The biggest thing I took away from BK's hiring briefs at NGPA and WAI this year was that if you lie on your app, they will find out and you will be escorted out of the building and asked to never come back. DUIs, speeding or other traffic tickets, busted checkrides, whatever. They don't care. They just want someone who's honest and willing to admit their faults.

He said WAY too many people have been gaming the system and checking every box and omitting things just to get the call, and when they do they go back and un-check it all and add in their speeding tickets or whatever else. When they select someone for an interview, they take a "snap shot" of their app so when that person comes in they compare it to what their current app looks like. If it doesn't match....well, thanks for playing.

I wanted to raise my hand and ask him what he thought that says about the current hiring process; that so many feel the need to cheat on their apps just to get a call, and when he's looking out on a room full of qualified people dressed in their interview best, but I decided against it....