The fake it till you make it trick actually landed me a job in Austin

I was bombing interviews left and right because I'd freeze up when they asked about tools I'd only read about. So I spent 2 weekends watching YouTube walkthroughs of Salesforce and SQL stuff and took notes like crazy. During the interview I just said 'yeah I've worked with those' and talked through the steps like I'd done it a hundred times. They bought it and I got the offer, now I'm actually learning it for real. Has anyone else faked their way through a job and pulled it off?

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jordanl8224d ago

Good for you for taking that leap. It takes a LOT of guts to walk into a room and sell yourself like that, especially when you're scared. I've been there where you just have to grab an opportunity with both hands and figure it out as you go. It's not like you lied about knowing nothing, you just framed your experience in the best possible light. Seriously, I'm rooting for you to crush it down there in Austin.

joseph93224d ago

Does anyone else think that playing up your ignorance a bit actually works in your favor sometimes? Like, @jordanl82, you got hired because you were honest about what you didn't know but showed you were willing to learn. I've seen new hires get fired for acting like they already knew everything, then they just made a mess of things. Being upfront about your gaps lets them put you on the right stuff and train you up from scratch. Plus, people remember the guy who asked the dumb questions and got better, not the guy who pretended and got caught.