The STAR method of interviewing:

a. has been rejected by most HR professionals because of its low reliability and low validity.

b. has frequently been criticized and challenged on legal grounds for its disparate impact against certain demographic groups.

c. emphasizes the importance of using highly skilled and experienced interviewers who have good people reading skills and can therefore trust their gut feel about candidates.

d. is explicitly aimed at identifying and hiring the talented tenth of job candidates and rejecting candidates who are below the 80^th percentile in capability.

e. has been increasingly adopted by many organizations.