Polygraph tomorrow...

[jhood001]

I was going to reply, but I never knew if I passed the one I took. I assume that I did, and that they didn't hire me for other reasons.

You bounced when you typed this!

[SA Friday]

You bounced when you typed this!

No, that was a straight up spike.

[Irving]

Let's just say that even when used correctly, there are certain words that you shouldn't use to answer questions on the written portion of the application.

[cstone]

No booze or drugs. Plenty of sleep. Relax. Listen to the questions that will be asked. They always go over them before they put the pressure on the cuff. Make sure you understand the question and what they want to know. Talk to the examiner honestly about any issues you are thinking about when you hear a question. Any decent examiner will rephrase the question or qualify it to try and focus on the issues they need to cover in the exam.

No one flunks on the machine. You either confess to something disqualifying before or after the questioning, or you show deception while on the machine. Whether you are being deceptive or there is something that a particular question is triggering in you mind, it pays to discuss that with the examiner.

If you convince the examiner that you are being honest and forthcoming, the exam won't be a problem. If the examiner thinks you are being dishonest, the only thing that can save you is at the quality control stage days if not weeks later when another examiner will rescore the charts.

The answers are YES or NO. Don't over think things. Relax. After enough polygraphs, the problem for some of us is staying awake during the test.

Be safe.

[asmo]

#1 - be honest
#2 - answer yes or no. don't get into explanations.
#3 - tell them to turn the heater off. (you will understand when you are in the chair).
#4 - breathe normally
#5 - have fun and enjoy it

[theGinsue]

+1 this ^^ and what cstone said.

CI, lifestyle, or both?

Relax & don't sweat it.

They play some mind games with you to make you on edge - don't let it get to you.

Definitely FOCUS but stay relaxed.

[buckshotbarlow]

I've completed 2 full scopes, man, DO NOT DRINK COFFEE 12hrs before those things or anything else that contains caffine. Both times I did mine, they had to go into a findings investigation which didn't reveal shizzle, but I came out of there looking like someone dumped water on me...

damn recycled coffee

Doing the whole background, physical, polygraph thing for a job position in a vault tomorrow.

Anyone have any tips for the polygraph? I don't have anything to hide, but I've never done anything like this before.

[buckshotbarlow]

DON'T FART either, otherwise, you'll have to restart the whole damn thing...

[bigshane]

[james_bond_007]

Interesting polygraph scene in the movie "The Recruit".

Watch it AFTER your test, but BEFORE you get the results...for maximum paranoia effect.
Lasts for DAYS...works on your mind even worse if you fail your test.

Seriously, relax and be yourself...best of luck.