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Actually I don't think you should lie. So on a direct question, I would rather say "I think so" than "I don't think so", but leaving a small room for doubt. I
by mongol 5y ago
Actually I don't think you should lie. So on a direct question, I would rather say "I think so" than "I don't think so", but leaving a small room for doubt. I don't think it is good in general to have a mental list of "acceptable lies", it kind of corrupts the mind. There are situations where lies may be neccessary, but this circumstance is not important enough to involve lies.
- vanusa 5y agoI would rather say "I think so" than "I don't think so", but leaving a small room for doubt. But that is lying, of course. You're basically saying "no, I haven't seen it" -- just with a bit of a spin on it, for the sake of plausible deniability. Not that's the wrong thing to do here - I agree that that's exactly what you should do (if your main goal is to get the job and grab the money). And in fact that's exactly what these companies expect you to do.