> Why should I be banned from a job for being a small-time delinquent twenty years ago?
Fair question. I'm not sure that's 1) been shown to be true 2) the fault of a polygraph; it's a policy decision not a mechanical one.
> As he pumped up the cuff, Kevin asked if I was comfortable. He didn’t seem to be joking.
Yeah, he probably was serious. Kevin has a job to do and it's to ask you questions and record your responses; not to torture you. Sometimes people really forget that not every examiner thinks you're the next Aldrich Ames.
But I mean also if you're in a very uncomfortable situation and somebody asks you how you are, maybe being honest will help resolve that situation? Like clearly you can't resolve it on your own otherwise you wouldn't be in such a panic.
> Except for the last two, all of them seemed open to interpretation. For instance, I absolutely had misrepresented my past drug use, but only the number of times, not the drugs or the fact of doing them.
If only there was somebody that could've helped you determine what the answer should be. Maybe Kevin?
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I mean yeah, if you go into a polygraph expecting a fight I don't think it's fairly surprising you don't get the job. Who wants to hire somebody combative to your employees? Sure, it's unfair but you're taking it out on Kevin who didn't come up with it.
Maybe you misinterpreted the intent of the article - isn't the purpose of it to point out absurdities and fundamental flaws in the uniquely American polygraph obsession?
Fair question. I'm not sure that's 1) been shown to be true 2) the fault of a polygraph; it's a policy decision not a mechanical one.
> As he pumped up the cuff, Kevin asked if I was comfortable. He didn’t seem to be joking.
Yeah, he probably was serious. Kevin has a job to do and it's to ask you questions and record your responses; not to torture you. Sometimes people really forget that not every examiner thinks you're the next Aldrich Ames.
But I mean also if you're in a very uncomfortable situation and somebody asks you how you are, maybe being honest will help resolve that situation? Like clearly you can't resolve it on your own otherwise you wouldn't be in such a panic.
> Except for the last two, all of them seemed open to interpretation. For instance, I absolutely had misrepresented my past drug use, but only the number of times, not the drugs or the fact of doing them.
If only there was somebody that could've helped you determine what the answer should be. Maybe Kevin?
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I mean yeah, if you go into a polygraph expecting a fight I don't think it's fairly surprising you don't get the job. Who wants to hire somebody combative to your employees? Sure, it's unfair but you're taking it out on Kevin who didn't come up with it.