So I finally took my poly a while ago, and its eating me because I'm impatient.  I need some feedback.  The poly wasn't as bad as I was anticipating it to be.  In fact I was so relaxed I felt like I was going to fall asleep at times because the polygrapher's voice was so soothing haha!  Well I took the "test" and did okay for the control questions. She said I had excellent physiology.  I then answered the questions with confidence.  After the analysis she came in and said there was a problem with a couple answers.  She said that two of my answers were "inconsistent."  They weren't "inconclusive" or "deceptive" like some of the other posts I have read.  So then we spent the next 30 minutes talking about if I had any problems with the questions and she asked what I was thinking about when she asked them.   I went ahead and said what I was thinking.  I told her I was nervous a little bit and that I was tired.  So she gave me a small pep talk and then we hooked me back up.  She asked the same set of questions once again a couple times.  Only this time I had my super game face on.  My mind was empty and not even my inner voice was talking.  I said the asnwers mindlessly without even thinking.  After the test she was extremely happy and very pleased with my responses.  She said the data was very easy to read.   She never said I passed nor failed.  This is where it got weird.  It made me scared and makes me wonder if I got the job or not

After the repeat test she left the room to get an audio tape.  She said she needed to record my drug history.   She put the tape in and stated her name and my id number and then proceeded to record my drug history.  After she was done she asked me if it was all true. I said yes.  After that she said that she was going to review my test results and then her supervisor would review. From there I would find out if I passed.  She said there was a "slim" chance that I would need to come back to give more data, but most people don't need to go back.  She then walked me out.

I guess what worried me most was the fact that she recorded my drug history granted that that was one of the problem questions.  Should I be worried about this or is it standard procedure.  Does this mean I failed and will need to go back again? Why would she need to record this information?

I find it interesting the agency had funds to record part of the interview and not  all of it.  Agencies using compuers can record both audio and video at virtually no expense.  That said I suspect the examiner is going to 'fail" you on the drug questions.

As I have said before, every agency has different standards for experimentation with controlled substances.  If you fall outside this agency's standards, find one where you don't. 

gary davis

Presumably you detailed your drug history in your application documentation.  Did the polygrapher slip anything into her recording that was not included in your previous written disclosure?  Or was her reading a totally accurate representation of what you had already told the hiring agency?

-Wang-Lo.