19 Funny Times People Lied on Their Resume and Got the Job

In most cases, fibbing on your resume is totally fine. In this day and age especially, you likely can watch enough YouTube tutorials to get you through whatever it is you allege to know, and none of the higher-ups will ever catch wind of your gap in knowledge. These Redditors can attest to that fact, as they’ve shared numerous tales spanning generations where lying to get a job worked out perfectly. 

So if you need a little push to apply for that position you’re not qualified for, just channel the energy of the Redditor’s grandfather who said he was a nuclear specialist. If he can lie, so can you. Godspeed!