I too had a similar experience.  When I was 16 I was given a small piece of a drug.  I wasn't told what it was.  I swallowed it, but hours passed and I had no effect of it at all.  The next day I told a friend of my experience and she said it sounded like I could have taken acid.  I was angry, and other than this one experience, pot was the only other illegal drug I ever took.  I am the wife and daughter of a police officer, and have done any illegal drugs in over six years.  I just recently took a polygraph for employment by the police dept, and I too failed my polygraph.  I told the gospel of what happened, but because it is very difficult to speak of old memories because of shame and the fact you are spilling your guts to a complete stranger, I was anxious.  I took the text three times, first I spiked, the second time I was very depressed, because of the first experience, that time I wasn't measuring on the devise.  The third time, I tried to breathe without thinking of breathing even though that's all the guy kept on about.  I spiked a third time.  Needless to say, they declined me as an applicant.  Hands down worse experince of my life.  I felt like it was judgment day throughout the whole process, only that I had to try and convince the "All Mighty" that the events I portrayed were true.  Kojay, I hope your luck is better than mine.

thanks George, your opinion is greatly appreciated!

Kojay

kojay,

I'm not a guru, but the apparent absence of any post-test interrogation is a very good sign, because it is standard operating procedure to interrogate when the charts are scored as "deception indicated."

Additionally, it's not uncommon for polygraphers to leave examinees uncertain as to whether or not they've passed, and I would not be surprised if you did indeed pass. The likely worst case scenario is that your polygrapher may have scored the charts as "inconclusive."

I was hoping some of the gurus of this board could weigh in with an opinion of my results!

fingers crossed.

I have absolutely ZERO experience with this nonsense.  Everything to this point is book knowledge.


But, I did not think they did "re-tests" on people who "failed" unless it was the specific question type (which was  not mentioned thus far).  Why bother with a retest if you were DI.  Retesting makes more sense to me if you were inconclusive.

With a system as illogical as this though, your guess might be as good as mine.

No, just a basic idea of how it worked.  I only answered questions as they were asked, truthfully.

Any other opinions would be greatly appreciated.

What makes you think inconclusive and not Pass/Fail?

Out of curiousity:

Did you know how the "test" worked beforehand?  If so, did you attempt to augment the control questions?   

It certainly does not sound like you "passed."  It sounds like it was inconclusive.  At least your mind reader was polite 

I took a poly for a law enforcement job and here are the major developments. What do you think the results are?
In pre-test (before ever started) I gave precise details of an old misdemeanor charge against me that was dropped. This was already disclosed on my application. I also provided info about a previous incident in which I was a material witness, but was not an object of investigation. This involved identity theft by someone else, who used my identity to commit a couple of crimes. Person was prosecuted. This incident was not on the application because it was not required based on the guidelines.

I had a set of charts run, was asked to leave the room, then had another set of charts run. Was then asked if any questions were bothering me. Of course the question related to the disclosures bothered me because of the mud I was dragged through as a result of the incident. Asked if there was anything else, said no. I was truthful all the way.

Examiner indicated I had a reaction to that question and he was not sure what would happen when the charts were reviewed. Asked if I would take a re-test if I was asked, I said certainly. Very professional throughout, overall a decent but tiring experience. Was never told the results, but was very politely escorted out.

What does all this mean?