Lies, damn lies and job interviews

"The interview lasted 1 hour. I lied once every 7 minutes."

Last night I drove 60 miles for a job interview at 7pm. They were really nice guys. A Marketing Director of a Very Big Financial Company and an agency guy.

My CV has 20 years experience, 7 employers, 1 postgraduate qualification and 3 instances of the word 'dynamic'. The interview lasted 1 hour. I lied once every 7 minutes. Sometimes I lie once every 3 minutes. That's a bad sign.

Here are some of last night's lies:

FALSE: "I don't mind working away from home; it gets me away from my 15 yo daughter."
TRUE: I resent every second that work takes me away from my wife and step-daughter.

FALSE: "Thanks for explaining the brief, it sounds really exciting."
TRUE: The brief is full of obvious generalities. Saddam Hussain will win the Nobel Peace Prize before this brief delivers value.

FALSE: "I left when I'd successfully delivered the brief" x 2
TRUE: I jumped like a rat off a burning ship.

FALSE: "Product development has been my career focus".
TRUE: My career is a random walk of necessity, whim and circumstance that's post-rationalised into a CV.

The interview went well. I found out this morning that I'm through to the final round.