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Employers love it because it gives them plausible legal cover for two essential freedoms:
If they like you anyway, they can hire you and defend any discrimination claims with the fact that you had the strongest resume.
Whenever they stop liking you, they can expose the lie and fire you on the spot for good cause.
So really, it's a win-win situation for both you and your prospective employer.
Depends on the place.
Only if itβs gonna cost them money.
Speaking strictly of software industry
There are two kinds of lying.
The first kind of lying is fine as long as you're confident you can crack the interview. Your knowledge is needed and these days, since companies anyway want everything, lying about some language may get you an interview call.
Do not evet lie about second type. Most companies conduct a background check on you to verify about your details. They even sometimes connect with your previous employer to verify the details.
If you're lying here you can land in a big trouble
Does the NDA trick work for the second kind?
"I worked for 2-3 years part time and remote to a company, but I was forced to sign an NDA about it."
Nope, don't even try it.
They generally hire external agency who has their ways to verify every possible details.
Lying is become essential as was in the past. Time of honestly die for surviving.