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The original comment is suggesting that you outright lie on your resume. Then galleywest200 suggested that if you just do some studying it's okay to represent that as actual working experience, which is also lying.

I don't understand why people think it's okay to outright lie on your resume.

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Well if you're going to be like that, then in the interview, answer all questions utterly and completely honestly. No lies of ommission or "spinning" answers to give the best first impression of yourself. So because of you now, if in an interview, someone asks me about my last boss, I'll say "he is an ignorant cunt that couldn't find his ass with both hands." Then they will say, "Wait...but you were self-employed and worked for yourself!" And I'll say, "Yes, I would not hire me under any circumstances whatsoever." I'll never get a job and starve to death, but hey, at least I'll be honest.

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