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what is the examiner looking for when doing a lie detector test...i took one this morning for a job offer and the examiner didnt want to tell me what functions of the body are monitored?
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Wow, what kind of job? IIRC they're looking for stuff like breathing irregularities, heartrate change, body temperature... They ask you base questions, like your name and address so they get a measure of what you're like normally, then if they ask you a question and you lie those body functions are supposed to fluctuate and the machine picks up on that.
Personally I've never done one, but I think I'd fail just because I'd get all nervous with each question they ask me.
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its for a police dept. my heart did not want to slow down...
plus the room was 6ft by may be 8ft and nothing else. its pretty dam intimidating i tought.. but it was fun. will find out next week the results...
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I'd be pissed that I so nervous it made it seem like I was lying when I had nothing to hide.
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Good luck! A good friend of mine just became a Milwaukee County deputy sheriff. He promised me that he'd pull me over the first chance he gets, but he's been transferred to baliff duty 
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Originally posted by todras:
I'd be pissed that I so nervous it made it seem like I was lying when I had nothing to hide.
w3rd!!!
that is what im worried about.
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http://science.howstuffworks.com/question123.htmsome helpful info in there, some of it already mentioned a bit here.
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if you have nothing to hide, you have no reason to be nervous.
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The man makes me nervous, dude. The man. 
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Originally posted by MercMobile:
if you have nothing to hide, you have no reason to be nervous.
I've got nothing to hide, but imagine, being in a completely silent room, 6' X 8', strapped to a machine that's quietly going "WHIRR PURR CLICK CLICK" in the background, knowing this is standing between you and your career, and then out of that silence comes this voice asking you a question. Everytime the examiners voice came through, I flipped. Then he was sitting there telling me I can't flinch, I can't breath heavy, I couldn't even MOVE MY HEAD. Then he asked, DID YOU TELL THE WHOLE TRUTH? Makes you question even yourself. LIe Detectors ARE NO FUN!! It doesn't matter if you don't have something to hide, because I don't have anything to hide, believe you me. 
Good luck with the job man!!
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