Taking A Polygraph Test On Tuesday.

[Ko8e34 0]

Hey everyoneI'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?

[grocery_mony 9]

They cant ask you "do you touch yourself at night" so you will do fine. GL

[TheJoker 0]

Its not a lie if you truly believe it.

[James D 0]

Good Luck

[grocery_mony 9]

Are you gonna be a prison guard?

[Ko8e34 0]

Are you gonna be a prison guard?

For the first 4-7 years, yes. After that I'll be on patrol.

[cujo33 0]

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.

[vbnautilus 49]

Hey everyoneI'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.

[runthemover 40]

Its not a lie if you truly believe it.

Is Melrose place on?

[custom36 5]

Any tips?

Good luck...

[Yoda 1]

Would this be a bad time to finalize our plans about that place with the thing and the guy?

[Spademan 94]

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.

[grocery_mony 9]

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"

[rcgs59 15]

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

[navybuttons 16]

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.

[El Guapo 10]

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.

[grocery_mony 9]

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

[Sal Paradise 57]

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.

[SuitedAces21 2,741]

uh, if by "worst job" you mean the best job in the world, then yeah.

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[jkalib 0]

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.

[timwakefield 69]

There's a reason polygraph results aren't allowable in court - because they are so easily manipulated and almost always give "inconclusive results."

[chrozzo 19]

Hey everyoneI'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?

just remember....it's not a lie, if YOU believe it

[hblask 1]

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.

and then pretend that you can't tell the difference between a real question and a baseline question, because that would throw the results off.

[vbnautilus 49]

and then pretend that you can't tell the difference between a real question and a baseline question, because that would throw the results off.

that's right, people often encourage you to REALLY BELIEVE that you didn't take the drugs or whatever, but it might be easier to convince yourself that you are lying about what your name is.

[HollywoodAFD 0]

Hey everyoneI'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?

Don't worry... just be truthful.From what I know personally...trip ups seem to come from basic questions that you begin to stumble on ... ie"Have you ever stolen anything?"Your first answer may be NO but then you begin to think back when you were in grade school and may have taken another kids pencil.... the thing jumps so after the test they may ask you to clarify some questions.Good luck with the job.You going to patrol?