I don’t doubt at all that this has happened to you, but as a counterpoint, in 35 years in the industry, I don’t remember ever having been lied to by an interviewer at a company that ended up hiring me. Of course I have no way of knowing for sure about companies that didn’t hire me.

Framing things in a positive light? Sure, but that doesn’t require lying.

I’ve also never once lied to a candidate as an interviewer, nor have I ever been asked to lie. More the opposite: when my employers have addressed this question at all over the years, it has always been to tell people to be truthful with candidates.

Even leaving aside the ethical question, it would be a bad move: if I deceive someone into joining my team, I’m the one who will have to suffer through a working relationship with someone who knows I lied to them from the first moment they met me.

Edit to add: I’ve definitely been lied to by recruiters. Just never by peers or managers.