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 Employee Polygraph Protection Act of 1988Posted by Jahel on 6/11 at 3:48 pm WTF is this? were people in 88 afraid of being caught lying and cheating? LINK Are the machines discriminatory? Are Asian women more likely to have false positives and would somehow be biased against them? Why can't all private employers value honesty when screening candidates? This post was edited on 6/11 at 3:56 pm Reply • Back to Top |
quote: Not discriminatory, but also not reliable. Do you want to lose a job based on a false information by an unreliable machine? I don't quote: I would think all private and public employers would value honesty...just use a reliable method when screening for it. Reply • Back to Top |
quote: there not the box machines anymore, they are computers...I had a former member of the CIA that use to give test to drug smugglers and cartel members down in South America back in the 90's that now runs a polygraph testing in Houston give me one... they will know if you are lying or telling the truth or completely fricked up in the head... that "machine" helped in proving my innocence... Reply • Back to Top |
quote: good for you...glad it worked out for you...i still don't agree with them being used for employment purposes.. just my opinion...feel free to agree or disagree. Reply • Back to Top |
quote: How about meeting people for kinky sex rendezvous? quote:  This post was edited on 6/11 at 5:33 pm Reply • Back to Top |
quote: for employment purposes no I do not agree with that unless its dealing with national security or something of that nature... I took one back in '86 when I was 16 back in high school working at a grocery story as a stocker...lol I do believe its time to start using them in court rooms in court cases...if they are going to bring people up flimsy circumstantial evidence then polygraphs should be admissible... I will say this to anyone, God forbid you have to go through what I did...however, if you have to take one DO NOT take one by the police department...you get a third party WELL TRAINED QUALIFIED WHO KNOWS WHAT THE frick THEY ARE DOING person to give you one like I did...I paid a $1000 for my test and it was worth every cent. After the test I spoke with him a while and he showed me how advance these test are and explained to me how and why you will not fool these polygraphs...you will be either telling the truth or lying...if there are questionable results with the patterns there is something that is unstable about you and his reports will state to all parties that you need a psychiatric examination...but you will not be able to cheat the test... Reply • Back to Top |
| what is so funny about them not being box machines? Reply • Back to Top |
quote: Nothing except I was commenting regarding my question to my friend NoHo. Read it and it'll make sense. Reply • Back to Top |
Posted by Jahel on 6/11 at 6:41 pm to los angeles tiger could they make a polygraph reader with USB interface?Reply • Back to Top |
| The computer/machine is just a tool for an interview. They are a great tool but they are not always reliable. Period Reply • Back to Top |
quote: nothing is 100% reliable period, yet they are still used as tools to prove innocence or guilt... Reply • Back to Top |
This board is against regulating what employers can require as a condition of employment even if it's to protect the workers.. am I right, pro-right-to-workers?  Reply • Back to Top |
quote: I had to take one a few weeks ago to land my current job. I'll have to randomly take one whenever asked so long as I'm working here. IMO, a "normal" 9-5 gig shouldn't need a polygraph. There are too many invasive and, at times, ambiguous questions during the 3 hour test. A simple background check should be enough. Reply • Back to Top |
quote: What kind of job? Was it management, or access to sensitive data? Reply • Back to Top |
| They are not always pass fail sorry. Also if there isn't pass fail that doesn't mean the person needs a shrink. The machine is an interviewing tool. There are people who have false positives and vice versa. Some people fail bc they change their story while taking the polygraph and that is what makes them fail not the machines findings. Reply • Back to Top |
| It is the kind of job in which a polygraph should be administered. After taking one, I don't see the reason why most employers would need it in a pre-employment screening. Reply • Back to Top |
| I would fail that polygraph for sure. I'm a manipulative beotch. What kind of hard-hitting questions do they ask? Reply • Back to Top |
quote: The big, seemingly important questions, were straightforward and easy to answer. However, the "small" questions are what I had to scratch my head for. Like, "have you ever told a lie?" You think to yourself, "if I answer yes, will they think I'm a compulsive liar and can't be trusted?" Or, "If I answer no, they will surely know I was lying." I made a thread on the OT about a month ago right before I took it to get advice going in. Several people on there have had more experience with the exam than I have, and one poster even worked for a company that administers the test. See if you can dig it up for more info. This post was edited on 6/11 at 9:01 pm Reply • Back to Top |
quote: yes and I stated such... quote: I'm not talking about people taking simple interviews for jobs I was referring to the things I was taking it for with a ex-CIA agent that does nothing but polygraphs on crime cases and explaining to me how things are with him... quote: yes and the "machine" will help prove this... Reply • Back to Top |
quote: We do not need to be giving employers that kind of power over employees/potential employees. And I say that as an employer. Reply • Back to Top • Refresh |
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