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The Applicant applied for a promotion. A minimum of eight years of relevant experience, as well as “very good ability to read, write and speak English and French or Spanish” was required, “knowledge of the third language highly desirable”. The Applicant was shortlisted and interviewed, but not selected. The Applicant had over twenty years of relevant experience; English was her mother tongue, she was proficient in French and had a �山����official Certificate of Proficiency in Spanish. The selected candidate had nine years of relevant experience, was fluent in English and French and had no certificate proving her knowledge of Spanish. As per the written evaluations of the candidates (including a narrative section and a numerical rating of each qualification), both the Applicant and the selected candidate were given 20 points, out of a maximum of 50, for experience. The Applicant was given 20 points for languages; her Spanish was qualified as very limited. The successful candidate, described as having limited Spanish, had 25. The interviewing panel stated some negative comments on the Applicant’s skills. The Applicant’s total score was 80 points, the selected candidate’s 85.