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Investigators & HR

Stop chasing confessions. Start gathering the truth.

Modern interviewing is a science, and most teams were never taught it. This program trains investigators, compliance teams, and HR professionals in the evidence-based methods that replaced interrogation folklore: rapport that works, questioning that holds up, and deception judgments the research actually supports.

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80%Deception signals identified
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45 pgFree field guide included
Science-based interviewing and deception detection training
The Deliverables

What your team
walks away with.

The science-based interviewing canon: ORBIT rapport, the HEEAAR principles, PEACE, and the Cognitive Interview, taught as working method
Strategic Use of Evidence: sequencing what you know so accounts can be tested instead of contaminated
Deception judgments that hold up: what the research supports, what it has debunked, and how to distinguish stress from deceit
Baselines and clusters: structured behavioral observation instead of gut instinct
Interviews that survive review: lawful, ethical, defensible practice aligned with the modern evidence base

The full research foundation for this program is public: our 45-page Science-Based Interviewing field guide is free to download in the Field Library. Read the science before you hire anyone, including us.

Inside the Training

What we cover,
and why it works.

01
The paradigm shift
Confession-driven interrogation produced false confessions and lost information. Your team learns why the field moved to information gathering, and what that changes in practice.
02
Rapport that works: ORBIT and HEEAAR
Rapport is not small talk. We train the ORBIT model and HEEAAR principles: the interpersonal approach shown to produce more information from reluctant interviewees.
03
Structured accounts: PEACE and the Cognitive Interview
Free recall beats rapid-fire questions. Your team learns to plan, open, and probe accounts using the frameworks federal and international agencies now teach.
04
Strategic Use of Evidence
When to reveal what you know, and in what order, so inconsistencies surface and truthful accounts can be verified. The SUE technique, applied to your case types.
05
Deception: what the science says
Most deception folklore fails under testing. We cover the cues with real support, the myths to drop, and how to separate stress from deceit under pressure.
06
Live demonstration and applied practice
Chris demonstrates behavioral reads live with your own team, then runs applied interview scenarios built from your investigation contexts.
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The training answered all our expectations. Immediately applicable for our HR activities: it will help us detect micro-expressions on the faces of our clients and candidates. The course material was professional and complete.
Guissou Nabavi
Training & Development Manager · Mercuri Urval
★★★★★
80%
Of behavioral deception signals identified by trained teams
Ready to Engage

Your next interview
is coming.
Run it on the evidence.

Submit your inquiry and receive a personal response within one business day. No automated replies. No sales pitch. A focused conversation about whether this training is right for your organization.

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Email Chris directlychris@chrismikemagic.com Call or text(804) 442-6132
Either way: a 20-minute discovery call, then a custom proposal within 48 hours.
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