I have a question for poly. examiners or anyone with simmilar situatuion.  I am trying to get hired by a local department(police).  I went in today and got all of my uniforms duty belt jacket holster everything but the gun. AFTER that i went to take my poly test.  I did good on the test BUT the examiner said that iwas being deceptive on the last time i smoked pot.  Now I know that this is a lie because I havent in a long time so he tells me that some people make nistakes to just go ahead and tell him that there is nothing wrong, pretty much playing my buddy.  He said i have to come in for a retake on monday but if i think of anything to call him.  Now i call a little bullsh** on this because when i took a CVSA he said the same thing then all of a sudden when i didnt confess he said oops i was looking at the wrong question.  I was told by a deputy that the poly isnt an exit point meaning that i cant not be hired because of this but i wanna know if this is a technique that poly examiners use or will this really have a bad effect on  my career.  I already have the uniform and aan employee id number.

ANYONE?

Since you seem to prefer to side step tough questions, how about:

Nice hat, Dr. Maschke. Do you wear it every day?

Sancho Panza

Telling people that they're "having trouble" and calling them back for one or more "re-tests" is a common pre-employment interrogation strategy at intelligence agencies such as the NSA and CIA. It's less common with local law enforcement agencies with tighter budgetary constraints. While it's possible that you passed and that your polygrapher was just bluffing you for an admission, it's also possible that he scored the charts as "inconclusive" and will indeed subject you to a "re-test."