Hey everyone
I'm applying for a job with the local sheriff department and am just about finished with my background check. I received an email saying a polygraph test was required to complete my background check. I have spoken with some people and they tell me that some questions are weird, others saying that you can barely move without setting the thing off. I've been completely honest with everything I'm just a little nervous.
Any tips?
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Taking A Polygraph Test On Tuesday.
Started by Ko8e34, Dec 06 2008 01:17 PM
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Posted 06 December 2008 - 01:17 PM
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Posted 06 December 2008 - 01:27 PM
They cant ask you "do you touch yourself at night" so you will do fine. GL
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Posted 06 December 2008 - 01:28 PM
Its not a lie if you truly believe it.
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Posted 06 December 2008 - 01:41 PM
Are you gonna be a prison guard?
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Posted 06 December 2008 - 01:51 PM
QUOTE (grocery_mony @ Saturday, December 6th, 2008, 1:41 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Are you gonna be a prison guard?
For the first 4-7 years, yes. After that I'll be on patrol.
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Posted 06 December 2008 - 01:57 PM
Law Enforcement runs in my family.
Just be truthfull about EVERYTHING. If they ask you about smoking pot before, or anything like that alot of people lie, because they think if they tell the truth they won't get hired. Its the opposite, they don't give a crap if you have smoked weed before, just be honest about it. If your honest their is nothing to worry about. If you lie about just 1 thing, then I would be worried.
Just be truthfull about EVERYTHING. If they ask you about smoking pot before, or anything like that alot of people lie, because they think if they tell the truth they won't get hired. Its the opposite, they don't give a crap if you have smoked weed before, just be honest about it. If your honest their is nothing to worry about. If you lie about just 1 thing, then I would be worried.
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Posted 06 December 2008 - 01:57 PM
QUOTE (Ko8e34 @ Saturday, December 6th, 2008, 1:17 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Hey everyone
I'm applying for a job with the local sheriff department and am just about finished with my background check. I received an email saying a polygraph test was required to complete my background check. I have spoken with some people and they tell me that some questions are weird, others saying that you can barely move without setting the thing off. I've been completely honest with everything I'm just a little nervous.
Any tips?
I'm applying for a job with the local sheriff department and am just about finished with my background check. I received an email saying a polygraph test was required to complete my background check. I have spoken with some people and they tell me that some questions are weird, others saying that you can barely move without setting the thing off. I've been completely honest with everything I'm just a little nervous.
Any tips?
Polygraph tests are basically bologna.
But it's normal to be nervous, so don't worry about that too much. They're going to read you some baseline questions and your level of nervousness in response to those questions will be taken into account.
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Posted 06 December 2008 - 02:05 PM
QUOTE (TheJoker @ Saturday, December 6th, 2008, 1:28 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Its not a lie if you truly believe it.
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Posted 06 December 2008 - 04:01 PM
Would this be a bad time to finalize our plans about that place with the thing and the guy?
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Posted 06 December 2008 - 04:09 PM
The main use of poly is people giving out honest information prior to the test, in fear of being "outted".
It's a bunch of bullshit, and the best results they can get are "inconclusive".
To help calm your nerves pre-poly, I would recommend someone watching: Drop it Stephanie.
It's a bunch of bullshit, and the best results they can get are "inconclusive".
To help calm your nerves pre-poly, I would recommend someone watching: Drop it Stephanie.
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Posted 06 December 2008 - 04:17 PM
QUOTE (Ko8e34 @ Saturday, December 6th, 2008, 1:51 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
For the first 4-7 years, yes. After that I'll be on patrol.
GL. Thats a really hard job. They have my upmost respect dealing with the maggots of soceity on a daily basis. Just hope on your first day they dont hand you a flashlight and put you on "turn your head and cough duty"
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Posted 06 December 2008 - 05:30 PM
relax, do slow deep breathing before and during. They are looking for changes in pulse and breathing rates.
Be truthfull. You may find some questions off the wall trying to evoke a response from you. Don't give them that opportunity. and Welcome to my world of forensic's
Be truthfull. You may find some questions off the wall trying to evoke a response from you. Don't give them that opportunity. and Welcome to my world of forensic's
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Posted 06 December 2008 - 06:32 PM
QUOTE (Ko8e34 @ Saturday, December 6th, 2008, 1:17 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Any tips?
i've been racking my brain all afternoon.
how do you pass a test that detects lying?
hmmm. i'm still stumped for the time being. but at least now you can rest easy knowing i'm on the case.
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Posted 06 December 2008 - 06:36 PM
QUOTE (grocery_mony @ Saturday, December 6th, 2008, 4:17 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
GL. Thats a really hard job. They have my upmost respect dealing with the maggots of soceity on a daily basis. Just hope on your first day they dont hand you a flashlight and put you on "turn your head and cough duty"
Actually the worst job is illegal paraphernalia watch. They have to smear through their poop to see if the had swallowed anything.
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Posted 06 December 2008 - 06:44 PM
QUOTE (El Guapo @ Saturday, December 6th, 2008, 6:36 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Actually the worst job is illegal paraphernalia watch. They have to smear through their poop to see if the had swallowed anything.
glad I clicked this thread while eating my poutine
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Posted 06 December 2008 - 06:44 PM
QUOTE (El Guapo @ Saturday, December 6th, 2008, 9:36 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Actually the worst job is illegal paraphernalia watch. They have to smear through their poop to see if the had swallowed anything.
uh, if by "worst job" you mean the best job in the world, then yeah.
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Posted 06 December 2008 - 07:09 PM
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uh, if by "worst job" you mean the best job in the world, then yeah.
you know what the best job in the world really is. womens thong removeifier.
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Posted 06 December 2008 - 07:48 PM
I did an internship where we had to take a lie detector. I'm completely honest in the lie detector but at the end the guy giving the test says that it is very close and he feels like there may be something I'm holding back. I tell him there is not. He says that he can't pass me with my score, that he needs the supervisor to review it - and he wants me to be sure there isn't anything I'm holding back. There is nothing, so I leave. I end up passing and going to the internship.
At the internship I'm talking to about 6 other guys about the polygraph. I tell them that I was nervous I wasn't going to pass because of what the guy said to them. Every single one of them (and they came from different states and had been given polygraphs by different people) had been told the same thing. So, obviously, it is more of a mindfuck than anything.
At the internship I'm talking to about 6 other guys about the polygraph. I tell them that I was nervous I wasn't going to pass because of what the guy said to them. Every single one of them (and they came from different states and had been given polygraphs by different people) had been told the same thing. So, obviously, it is more of a mindfuck than anything.
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