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brandon14295 · 03-25-2006, 04:24 PM

well, i have to go take a polygraph april 4th as a part of the amarillo police dept. hiring process. any hints on how to pass it with flying colors? and im a nervous person by nature, does anyone know how to make yourself calm and collected? i heard drinking a coke with small asprin works.

Kiel_Everett · 03-25-2006, 04:34 PM

I have heard just being yourself is the best bet. You should have nothing to hide and if you do, you're pursuing the wrong career. Its okay to be nervous, but being nervous about something you're hiding isn't gonna work out. Just be yourself and goodluck!

danp · 03-25-2006, 04:48 PM

Forget all the stories you have heard about ways to "beat" the poly...none of them work.

Just be honest.

PistolArmorer · 03-26-2006, 11:20 AM

Live a good life, confince yourself that no man (or women) is better then anyone else. Realize that even the people that administer such tests may have flaws or be engaging in deception. Depending how large the flaws. The people that you are endevouring to work for might not be the types you would enjoy working for in the long run. On the other hand, you might have found the very best of the best. Look for professional conduct by others administering the job selection and yourself most importantly. Been there, done that myself. Bascially, I am not convinced that problems would persist on either side of the job factor. After all, people are people and if a machine was an answer to all of societies problems, there would be a polygraph on every street corner. PISTOLARMORER

TenderFoot · 03-30-2006, 07:58 AM

I hear smoking marijuana 10 minutes before your polygraph tends to calm your nerves. Try to avoid taking any uppers such as speed, cocaine, or meth.

RuffRidr · 03-30-2006, 09:00 AM

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Originally Posted by TenderFoot

I hear smoking marijuana 10 minutes before your polygraph tends to calm your nerves.

Ya, until paranoia sets in...

--RuffRidr

pfccypret · 03-30-2006, 12:48 PM

Haha, I can just imagine the interviewer "Is that weed I smell?"

Mike TRT · 03-31-2006, 12:10 PM

its not easy taking a poly while chowing down a bag of dorritos and a big gulp moutain dew......munchies are tough to get thru strapped to a machine

brandon14295 · 04-04-2006, 01:39 PM

WHOO HOO!!! I passed with flying colors!

Mike TRT · 04-04-2006, 06:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by brandon14295

WHOO HOO!!! I passed with flying colors!

must have lied your ass off....

03-25-2006, 04:24 PM	#1
brandon14295 XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: amarillo, tx Posts: 169	taking a polygraph well, i have to go take a polygraph april 4th as a part of the amarillo police dept. hiring process. any hints on how to pass it with flying colors? and im a nervous person by nature, does anyone know how to make yourself calm and collected? i heard drinking a coke with small asprin works.

03-25-2006, 04:48 PM	#3
danp XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Sacramento, California Posts: 1,310	Forget all the stories you have heard about ways to "beat" the poly...none of them work. Just be honest. __________________ God made cops so that firefighters could have heros too. "He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Nietzche

03-30-2006, 07:58 AM	#5
TenderFoot XDTalk Newbie Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 6	I hear smoking marijuana 10 minutes before your polygraph tends to calm your nerves. Try to avoid taking any uppers such as speed, cocaine, or meth. __________________ : XD-40 Sub Compact :

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Mike TRT XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Chicagoland Posts: 1,376	its not easy taking a poly while chowing down a bag of dorritos and a big gulp moutain dew......munchies are tough to get thru strapped to a machine __________________ \"There is no hunting like the hunting of a man. And those who have hunted men long enough and liked it never cared for anything else thereafter.\"

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03-25-2006, 04:34 PM	#2
Kiel_Everett XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Las Vegas, NV Posts: 478	I have heard just being yourself is the best bet. You should have nothing to hide and if you do, you're pursuing the wrong career. Its okay to be nervous, but being nervous about something you're hiding isn't gonna work out. Just be yourself and goodluck!

03-26-2006, 11:20 AM	#4
PistolArmorer XDTalk Newbie Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: N.E. Posts: 5	Live a good life, confince yourself that no man (or women) is better then anyone else. Realize that even the people that administer such tests may have flaws or be engaging in deception. Depending how large the flaws. The people that you are endevouring to work for might not be the types you would enjoy working for in the long run. On the other hand, you might have found the very best of the best. Look for professional conduct by others administering the job selection and yourself most importantly. Been there, done that myself. Bascially, I am not convinced that problems would persist on either side of the job factor. After all, people are people and if a machine was an answer to all of societies problems, there would be a polygraph on every street corner. PISTOLARMORER

03-30-2006, 12:48 PM	#7
pfccypret XDTalk Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 40	Haha, I can just imagine the interviewer "Is that weed I smell?"

04-04-2006, 01:39 PM	#9
brandon14295 XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: amarillo, tx Posts: 169	WHOO HOO!!! I passed with flying colors!