[retentionissue]

I think there's absolutely nothing wrong with it at all.

If someone is going to just throw away tons of potential candidates for the role because you're lazy and want AI to do your job for you, I think the candidate who did this should be rewarded for outsmarting your laziness.

OP is prime example of why you shouldn't let AI recruit for you.

[JohnFen]

OP wasn't using AI.

Personally, I think it shows an amount of dishonesty on the part of the applicant that I would absolutely take into account.

[retentionissue]

That's what I'm saying, he caught it because he wasn't using AI. So all the more props to him for it.

[psychoslave]

Why? Without further context, you can't tell the injected statement is actually false.

It's not like the candidate went to interview step, was frankly asked about it, and lied with deny.