Ane had a Polygraph?
02-12-2006, 07:18 PM
#1
Ane had a Polygraph?
It is not a experience to be taken lightly at all. Not only did I find out first hand how it worked but I also found out that it is far from a lie detector, but a truth verifier. While the questions I was asked I cannot discuss, I can say that this machine works extremely well. Is it uncomfortable and makes you anxious, heck yes, will it pick up if you are holding something back, definitely. Did it prove to me that when I was purposely asked to not tell the truth about something, that the machine knew this, yup it did. Absolutely bloody amazing. The interviewer was also bang on his game, he did an amazing job. His job was to help me tell the truth by getting all of my past baggage out onto the table so that when I was confronted with my questions, there would be no surprises. His job was to aid me to get past this stage in my application to the RCMP. So what most people dread actually was not all that bad, lay it all out just like an open book exam and everything goes smooth. Try to glue two pages together and the machine will catch you.
02-12-2006, 09:11 PM
#2
That is cool... I can think of at least one women Id like to subject to such a test... 
Ive done some reading on how to beat a lie detector and would love the opportunity to try... (provided I wasn't in any trouble anyway.. lol)
Ive done some reading on how to beat a lie detector and would love the opportunity to try... (provided I wasn't in any trouble anyway.. lol)
02-13-2006, 12:37 PM
#5
This is a required step in the process to go into pretty much any police force, not just the RCMP. I was there for over 5 hours on Saturday. Extremely intensive and invading into your life. The questions they ask you are designed to get everything out into the open, let's see what baggage you have (and we all have some). These questions had been asked twice before, some were easy to understand, others were not. The interviewer (a retired RCMP person and polygraph expert) knew exactly how to convey these questions in a way that had not been asked of me before at a previous interview or when I had submitted the information on my own accord. He aided me in filling in any blanks and if needing more background info or detail, this all aids in getting a positive result on the test. I was asked (not part of the exam), how I had studied for this. He informed me that some people wil google it and research it and blah blah blah, he was also correct that there was a crapload of misleading information about it. I prepared for this exam by laying out as much of the info as I could that I knew to be pertinent and accurate. To me this was the best way to prepare. Once talking with the interviewer, even the things that I considered non-pertinent made their way into our discussion so as to rule them out as something I was not being candid about. As far as beating the machine goes, the only way that I can think of to "beat" this machine is to tell the truth.
One circumstance I can tell you about as it was not part of my exam involved the old memorize the number routine. This is done to calibrate the instrument to the person being tested (we all react different). I was instructed to memorize a number, not show it to him and out the number back into the pack. The interviewer then shuffled the pack, hooked me up with 6 sensors and asked me each time if this was my number. All times I replied "no" as instructed. When we were done he showed me the chart and my number, 7, was the third one he asked me. The chart was fine for 4 of the six sensors except for the ones that detected something in my fingers. 7 was my number. All of the other numbers asked showed a normal pattern. Now this kind of freaked me out. It was a good thing I laid everything out before hand, nothing to hide and hopefully not forgotten makes this exam so much easier.
One circumstance I can tell you about as it was not part of my exam involved the old memorize the number routine. This is done to calibrate the instrument to the person being tested (we all react different). I was instructed to memorize a number, not show it to him and out the number back into the pack. The interviewer then shuffled the pack, hooked me up with 6 sensors and asked me each time if this was my number. All times I replied "no" as instructed. When we were done he showed me the chart and my number, 7, was the third one he asked me. The chart was fine for 4 of the six sensors except for the ones that detected something in my fingers. 7 was my number. All of the other numbers asked showed a normal pattern. Now this kind of freaked me out. It was a good thing I laid everything out before hand, nothing to hide and hopefully not forgotten makes this exam so much easier.
02-13-2006, 06:19 PM
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I assume you are applying to the RCMP in British Columbia...good luck with that. The psych exam is a fun one 
As for the Polygraph...at what stage did you take it? Before medical, before psych, etc... They just implemented it so I am just curious. And buy the way...very very very few people can actually pass the polygraph. Some can fool it into getting mixed responses, but that is where the individual administering the polygraph comes into play. He is better able to pick up on lying than any machine out there. The human body emits ques and signals no matter how hard you try to cover them up.
Shawn
As for the Polygraph...at what stage did you take it? Before medical, before psych, etc... They just implemented it so I am just curious. And buy the way...very very very few people can actually pass the polygraph. Some can fool it into getting mixed responses, but that is where the individual administering the polygraph comes into play. He is better able to pick up on lying than any machine out there. The human body emits ques and signals no matter how hard you try to cover them up.
Shawn
