This article analyzes the theoretical and applied aspects of the use of the polygraph in the domestic and foreign practice of selecting candidates for work. Here we consider the conceptual, ethical and evidence-based basis for the use of the polygraph in personnel work.

The article justifies the use of the polygraph as an effective tool for ensuring the security of organizations, reveals the main topics of the questions used in personnel checks, as well as the reliability of the conclusions made on the basis of the data obtained using the polygraph. The prominent place is given to the quality of polygraph testing, where professional competence and the quality of initial training are of key importance.

It is shown that it is necessary to develop a unified methodology for training domestic polygraph examiners, their subsequent certification, as well as scientific support for polygraph activity. The latter is essential since to improve the quality and effectiveness of the polygraph application, it is required to adapt and develop new methods of polygraph testing adapted to the socio-cultural characteristics of Kazakhstan. The priorities of scientific research of the newly created psychophysiological laboratory at the Department of theoretical and practical psychology of the al-Farabi Kazakh National University are highlighted. Paramount of them is the study of the influence of on the one hand socio-cultural, semantic and attitudes on the success of detecting hidden information, and on the other hand a study of the manifestations of individual psychological mechanisms, studies of the phenomenon of lying.