Comment by HaZeust

>"Sadly I would have probably hired the person if they had been honest about not having direct experience in our domain, but once you catch someone lying so directly it’s hard to trust them for anything else"

I heard this time and time again, where omitting information - that would otherwise require a lie - looks better and would give a recruiter more lean towards hiring, but I highly doubt it pragmatically. Without even listing direct domain expertise in the first place, I actually doubt you would have hired them - let alone advance them to the stage of hiring that requires the vetting and scrutiny, that you did to find those inconsistencies.

I think recruiters are so soured by false notions in resumes and professional work experience (for good reason), but that they delude themselves that they'd seek to entertain those with a lack of sought-after experience in resumes and work experience at all. It's not bad to truthfully say that you wouldn't entertain either applicant in those scenarios.