- Noah Reedyson, 21, told the Daily Mail that he never even graduated college
- He claimed he got a senior position that pays $150,000 per year
- He said he lied about everything on his resume and made up his references
A man who never even graduated college has claimed he got a six-figure senior position by lying about everything on his resume and putting made-up companies as references.
Noah Reedyson, 21, from New York, explained exclusively to the Daily Mail that he decided to fib on his resume out of ‘desperation.’
He said living in Manhattan is ‘expensive,’ and he was struggling to ‘make ends meet’ while working a ‘normal job.’
He set out to find a higher-paying gig but knew he wouldn’t get hired with his real experience… So he made stuff up.
‘Besides my name and address, I lied about everything [on my resume],’ he confessed.
‘I would make up fake names of companies I worked for and I [said] I have a college degree which I don’t.’
Noah explained that when he’d apply for a job, he would watch ‘YouTube day in the life videos’ of people who worked that job so he could ‘learn the right buzzwords to say’ during the interview.
‘I just said everything with enough confidence that they believed me. I just treat it like a game,’ he continued.
A man who never even graduated college has claimed he got a six-figure senior position by lying about everything on his resume and putting made-up companies as references
‘The biggest lies [I’ve said during interviews] is that I am an NCAA champion and that I played saxophone for Shania Twain. Nobody ever questioned it.’
He insisted that he ‘never felt worried about getting caught’ because he has nothing to lose.
And once he started lying, he loved the feeling it gave him.
‘Once I started lying I found that I really liked the way it made me feel.’ admitted the 21-year-old. ‘Like I had some type of power over my own life.
‘I was never worried about getting caught. What are they gonna do? Fire me from a job I don’t have?
‘To quote Marcus Aurelius – “What are you afraid of losing when nothing in this world belongs to you?”‘
Noah recently went viral on TikTok after he posted a video confessing to his lies and urging others to do the same.
He explained in the clip, which was viewed over 55,000 times, ‘I’ve been job searching lately and I’ll be honest it’s going pretty well because not one word on my resume is true.
Noah Reedyson, 21, from New York, revealed to the Daily Mail that he was recently hired as a senior director at a mid market company, where he now earns $150,000 a year
‘It’s literally all f**king made up. You would not believe the insane lies and I’m killing these interviews.
‘I Googled a few terms and I just throw them out there. [During one interview] I was like, “I exceeded OTEs [on-target expectations] by 25 percent, retaining customer growth.” And they were very impressed.
‘[During another] I said I worked as a sales representative at Prime Seven real estate. One guy took one look at my resume and he goes, “Prime Seven is a really good company.”
‘I made it up. It’s not even real, that’s how stupid these people are.’
Noah revealed to the Daily Mail that he was recently hired as a senior director at a mid market company, where he now earns $150,000 a year.
But he admitted that he ‘struggles’ at work because he has no real prior experience.
‘Yeah I struggle with all of it right now but every job you [get you have to] learn how to perform [and it takes] a few months,’ he said.
‘I would feel unqualified if the current job market rewarded actual skill.’
In the end, he said he’s going with the flow and has no regrets – and he’s just happy to be earning a high salary.
‘I mean how many jobs have you worked with complete idiots and wondered how they got that job? I’m just one of them,’ he joked.