or “I’m a perfectionist!")

is something you’ll hear often from career coaches.

The truth is, just stop.

Every interviewer everywhere has heard it before, and would rather you just be honest.

This is one of those job hunting tips that’s often repeated.

But so have most interviewers, and at this point, those answers sound cliche and disingenuous.

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