I was reading an article that was titled something like "Do's and Dont's for job interviews" There are also other do's and dont's articles in the world wide web.

In the "Do's and Dont's for job interviews" one of the dont's is exaggerating your qualifications, the reason being that the interviewer will not hire you.

I am concerned about this focus on rules. This is because following rules does not help a person become a better human being. What is a "better" human being? To know what it means to be a "better" human being means is to know the purpose of a human being. A good human being has good character, displays good virtues.

I am already concerned by the rationale for not exaggerating your qualifications. Is it all just about getting the job or not? Life is not just about getting what we want. If that is our main concern, then we are displaying selfishness and this obsession with following rules feeds this selfishness. There is a God out there who calls us to become people who display good virtues.

To refrain from embellishing our qualifications is to develop the virtue of honesty. That should be even more important for a person than getting the job. Developing virtue should be an end in itself and not a means to an end. On the other side of the coin, bad habits (embellishing qualifications) make it hard to develop the virtue of honesty.   

Why should we care about virtue? One reason is that it helps us be at peace with other people. An honest person do not have to hide his intentions and do not have to be afraid of being discovered. More importantly though, we must care about virtue because there is a God who calls us to virtue. He calls us to virtue because he is virtuous. God calls us to humility because he is a humble God. He was not ashamed to come down to earth and wash the apostles' feet. May we grow in manifesting humility and other virtues, thereby becoming more like God.