By unemployedliar - 23/05/2017 02:09 - United States - Aurora

Today, I applied for a job and got called in for an interview. I lied on my resume stating that I speak Japanese fluently. Turns out, my potential employer is half-Japanese and wants to conduct the interview entirely in Japanese. FML
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jmk10 1

Op here, wow I didn't know this would actually get published. Yeah I know I shouldn't have lied but I should probably mention that I do know some Japanese (more conversational than fluent, probably enough to be able to assist a customer). I figured it would be okay. Lesson learned. As you can probably figure out, I didn't get the job though.

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draghkar 18

This happened to a friend of mine who's parents are Korean. When she got to the interview the interviewer talked and talked and she just replied "neh, neh". She got the job. As an interpreter. She got better.

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heyLaddieHey 18

That's some B-rated-sitcom shit right there. I'm a little zonked on pain meds and thought I was watching an Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt episode...

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Talis99 26

One of the most obviously stupid things not to do. I can't imagine how you didn't think this would come up. Maybe this will teach you a lesson.

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Eeta Lone 9

I usually have four languages in my resume, including Russian and Arabic apart from English. I search for the company and interviewer online and particularly on LinkedIn. where you can see their qualifications. so my last interviewer studied in Russia but was originally from Lebanon. I practiced interview questions in Arabic. interestingly she took interview in Russian but it was no surprise to me since I knew. For anyone appearing in interview, know your interviewer more than just a name.

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mattyiscool123 26

Why does it matter if you speak Japanese?

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InfiniteSecret 20

You 100000% deserve it. There should be a follow up about how you handled that situation

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