Alright so I've interviewed with 2 boutique banks. During the interview I lied about my race. I'm only 1 ethnicity as my parents are from the same country, but I said one of my parents was a different race (european/whatever) to sound more... cultured? Just wanna know your thoughts lol. i'm not white btw..
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your an ididot
LMFAO@ ididot
LMFAO@ your instead of you're
HAHAHAHA! This killed me.
To the OP, what were you thinking???
Wow
I can understand lying during the application process, but during the interview?
lololol
Great way to start a career.
lmfao
HAHA!
do i got balls? im pretty racially ambiguous. this is no joke
I absolutely understand where you're coming from. One time, while at a farm (don't ask) around State College, a couple of locals starting throwing apples at me and saying "Welcome to America A-rab." I wasn't angry at the fact that they thought I was of Middle Eastern descent, I was angry at the fact that they were unable to keep their racism on the low.
roll with the punches.
I'm pretty sure they're not allowed to ask you what your race is during an interview...
THIS.
How did it even come up?
It's for a firm here in Atlanta, they didn't ask but I mentioned it as I was giving my little commercial in the beginning of the interview. Thought it sounded nice?
So... not only did you lie about your race, but you VOLUNTARILY lied independently of them putting pressure on you about it!?
...SUPER SMART!
It's okay. I generally tell people I'm kenyon to sound a bit more, well... presidential. I'm white btw.
why not, shows you got balls
fcking hilarious
Depends on how white you look, maybe you look totally asian/hispanic/nativeamerican or whatever. If you can pas for mixed then by all means go for it. Lying is an invaluable tool which you will need to utilize many times in your future, its best to perfect the art while you're still young.
Kind dumb and hilarious, but there's no way they'll ever find out. It's illegal for them to ask you about your race in an interview or perform any kind of investigation as to your heritage during a hiring process (for obvious reasons) so it's unlikely anyone will ever find out. Except now you have to remember the lie forever...
The things people do for I-banking....its hilarious but also very sad. You must be incredibly insecure about your skills/accomplishments/heritage.
Good luck though, I hope you get the job.
Dude you're a fucking idiot man
This whole thread is full of win. OP, you're an idiot, not that it's going to matter.
hahaha word. this dude is an idiot, but his idiocy has brought out nothing but win
pimp
Whenever I go to Pakistan and tell them I'm American and they look at me like there's something wrong I just want to do something nasty to them all for being stereotyping racist ethnocentrists. Like bomb them or something.
Have you considered NOT going to Pakistan?
I've done that for inconsequential internship/program applications. It's never come up during an interview though
I've contemplated using that trick in the past but ended up not doing it. I think it's entirely silly to begin with. Your race shouldn't matter, but for some reason the government says otherwise.
Regards
I hardly think that the bg check is that extensive
Its illegal to be asked your race in an interview to my knowledge just some info
im too white to ever get away with anything like this
I'm Asian, but I've got big eyes. Like Anne Hathaway big. I'm pretty sure I can get away with something like this, too, but I haven't reached that level of despair yet...
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