You are correct, of course, but the context of this thread is applying to a job without meeting the minimum "requirements". Arguably the lie is the "requirement

You are correct, of course, but the context of this thread is applying to a job without meeting the minimum "requirements". Arguably the lie is the "requirements". But what is a candidate to do? Skip the job, because they don't have the required qualifications? Assume the requirements aren't real? Dress up the resume with some fake barely there qualifications to fit? Different cultural backgrounds will have different responses, and very few will really be lying. The worst thing, though? The knee-jerk response to the ones that dress up the resume is often to want to add even more requirements...