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at least he was honest -- i hope mongo was a core requirement and that it wasn't just the lie (aka the application optimization) itself ;)

• isoskeles 8y ago
  Hah, no we didn't use Mongo at all. It was just the lie.
  • pmiller2 8y ago
    I can understand why you’d reject someone for that, but I have to wonder: would you have seen the resume at all without the keyword stuffing, and had you seen it, sans said keywords, would you have interviewed them anyway?
    • EpicEng 8y ago
      And even if his answer is yes, the applicant had no way of knowing.
      • isoskeles 8y ago
        I get around this sort of thing by not lying.
        • EpicEng 8y ago
          Well I don't either, but I've also been rejected out of hand by non-technical people for lacking keywords.
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  • EpicEng 8y ago
    Well it's lose lose for applicants then. We get shuffled aside by non-technical HR reps and automated processes for lacking specific keywords that often aren't even relevant, and then we also get rejected for playing the game. I would have continued the interview.