Asklemmy

Its a fine line of being authentic but also managing other people's attitudes, and also ensuring other peoples assumptions don't become their reality.

My wife was superskilled at deflecting at work. Shed be 10 years at a place and the staff knew nothing about her besides her age and that she had kids. It did cause some coworkers to form a clique and try to cause trouble, because for some reason people like being nosy.

I am very honest to the point that some people don't like my answers, so there sometimes has to be some manipulation of the answer so things stay pleasant.

As for perception: I worked at a place where I would show up before shift to get settled grab a coffee etc, and sometimes leave after shift was done while checking out production on my way out. This meant my punch in and out times didn't match my entered hours per project.
Our office staff didn't know how to reconcile it so in their software just typed my punch in and out exactly at shift start/end. At some point somebody made a report of who was on time or late etc. My name came up as not being prepared, since my punch in times looked like I'm entering the building at shift start. Had I increased my project billing hours, or been less prepared for work, I would have had a better perceived job outlook. LOL

As for actual lying, with HR and AI HR hiring, its about getting in front of a person so they can actually find out your skills. A little sweetening to get to the person that actually understands what you do is fine, otherwise their systems knockout the best candidates.

When we hire, its not about if the person knows the software or job requirements, its have they shown they can learn, do they have transferable skills. Though we did have one guy flatout lie about his background, then he spent a few weeks on Instagram instead of working.