Can You Tell a Lie and Not Get Caught?

Years ago, I had an interview with a police department for a forensic position. I had already been fingerprinted, interviewed by the supervisor, had an in-depth background meeting with the background investigators trying to catch me in a lie from my thirty plus page application of my background, and the investigator even visited my home. I still wasn’t done with the interview process yet! The final phase of the interview was the infamous lie detector test.

I’m a fairly easy-going, straight to...