Job Interview Credit Stealing Cartoon: Who Really Did the Work?

The Scenario: In this job interview credit stealing cartoon, we witness the performative peak of the hiring process.

A candidate sits across from a recruiter, narrating a series of corporate triumphs where the "we" of the actual project has been strategically replaced by "I."

The cartoon captures the awkward tension of a hiring manager trying to sniff out the truth behind a resume that sounds too good to be a solo effort—highlighting the fine line between personal branding and outright professional theft.

The Observation: This narrative identifies the "Hero Complex" often encouraged by competitive hiring cultures.

At Kaapi with Ravi, we observe that the interview room is the most common place for credit redistribution. This post serves as a bridge between our job interview cartoons and our broader collection of credit stealing cartoons.

By highlighting this overlap, we expose how the same people who steal credit in the office are the ones who excel at narrating those thefts to land their next big role.

Job interviews: The only place where someone who just "monitored the progress" describes the project with the intensity of a man who single-handedly built the pyramids.

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• Series: Hiring Cartoons 

  
  

• Theme: HR Cartoons