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/^t/In the first case one may go as far as to say it's a necessity. Judging by the high standards of the XX-th century a job applicant is supposed to be young, self-confident, well-educated and have the command of several languages. Apart from that he/she should have the experience in the required field. To meet all these expectations one stretches the truth. Because you fight tooth and nail to get the post your bluff is explicable. Lying to an insurance company, is a common practice. The company predicts the falsehood therefore embraces itself against it by exagerrating the requirements. We have to exagerrate the losses to get the money. Lying is justified as a counterattack to avoid being a looser.