Have you ever taken a polygraph? Lots of questions for you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is easy. Never lie. They’ve heard everything. Just don’t lie. It may be embarrassing. If you think you’re the first person who has had an affair, smoked a joint in college 20 years ago, you are not.

Tell the truth. It’s that easy.

It’s not though. Sounds like you’ve never done one before.

[Anonymous]

To simplify the explanation - polygraphs pick up on lies.

[Anonymous]

I took one for a job in Law Enforcement ( not an officer) they had me fill in a questionnaire first, in writing. Then asked questions in the polygraph that came from that. One of the questions I remember was had I ever forged a legal document, I said no. The next question was did I ever use a fake ID. So had to go back and say yes to the first one. They also ask about drug use, have u knowingly committed a crime etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I took one for a job in Law Enforcement ( not an officer) they had me fill in a questionnaire first, in writing. Then asked questions in the polygraph that came from that. One of the questions I remember was had I ever forged a legal document, I said no. The next question was did I ever use a fake ID. So had to go back and say yes to the first one. They also ask about drug use, have u knowingly committed a crime etc.

I got the job btw.. I had done drugs s couple times but more than 10 years prior, and admitted to a fake ID as a teen….. they’re not looking for a Nun. They’re looking for honesty

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:To simplify the explanation - polygraphs pick up on lies.

LOL

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you sit for it, you could still decline to answer questions. If they ask if you’ve had affairs, you could say “I don’t think that’s relevant and I decline to answer.” Or you could say “I’m not currently having an affair.” I assume this would be about your vulnerability to extortion? Tbh I think they should be more worried that you’re willing to sit for a polygraph to get a job. That seems like way too much faith in authority.

when I took one several years ago you could only answer yes or no.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If you sit for it, you could still decline to answer questions. If they ask if you’ve had affairs, you could say “I don’t think that’s relevant and I decline to answer.” Or you could say “I’m not currently having an affair.” I assume this would be about your vulnerability to extortion? Tbh I think they should be more worried that you’re willing to sit for a polygraph to get a job. That seems like way too much faith in authority.

+100, I get if it was for an intelligence agency or top-secret military work, but a regular ol' private sector job? No way

It’s not really a regular 9-5 type job. It’s sort of an executive assistantship, except it sounds like a “My Man Friday” type job, where there’s all sorts of additional duties/responsibilities. Lots of travel coordination involved, access to financial material/resources, and almost certainly proprietary business information, and probably a pretty all encompassing NDA. So I “get” why they want someone who’s absolutely trustworthy. My H joked that it sounds like a Valet worthy of a Bond villain. I guess that’s sort of accurate in some regards.

With this information - no. Don’t do it. There’s no clearance involved and it actually sounds like you will be involved with controversial and/or illegal activity.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If you sit for it, you could still decline to answer questions. If they ask if you’ve had affairs, you could say “I don’t think that’s relevant and I decline to answer.” Or you could say “I’m not currently having an affair.” I assume this would be about your vulnerability to extortion? Tbh I think they should be more worried that you’re willing to sit for a polygraph to get a job. That seems like way too much faith in authority.

when I took one several years ago you could only answer yes or no.

That’s while they have the things activated on you. The real crap happens in between, when they interrogate you and they want you to incriminate yourself.

[Anonymous]

You got some skewed priorities, chica.

[Anonymous]

What job is this for?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If you sit for it, you could still decline to answer questions. If they ask if you’ve had affairs, you could say “I don’t think that’s relevant and I decline to answer.” Or you could say “I’m not currently having an affair.” I assume this would be about your vulnerability to extortion? Tbh I think they should be more worried that you’re willing to sit for a polygraph to get a job. That seems like way too much faith in authority.

They probably will insist on simple yes or no answers.

I’d prob say “pass” if you didn’t want to answer, instead of a long phrase. The final results will only show whether you are being deceptive or not. It wouldn’t show that you quied around that one specific question.

You can only answer yes or no, but you and the polygrapher agree on the phrasing of the questions ahead of time. You could tell the polygrapher ahead of time that you aren’t going to answer a specific question, but that’s an admission on that question for sure!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If you sit for it, you could still decline to answer questions. If they ask if you’ve had affairs, you could say “I don’t think that’s relevant and I decline to answer.” Or you could say “I’m not currently having an affair.” I assume this would be about your vulnerability to extortion? Tbh I think they should be more worried that you’re willing to sit for a polygraph to get a job. That seems like way too much faith in authority.

They probably will insist on simple yes or no answers.

I’d prob say “pass” if you didn’t want to answer, instead of a long phrase. The final results will only show whether you are being deceptive or not. It wouldn’t show that you quied around that one specific question.

You can only answer yes or no, but you and the polygrapher agree on the phrasing of the questions ahead of time. You could tell the polygrapher ahead of time that you aren’t going to answer a specific question, but that’s an admission on that question for sure!

