tell, so don't lie!" without much further deliberation.

I was hoping that the anonymity would grant them the ability to say the quiet part out loud, but I guess I shouldn't have expected much.



Yeah that seems pretty accurate. It's probably something like:

Realistic: Redeveloping the login page for the site increased return users by 30%

Unrealistic: Reveloping the login page for the site increased return users by 300%




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