I have a job interview today (attorney) and I discovered my resume has a typo!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Attorney here. If you are going to give me an updated resume, which is fine, admit why you are doing it. If I was interviewing you and had noticed the typo, I would not recommend your hire if you gave me a corrected copy without telling me why. While having a single typo in your résumé is not a deal breaker for me, showing that you are someone who will try to hide a mistake, instead of taking responsibility for it, is a deal breaker.

Another attorney here and I disagree. If she says "minor changes" that is not at all a lie. There's a difference between being professional and shooting yourself in the foot.

Another pp here and I agree with this (and all the other pps) who say bring updated copies of your resumes and hand them out at the beginning of the interview. Often people do that anyway in case some people interviewing don't have a copy of your original one. My guess is everyone will take your new resume and not ask why.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Attorney here. If you are going to give me an updated resume, which is fine, admit why you are doing it. If I was interviewing you and had noticed the typo, I would not recommend your hire if you gave me a corrected copy without telling me why. While having a single typo in your résumé is not a deal breaker for me, showing that you are someone who will try to hide a mistake, instead of taking responsibility for it, is a deal breaker.

Another attorney here and I disagree. If she says "minor changes" that is not at all a lie. There's a difference between being professional and shooting yourself in the foot.

Another pp here and I agree with this (and all the other pps) who say bring updated copies of your resumes and hand them out at the beginning of the interview. Often people do that anyway in case some people interviewing don't have a copy of your original one. My guess is everyone will take your new resume and not ask why.

You guys are killing me with the conflicting recommendations! Now I am really starting to sweat. Don't want anyone to think I'm the type who hides mistakes!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If I bring an "updated" resume, what do I say when they ask what is different? If I say "oh just some minor changes," I could see the follow-up being, "like what"?

Formatting issues.

[Anonymous]

Make a formatting change or two &/or change the wording here or there. By formatting change, I mean something like centering your address info instead of positioning it on the right margin, for instance.

-Something quick and easy, and also easy to spot. That way, it seems obvious why you're handing out new copies - people will assume you've made similar tweaks throughout.

If someone does ask why you've updated your resume (highly unlikely), then you've got your answer ready-made. Just say you made some minor tweaks throughout, and point to one or two of the changes (*not* the typo).

Every lawyer makes mistakes, and the important thing is fixing it when it matters: you caught your mistake, and now you're fixing it. Good luck with the interview!

[Anonymous]

Why don't you just correct it and give them the updated version and stop wasting your time posting to the list? If you can't solve this "problem", how will you tackle real issues on the job?

[Anonymous]

OP here. Second interview coming up soon. I did give HR person an "updated" resume when I arrived at the first interview. Wonder if that is the one the next round of folks will have . . . or if the typo is still out there.

Oh well, gotta be a good/hopeful sign I got called back, right?

[Anonymous]

Easier to beg forgiveness than ask permission.