• perviouslyiner
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      Luckily they have very serious scientific tools called “lie detectors” to test the very scientific science between physiological indicators and whether what someone says is actually correct.

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        Nothin’ beats a subjective interpretation of various physiological “indicators” being measured while someone’s a little stressed out.

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        What they do is ask you for references. Then, they ask those people for other people that also know you.

        They ask them about this kind of thing. So, if you’re going to apply you face a choice:

        Would you ask your friends and acquaintances to lie to a federal investigator for you? Would your friends and acquaintances even do that for you?

        They also may do the lie detector test.

        Who wants to deal with that any way when the private tech sector pays way more and doesn’t subject applicants to this kind of bullshit.

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          Look how many jobs in the private sector also require a security clearance. Most things in aerospace, but also a lot of enterprise/cloud/telecom computing will have a “federal” arm, and they need cleared workers for that. Amazon, Google, AT&T, Verizon, Microsoft and many other big names have divisions that do classified work. They pay a premium over regular positions because the clearance is a PITA for everyone involved.

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      They go and ask everyone you’ve ever known, it’s a very intrusive hiring process. If you lie, they treat it like a crime.

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      Kind of. You’d be lying to the federal government under oath though, and you can go to jail for it.

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        Unless you’re the federal government, in which case it’s just another day at the office apparently.