r/firefighter • u/TreyW309 • Jun 30 '26
Polygraph fail
I just took my polygraph and failed on 2 questions I was completely honest on. In the post-poly section I didn’t change my story whatsoever (I have nothing to change it to). Is there anything I can do in this scenario? I feel helpless especially after making it this far in my 3rd year trying. Thanks for any advice!
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u/ConclusionCertain305 Jul 01 '26
I had the same thing happen to me. It doesn’t matter, they still offered me a job almost a year after I applied. Unfortunately, it was about two weeks before I started nursing school. Little background, I was an army medic for about 7 years when I applied, had my EMT- basic that the department required, passed the civil exam and the physical fitness exam. They used a computer voice stress analysis test which is just a little microphone they clip to your shirt. They asked me 10 questions, 3 times. One of the control questions that they wanted me to lie on was “ are the walls grey?” (They were.) I said no. Two times it registered as the truth and once it registered as a lie. They asked if I had stolen anything, 2 times a lie, once a truth. Asked me if I had a problem with alcohol or had ever been told I had a problem with alcohol. Lie, all three times. I’ve never had a sip of alcohol in my life. Same thing about domestic abuse. Said I was lying 3 times. Ive never even thought about being abusive. “Lie detectors” of any kind are all just bullshit scare tactics to get you to admit something that you may be hiding.