Harley Wants to Build a Startup Company with a Small

question 27

Multiple Choice

Harley wants to build a startup company with a small number of people working for him.He decides to do all the hiring himself.Antonio,a friend of Harley's,who is also a lawyer,wants to warn Harley about the risk of discrimination complaints by applicants who were not hired.Which of the following arguments must Antonio use to warn Harley?

• A) Interviews are narrow and standardized, so they do not allow interviewers to test the integrity of interviewees with ease.
• B) Interviews are subjective, so they have the potential of assessing candidates based on questions not related to the job.
• C) Interviews are objective, so they have the potential of assessing candidates based on questions not related to the job.
• D) Interviews are expensive, so their validity and reliability is always in question.
• E) Interviews require polygraph tests, which give the interviewer an opportunity to ask questions that can violate the privacy rights of the interviewee.

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