I have never met a person that never lies. But they rarely consider it "lying". It is a thresh-hold issue, a matter of getting through life and a balance between morality, convenience, and what level of inaccuracy constitutes falsehood.
"I put that I delivered them tomorrow, because it keeps the books simpler, but can you just sign today? Okay, thanks man!"
I've posted this before, but it's worth posting it again:
None of us could live with an habitual truth-teller; but thank goodness none of us has to. An habitual truth-teller is simply an impossible creature; he does not exist; he never has existed. Of course there are people who think they never lie, but it is not so—and this ignorance is one of the very things that shame our so-called civilization. Everybody lies—every day; every hour; awake; asleep; in his dreams; in his joy; in his mourning; if he keeps his tongue still, his hands, his feet, his eyes, his attitude, will convey deception—and purposely. Even in sermons—but that is a platitude.
The problem is that lying on a resume is very closely related to a situation that will arise in most development jobs and which can really damage a team. Consider a developer who is in a status meeting and is behind or having trouble with their current project. Someone who lies on their resume is much more likely to be one of those people who try to cover it up, lie about the current status, or shift blame. It means that the project lead is always going to be second guessing their status reports and unsure whether to really trust their estimates.
I hear this stuff all the time, "yeah, it is almost done, I just didn't get it checked in...". Probably code for having major problems or sometimes not even having started it. If you get in a work environment with many of these characters, life sucks.
"I put that I delivered them tomorrow, because it keeps the books simpler, but can you just sign today? Okay, thanks man!"