I don't think the OP says people invent fictitious companies, but I see fiction and embellishment in a lot of CVs.. One guy that worked in the backroom sorting

I don't think the OP says people invent fictitious companies, but I see fiction and embellishment in a lot of CVs.. One guy that worked in the backroom sorting correspondence in the company I work for claimed he was "Manager" on his LinkedIn profile. And all the programmers I work with claim they "led" the projects they were in. I've yet to see somebody invent a company, but many cite their own freelance "companies" and their roles as CEOs. I do agree that there shouldn't be a free pass to proceeding straight to black.