You don’t really agree on the questions. They tell you what they’ll be, but there’s a constant power imbalance and they are not your friend. They’re trying to get you to incriminate yourself. Polygraphers are evil hacks.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I can't imagine any job where your level of fidelity would come into question. It has nothing to do with any job you might perform, so why would they ask such a specific question?

I've never taken a polygraph, but I would assume questions would be more like "have you ever taken anything from the office that does not belong to you" "have you ever lied for your boss" "did you earn a degree from XYZ University" "do you currently use illegal drugs"

Whatever you do OP, just be honest.

…..I know one person who was asked to name all affair partners.

Yeah, that’s not gonna happen. I didn’t even know the names of some of the guys I hooked up with. Affair Partner is a generic term in my case, because quite a few of them were totally anonymous NSA type trysts. In the interest of clarity and context, I had some issues I was dealing with at the time with body image after my first pregnancy, and that kind of fed into a sex addictive pattern of behavior, where I guess I felt I had to prove to myself I was still desirable and attractive. So I went down a path of casual hook ups and anonymous encounters. I saw a few guys on the side regularly, but a lot more ONS’s and other stuff. It was the early 2000’s, I was getting with guys on Craigslist. The kind of stuff that my H, or any man frankly, just wouldn’t be able to get past. It would be the end of us, period. So naming people would literally be impossible.

This is exactly the dirt they are looking for. If you’re hiding something from your husband and someone else finds that out (which in your case is very possible because there are a lot of someone elses), they could use that information to blackmail you. That makes you a security risk.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I can't imagine any job where your level of fidelity would come into question. It has nothing to do with any job you might perform, so why would they ask such a specific question?

I've never taken a polygraph, but I would assume questions would be more like "have you ever taken anything from the office that does not belong to you" "have you ever lied for your boss" "did you earn a degree from XYZ University" "do you currently use illegal drugs"

Whatever you do OP, just be honest.

…..I know one person who was asked to name all affair partners.

Yeah, that’s not gonna happen. I didn’t even know the names of some of the guys I hooked up with. Affair Partner is a generic term in my case, because quite a few of them were totally anonymous NSA type trysts. In the interest of clarity and context, I had some issues I was dealing with at the time with body image after my first pregnancy, and that kind of fed into a sex addictive pattern of behavior, where I guess I felt I had to prove to myself I was still desirable and attractive. So I went down a path of casual hook ups and anonymous encounters. I saw a few guys on the side regularly, but a lot more ONS’s and other stuff. It was the early 2000’s, I was getting with guys on Craigslist. The kind of stuff that my H, or any man frankly, just wouldn’t be able to get past. It would be the end of us, period. So naming people would literally be impossible.

This is exactly the dirt they are looking for. If you’re hiding something from your husband and someone else finds that out (which in your case is very possible because there are a lot of someone elses), they could use that information to blackmail you. That makes you a security risk.

It also makes PP relatively typical.

There’s a reason a lot of people working at intel agencies are from very strict religious groups (especially Mormon). They typically haven’t questioned authority at all and are used to blindly following what is expected. Nothing against Mormonism, but it’s just a fact.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I can't imagine any job where your level of fidelity would come into question. It has nothing to do with any job you might perform, so why would they ask such a specific question?

I've never taken a polygraph, but I would assume questions would be more like "have you ever taken anything from the office that does not belong to you" "have you ever lied for your boss" "did you earn a degree from XYZ University" "do you currently use illegal drugs"

Whatever you do OP, just be honest.

…..I know one person who was asked to name all affair partners.

Yeah, that’s not gonna happen. I didn’t even know the names of some of the guys I hooked up with. Affair Partner is a generic term in my case, because quite a few of them were totally anonymous NSA type trysts. In the interest of clarity and context, I had some issues I was dealing with at the time with body image after my first pregnancy, and that kind of fed into a sex addictive pattern of behavior, where I guess I felt I had to prove to myself I was still desirable and attractive. So I went down a path of casual hook ups and anonymous encounters. I saw a few guys on the side regularly, but a lot more ONS’s and other stuff. It was the early 2000’s, I was getting with guys on Craigslist. The kind of stuff that my H, or any man frankly, just wouldn’t be able to get past. It would be the end of us, period. So naming people would literally be impossible.

This is exactly the dirt they are looking for. If you’re hiding something from your husband and someone else finds that out (which in your case is very possible because there are a lot of someone elses), they could use that information to blackmail you. That makes you a security risk.

It also makes PP relatively typical.

There’s a reason a lot of people working at intel agencies are from very strict religious groups (especially Mormon). They typically haven’t questioned authority at all and are used to blindly following what is expected. Nothing against Mormonism, but it’s just a fact.

So keeping your word is nerdy? You're actually praising the whore who cheated on her husband multiple times after having his baby because she was allowed to caress her ego?

PP is exactly the type of [person the IC doesn't want, and not for the reasons you think. She has no class or character. They don't want people like that.