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This is an inordinately short period of time, even among polygraph standards.

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In a word, yes. Just as are all polygraphs, regardless of the length of the session.

So I guess the examiner just thought I was honest based on my pre test interview?

Seems like whether I had shown signs of diception or not it would have taken more questions to figure that out.

I'm not familiar with the science or procedure involved, can you tell if someone is truthful in  5 questions?

I was really nervous during the first two questions, which were impossible for me to lie about, my age and name. Then the questions that he asked seemed to be phrased to make me more comfortable with them.

"Have you used illegal drugs in the past year?"

I was extremely comfortable with this question because I had asserted to the board that I had never taken drugs which was true.

I was worried about this issue on the test because the board members seemed to be astonished that someone would say they had never even tried a hit of marijuana.

But i was confident that the polygraph would back me up.

The other two questions were about stealing and drinking on the job.

I was very comfortable with them as well.

Seems like the first two questions about my name and age were more difficult for me because i had never been polygraphed before. 

After those two i was deffinetly more relaxe for the next three then suddenly he just said to remain still for a few seconds and then told me we were finished with this section of questioning.

I thought we were just taking a break but he took the equipment off and said the test was over.

Guess I just got off easy compared to the stories of alot of folks in here.

I got to take a physical next week for the PD. Then start training in a couple of weeks.

My polygrapher was really good as far as how my test went I just wonder if this is normal or was I even really polygraphed.

Well i knew i had passed because he told me as much. I just thought it was way to fast.

But like you said I didn't have anything to admit to so maybe he thought there was no use in putting me through a bunch of stress.

I told the board and the polygraher that i had nothing to admit too. That was my story the whole time. As far as i was concerned it was the full truth.

They tried  at the board to get me to admit to stealing pens and paperclips from my job.

I just said if I had ever walked off with something like that it was a  mistake and not theft.

They tried the same thing when i said I had NEVER taken even a hit off a marijuana joint. As far as I am concerned it is possible as they insisted that I am the only person who never has.

The examiner in the interview before the test asked me about 30 questions ranging from sexual assault to  cheating on taxes to exposing myself in public. He said if I had a problem with any question to tell him and we would see what could be done to help fix the question.

The only question he asked that I had an issue with was if I had ever killed anyone. I explained to him that I had been at war for three years prior to the hiring proccess, as a forward observer in the army.  He rephrased the question to while I was a civilian had I ever killed anyone.

That question didn't come up in the 5 he asked during the actual test.

He asked me 5 questions one time and then walked me to my car. My polygraph began at 6pm and by 635 I was litterally driving home happy with the way the test went.

I still just wonder if I was even actualy tested, I never saw the computer screen he was watching and so far as I know it may ot even have been turned on.

Thanks for the response.

mos13F,

What does a cannon cocker need with a polygraph test ? Something here to me just doesn't add up. Please do explain ?

Regards ...

mos13fox wrote on Mar 21^st, 2006 at 4:02am:


mos13f,

Explanation accepted .... good luck  !! 

Regards ...