I had my Poly yesterday, and I have no idea how it went.... So any expert opinion will be greatly appreciated. I arrived early, wanted until the candidate in front of me was finished, where I was the called to the back for the beginning of the interegation. He ran over the basic question, where he wrote down the questions and answer on a piece of paper (name, age, place of birth, etc...) And very strangely, none of this was used once I was attached to the Machine.... why? He then proceeded to explain the machine to me, and how accurate it was. How he had saved the innocent from being convicted, 98% of liars are caught, the other 2% are stoned or drunk, yada yada yada. We then went over the questions he would ask, only 8 of them. Used drugs since 2000? commited a felony I didnt get caught for? Lie to get someone else in trouble? Lie about anything serious? (I made him define serious, ie burning down a building) Before 2004 have you stolen anything over 5 dollars in value? (why before 2004? Is it an irrelevant piece of info?) Stolen anything from an employer worth over 50 dollars at one time? Sold drugs? Do I intend to lie on this test? That is it, no more, no less. I gave him my answers, and then he proceeded to attach the machine to me. I focused on something on the wall very intently, and the test began. He asked the 8 question with about 30 seconds between each one. After the first round he let the pressure out of the BP cuff, and let "blood go back to my arm." But I think he just wanted to see if my breathing pattern changed when I "wasnt being tested. " (am I correct in that logic?) The test started again, same questions, different order. followed by 45 seconds of my being attached but "not being tested anymore" (again, I think to see if my breathing pattern changed) And that was it, he took the machine off of me, said I did fine, he didnt see any problem, walked me out and I was gone. 25 minutes, door to door. No Stim test, no hammering on one particular topic, no true control questions, I dont know what to think. He said that he thought i passed just fine, but to be fair he had to get another polygrapher to look at the chart, congratulated me. But that is the exact same thing I heard he say to the candidate he was walking out right before I walked in! So I dont know anything! what is the word?
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