I was looking at not beating it but how to relax during it. Any tips or advice would be much appreciated. Some of my new clientele that I am taking on requires me to to get a license for security screening. Last one I took was over 20 years ago and I remember being incredibly nervous then.
Has anyone ever taken a Polygraph for their job or other?
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Posted 13 June 2016 - 02:36 PM
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Posted 13 June 2016 - 03:02 PM
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Posted 13 June 2016 - 03:05 PM
OT: Aren't lie detectors typically not admissible in a court of law? How much can really be gauged when it's an atypical environment with higher stressors to begin with?
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Posted 13 June 2016 - 03:05 PM
Only thing I've heard from friends who took them to get jobs, was it's better to be truthful about something you'd rather not admit to than to lie about it.
2 guys I know took one to get into the police academy when I lived in Florida. Both were asked if they ever smoked marijuana. One said no, and it was lie. The other said yes, and even though he did and it might have disqualified him, he was the one who got the job.
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Posted 13 June 2016 - 03:14 PM
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Posted 13 June 2016 - 03:15 PM
Yeah good advice from Mike here. Be honest and try not to hide things. One of the questions I remember was being asked about cheating in HIgh school and college. I answered yes. I wasn't a prolific cheater by any means but I've looked over on peoples papers and copied homework before. They gave me the opportunity to expand on that.
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Posted 13 June 2016 - 03:16 PM
Only thing I've heard from friends who took them to get jobs, was it's better to be truthful about something you'd rather not admit to than to lie about it.
2 guys I know took one to get into the police academy when I lived in Florida. Both were asked if they ever smoked marijuana. One said no, and it was lie. The other said yes, and even though he did and it might have disqualified him, he was the one who got the job.
One of my professors in college had a really good line, "It's better to be honest and not so smart than being smart and not so honest." Basically his way of saying -- don't cheat.
If smoking pot EVER disqualified you from jobs, I can only imagine how many people would be disqualified.
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Posted 13 June 2016 - 03:17 PM
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Posted 13 June 2016 - 03:18 PM
Yeah good advice from Mike here. Be honest and try not to hide things. One of the questions I remember was being asked about cheating in HIgh school and college. I answered yes. I wasn't a prolific cheater by any means but I've looked over on peoples papers and copied homework before. They gave me the opportunity to expand on that.
I'm not a big fan in general of things in your past disqualifying you unless it's something absolutely pertinent to that job and even then -- shouldn't you be able to learn from those mistakes?
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