To Tell Or Not To Tell?

on Monday, August 14, 2006

Just arrived in Singapore. Had a pleasant enough trip; sat next to an elderly lady who was rather chatty but nice, am proud to say that my command of Cantonese has improved somewhat . ;)

I'm quite excited at the moment. Sent in a job application email yesterday and this morning a lady called to arrange for an interview. It's been awhile since I'm this excited about a job interview --- guess it's a combination of the job scope (brand consulting, yippee) and my having been jobless for so long (nearing 2 months now).

There's only 1 thing bothering me: I'm not sure how honest I should be in the interview. I had deliberately left out my latest job and company from my resume (given my very short tenure of 2 months only) therefore, as far as the interviewer is concerned, I am still under the employment of my previous company. I suppose I'll be upfront and say that I left my previous company at the end of February and joined the latest company in April but left in June due to a "company-person mismatch". This is where it gets tricky: the interviewer is bound to ask for more details. Do I say it is entirely the company's fault? Because it is! Do I say that I was tricked on more than one account?? Because I was!! Do I say that my boss is a manipulative, scheming woman who played psychological games on me??? Because she is and she did!!!

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Or do I just say that I was not the right person given the job requirements and expectations?

Sigh.

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