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Sounds like when you leave Apple you are free to give yourself a title promotion since they wipe all that info.

I would also pass on any company that needs references to my job title because their dystopian background check through the infamous Equifax says I'm an associate, even with a software engineering background, haha that part was beyond silly.

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I'm sure a non-zero number of ex-Apple interns will try putting "Senior Software Engineer" on their resume for a $350,000 director gig at a startup.

and risk going to prison for fraud?

If lying on your resume is fraud, then we're going to need a whole lot of prison cells.

„i leveraged prior experience in ultra-scalable real-time systems at the edge with my people skills to produce X“ type of bullshit is different than „i had this very specific role at a large and known company that is only assigned to people that have demonstrated high levels of skill“, the latter is plain fraud if not true.

it‘s like saying „i have a pilot license“ if you don't

Not that I condone it, but can you please point out exactly which laws are broken when you lie on a resume?

Exactly. They aren't legally binding. An employer can fire you for lying though.

literally whatever is the statue against plain and simple fraud in your country.

it‘s like saying „hey wanna buy this iphone? its totally not a fake!“ when you know it‘s fake.

The easiest way to get 20% more at a new gig is by inflating your salary by 20% at your old gig.

Where does it say that they wipe it?

This is only for 3rd party databases.

Which are the only databases used for verification, unless you're going back to Apple.

Nope. You can get employment/former verification directly from Apple.

How about being asked to screen shoot part of employee agreement

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