i wouldn't lie, but rather i try to balance it towards what the company says they need. it's not an exact science, because companies sometimes have no idea what

i wouldn't lie, but rather i try to balance it towards what the company says they need. it's not an exact science, because companies sometimes have no idea what they need and or have misleading posts about what they are looking for. (ie: we want a senior developer, oh you don't know how to run .net api from aws lambda which posts to mailgun which emails my mom and then she forwards the message to pete who then prints it and runs it over to gloria who then scans it and emails it back to the me so that i can print it out and recycle it) it's a crap shoot at best, but truth is your biggest weapon as you can bank on being comfortable when you talk about what you know. you can always tailor in the cover letter if you want to high light silly "requirements" such as "gmail" or "outlook".