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When you're sitting there in an interview with a potential employer -- we'll call him Bob -- Bob is hoping you've got what he wants. He doesn't like this whole process any more than you do, and the sooner he finds the right person, the better. Bob also wants to believe everything you tell him because most of us believe that people will not lie to us. COLUMN: Time to 'fess up on resume fibs MORE: Andrea Kay's column index "In our society we operate with the belief that people are innocent until proven guilty," say Philip Houston, Michael Floyd and Susan Carnicero, authors of Spy The Lie. Plus, "most of us feel uncomfortable sitting in judgment of anyone else." But the truth is that people lie. They lie a lot, the authors say, pointing to behavioral research that suggests people lie at least 10 times in a 24-hour period. They do it because it's in their best interests. And they are more likely to lie if they believe they can get away with it. Lying to be competitive in the...