Skeptic wrote on Sep 10^th, 2003 at 7:58pm:

I can't speak for Retest, but when I took my polygraphs, I was quite nervous through the whole sessions (all three of them).  It had very little to do with "concerns about the relevant issues" and a lot to do with fear that I was going to be rejected from job candidacy, or worse, seen as a criminal.

I think such dissonance induced nervousness is most likely when a poly knowledgable person is polygraphed since they are fully aware of the "science" behind the polygraph.

Facing a poly with significant false positive probability during an initial interview would be a deterent, but not an absolute one, in the decision to pursue a career requiring one. Facing a poly every 5 years would likley keep me from applying for such a job at all. I would be unwilling to embark on a career with significant probability for arbitrary termination.

-Marty