Glebson Security, a security services agency in North Carolina, adds another process to its traditional interview round to make its selection procedure more stringent. In this new process, shortlisted candidates are individually sent into a room in which a trained clinician shows them an ambiguous inkblot as a stimulus and asks them what they see in it. This process helps the firm measure the personality traits of prospective employees. In this scenario, Glebson Security is using _____.
A) the logistic regression technique
B) a self-report inventory
C) an in-basket exercise
D) the projective technique

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The process described is a projective technique, specifically referring to the use of inkblots (Rorschach test) to assess personality traits by interpreting ambiguous stimuli.

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