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after the decision in Griggs v. Duke Power (1971), many employers abandoned tests, thinking that this act would protect them from the provisions of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act/thus, the interview is used more than any other procedure for making hiring decisions/the Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures... state explicitly that any procedure that is used to determine who is hired or promoted must be examined against the same criteria as are pencil and paper tests (eg, a measure of aptitudes and interests) or a job simulation (eg, an assessment center)