just_me_again wrote on Jan 12
th, 2020 at 2:01am:
I do not have any personal experience with the CBP. However, when it comes to the U.S. Intelligence Community, if you "fail" the pre-employment polygraph, which they consider part of the background investigation (BI), they keep the records FOREVER and you are BANNED FOR LIFE. I was told this by both the FBI (in writing) and by the CIA (over the phone) when I tried to reapply in 2017 after being rejected by both agencies some seven years prior. You can re-apply, sure, but when you get to the stage when they run your name and SSN in their own system, it is game over. Here is my story regarding reapplying after a failed poly or BI in 2017.
Yea, the record will become permanent. By how they word it, it seems like they won't use it anymore after a minimum of two years for any future investigations. There are a few posters on the Delphi BP forum who posted about failing 5 to 10 years ago; They reapplied after that amount of time and passed the poly the second go around. By going off their experience, it seems like they don't use the failed poly against you.
just_me_again wrote on Jan 12
th, 2020 at 2:01am:
Unfortunately, polygraphers love these "minor admissions". It gives them something to dig into. Check out this thread from 2017 where the OP, fbx2, made a "minor admission" to spanking his cat, and was subsequently rejected for the job. He may have had bad luck and his polygrapher was a member of PETA! Next time, omit minor admissions, do not give the polygraphers ANY admissions.
Yea, the polygrapher ended up trying to dig into it, and making it seem like it was bigger than it was.... I held my ground and kept telling the polygrapher for almost two hours, that nothing else occused other than what I mentioned. Hopefully when I get the official email, I will have a chance to appeal it. If I do go through it again in a few years, I will definitely not add anything or repeat what I've already admitted to....