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Police Employment Polygraph Questions

police officer polygraph testVery few police applicants have done anything serious enough to cause them to fail a pre-employment polygraph exam. It is estimated that less than 15% of the applicants applying for law enforcement positions have done anything serious enough to justify that they be excluded from law enforcement.

You should be asking why, then, are almost all applicants afraid to "fail" the test? Even more important - if less than 15% should fail, why do about 40% of applicants falsify a response to the polygraph operator and find themselves eliminated - not for what they did - but for lying to the operator? That's right - your math is correct - about 1/4 or 25% of applicants are eliminated who shouldn't be.

How does it happen? It happens because those applicants are unaware of what items in their background would actually be harmful to their chances of police employment. So for no reason they lie about all sorts of things like non-chronic and experimental drug use, a drunk driving arrest, experimental or non-chronic theft as a teenager, and small incidents that they are just too embarrassed to talk about. Things that would NOT STOP their police employment chances, if only they would be honest about it. If they are afraid of "the truth" being revealed, an applicant is capable of asking for the agency privacy policy concerning police polygraph exam admissions and politely insist that it be followed.

While it is generally true that an applicant cannot be eliminated on the mere suspicion that they are lying, the mere suspicion of lying raises all sorts of red flags with police personnel officers and background investigators. They will then not want to recommend you for employment. The agency will find a reason not to hire you, or to hire other applicants before you.

police officer polygraph questionsIf you are facing a police employment polygraph, you MUST find out what it is that will eliminate you from consideration from police employment in your state. Every state has a web site detailing the law enforcement standards for employment. Find it for your state and locate the information that eliminates candidates, typically: chronic alcoholism and drug use, a felony conviction or a conviction on certain types of misdemeanors, or continuous convictions on minor crimes like theft, gambling, assault, prostitution. Another is a dishonorable discharge from military service, or a discharge under "less than honorable" conditions. What about a "general discharge?" That's the point. Find out! Every state is different, you need to know the specific rules in your state.

Once you know this list of eliminating background history items, ask yourself if any of those things apply to you. If the answer is YES - sorry - I suggest that you not apply for a job in law enforcement.

If the answer is NO - then you should apply - but do NOT lie on your application, NOT to the polygraph operator, personnel officer, background investigator or anyone else about any aspect of your personal history. Even if you "get away with" a lie, it WILL be found out and you will be immediately terminated, regardless of how many years of service you have had and how good of an employment record you have had. Terminated not for the act itself, but for lying about it. Not fair? That is exactly what the agency will be thinking, it was not fair that you lied and caused the problem that may cost them the employment of an otherwise good police officer!

The message here should be clear to you. Find out what is specified as disqualifying for employment through your state's law enforcement standards and training commission. Tell the truth if you apply. If you are harboring a secret about a disqualifying event of any type, find other employment.

If you do decide to lie or try and "trick" the polygraph operator, whatever clever trick some book or web site tries to convince you to use to "beat the polygraph," rest assured that advice is for meant for fools. Police polygraph operators are professionals who have their training updated, and they are aware of these countermeasures and take measures to watch for them. You will be spotted and eliminated from police employment. See my special advice on the right column.

 police officer entry level polygraph exam questionsKeep reading for a short excerpt concerning police polygraph questions from the eBook Deadly Mistakes Police Applicants Make, which is part of the Police Entry Level Super Course.

What are the 16 STANDARD police employment polygraph questions? What are the 50+ POSSIBLE police employment polygraph questions? They can be found in our Police Entry Level Super Course. Note that the number of questions, the exact wording, number of quoted years, amounts and other numeric values in these questions can change from year to year, agency to agency and state to state.

You are not "failed" just by giving the "wrong" answer to one or more polygraph questions. You will have the opportunity to discuss the exact circumstances with the polygraph operator, who may or may not run the entire or portions of the polygraph exam once again. Then based on the discussion, a re-run of the exam or just certain portions of it, her or she will decide to include the details or not in their polygraph report, and in a recommendation to continue to test you for further employment or to eliminate you.

police entry level polygraph questions answeredI processed over 2,000 police applicants through their polygraph and psychological testing. I personally performed well OVER 500 police officer interviews. I hired 100's of the best candidates for law enforcement. I can show YOU how to be an excellent candidate and be hired as well! Get your copy of Confessions of a Hardass - with instructions on how to pass YOUR police oral board interview, polygraph, background and other exams and assessments. Many other bonus items are included in the 29.95 Police Entry Level Super Course.