polygraph qustions

[[nK]l3arnette]

hey, i would like to thank your for reading this. but i am only 18 and am applying for a postion for the Deparment of Corrections. One of the qustions one the polygraph was have you ever sold a controlled substance. I have sold one gram of weed. but have never smoked or used any drugs. I sold this when i was an sophmore in high school. Do u think they would hold it agasint me? or what should i do?

[metallicat]

You should answer the question truthfully and honestly.

[Drew27k9]

While some departments would tolerate a person experimating with marijuana when they were younger, but the sale of any drugs I think would be frowned upon. You stated that you never smoked marijuana or other drugs, the question I would ask is why did you sell it. The sale of drugs is a felony, no matter how small the amount.

[Jcrazy]

Are you asking if you should admit to selling the drugs or try to lie? There is no choice here, if you did thins you need to tell them and let the chips fall where they may. They will respect you a lot more if you are honest, even if you don't get in. You are still young. Even if you don't get in now the more time you put between your app and the incident the better off you will be, providing you don't do anything else.

[Dayna36]

Oh no! He said Polygraph.

[mcsap]

Don't lie, they can tell and you will be disqualified. And for any other job you apply for in the future, it will be on record that you were DQ'ed for telling a lie during the hiring process. You may have a shot at a job in a few years if they don't hire you now. Don't blow it by trying to hide that you sold some MJ.

[cadco]

It is idiotic to believe an obselete machines can prove lies. Sweat, pulse and heart rate - give me a break! We all respond diferently under pressure, and to think a minor lie will instantaneously cause a consistant biolgical response within a nano second is stupid.

The technique is however an excellent tool to use to get information out of people because they think it does work! The richter machine that gives those squiggles is just theatre and the practictioner is very adept at leading you.

[metallicat]

It is idiotic to believe an obselete machines can prove lies. Sweat, pulse and heart rate - give me a break! We all respond diferently under pressure, and to think a minor lie will instantaneously cause a consistant biolgical response within a nano second is stupid.

The technique is however an excellent tool to use to get information out of people because they think it does work! The richter machine that gives those squiggles is just theatre and the practictioner is very adept at leading you.

What is the point of this? He has to take a poly, so he asked a question, that's all. This isn't a debate on polygraphs, so don't turn it into that.

[TX Kid]

lol, this is like a repeat of my old thread. starts out with a simple question, and gets turned into a huge debate by those uneducated folks thinking the polygraph is always wrong :rolleyes: I got a lot of good advice those, and with the smart people's help, I now work as a dispatcher for the city of Copperas Cove.

[gijoeyl33]

please do not refer to people as "not smart" or "dumb" because your opinion on the poly. its not always wrong. but its damn sure not even close to always right. no one said its always wrong.
QUOTE=TX Kid]lol, this is like a repeat of my old thread. starts out with a simple question, and gets turned into a huge debate by those uneducated folks thinking the polygraph is always wrong :rolleyes: I got a lot of good advice those, and with the smart people's help, I now work as a dispatcher for the city of Copperas Cove.[/QUOTE]

[[nK]l3arnette]

thank you very much for answering my qustion. but to answer drew27k9's qustion was it was given to me buy a freind and i had to get ride of it. So someone offerd to buy it from me and i said okay

[CO.Dep]

DOC my hold this against you, but then again maybe not. Alot of contriband that enters into a corrections facility is brought in by staff, either intentionally or unintentionally. They could perceive that you were 'ok' with selling at one time that you still might be 'ok' with selling drugs.
Then again, DOC is usually hard up on hiring people, and this is a fairly minor sale, so you never know.

[TX Kid]

please do not refer to people as "not smart" or "dumb" because your opinion on the poly. its not always wrong. but its damn sure not even close to always right. no one said its always wrong.
QUOTE=TX Kid]lol, this is like a repeat of my old thread. starts out with a simple question, and gets turned into a huge debate by those uneducated folks thinking the polygraph is always wrong :rolleyes: I got a lot of good advice those, and with the smart people's help, I now work as a dispatcher for the city of Copperas Cove.

[/QUOTE]

Uh, I said uneducated. Not "not smart" or "dumb". The fact of the matter is that someone much smarter than myself and you decided this tool would help in pre-employment. Live with it.

[gijoeyl33]

no actually, someone smarter then both of us determined this would help them succesfully weed out applicants, which they have even admitted too. that i have a problem with.

Uh, I said uneducated. Not "not smart" or "dumb". The fact of the matter is that someone much smarter than myself and you decided this tool would help in pre-employment. Live with it.[/QUOTE]

[gijoeyl33]

oh and your uneducated remark must mean that because it worked for you then your thoughts must be right, and anyone who disagrees must be wrong. educated would be gathering the actual facts, looking at the cases. and reading the report from the national acadmy of science that says the polygraph has ZERO validity