How To Beat A Lie Detector
Like a lot of the cool sites we find I came by this one quite by accident. And boy do they hate lie detectors.
When I was 19 I was offered a job that required taking a polygraph test. The purpose I was told was to determine whether a potential hire had ever stolen from a previous employer (the job entailed working around valuable and easily stolen merchandise). This seemed reasonable enough at the time and the first 2/3 of the exam asked questions like ‘have you ever taken anything from an employer worth more than $50?’ Then they started asking about things that had nothing to do with the work environment, like how often you went to bars or nightclubs, did you gamble or use drugs. It was really quite invasive so at first I refused to answer, then after a few more I quit the test. The next morning I was offered the job. I guess all they really cared about was whether I was going to steal or not, the rest was just them being nosy.
How To Beat a Lie Detector and other interesting information about polygraphs.
And for another point of view . . .
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