Being Interviewed for a Job

Abstract

Stuart Peat was a trainee civil servant in the fast stream for promotion to Principal grade. He was one of the oldest men still in the training grade, and felt he was ready for promotion; he had already been passed over two or three times, and had expressed his view that the promotion system was unsatisfactory. But when the next list for Promotion Board interviews came out, his name was missing. He was not even being considered.