Matty wrote on Jul 14^th, 2005 at 1:37am:

Not playing is not an option for those seeking employment as a LEO where the polygraph is part of the pre-employment agenda...

I agree.  My point was that the only way of being sure of not “failing” a polygraph exam is to not take one in the first place.

If you are intent upon being a police officer (like I was) then you have to take polygraphs.  Since I didn’t know about countermeasures when I was applying, and I had no knowledge of the polygraph at all, I just kept taking them and “failing” them.  I continued to tell the truth on each one and continued to be absolutely baffled when I would “fail” due to supposed cocaine use, fighting/assaults, and larcenies.  It wasn’t until after three straight “failures” that I finally passed, and I approached the fourth test exactly the same way as the first three, and answered all the questions the same way.  I am living proof that going into the exam and telling the truth is absolutely no guarantee of success.

Good luck.