Organization B is using an interview that requires a panel of three interviewers to complete. The company has found that about half of the time, the interviewers disagree in their ratings such that some members of the panel give the candidate a high rating, while others give the same candidate a low rating. What is the best way to describe the situation?
A) The interview that Organization B is using is not content valid.
B) The interview that Organization B is using is lacking predictive validity.
C) The interview that Organization B is using is not valid.
D) The interview that Organization B is using is not reliable.

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The situation in which interviewers disagree in their ratings suggests that the interview used by Organization B is not reliable. Reliability refers to the consistency of scores or ratings that are obtained from an assessment tool, such as an interview. If different interviewers give significantly different ratings for the same candidate, it means that the tool is not reliable in producing consistent results. Validity, on the other hand, refers to the extent to which the tool measures what it is intended to measure, which cannot be determined from the given information.

Organization B Is Using an Interview That Requires a Panel