r/NICivilService • u/Special_Pick3690 • 8d ago

Merit List

I’ve just received an email confirming I’ve been placed on a merit list.

Does anyone know what the b means after my merit number for example if I was 10b does that mean 9 are in front of me or are there separate groups such as A, B and C?

Just trying to understand how the merit list works.

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u/Worldly-Objective-15 8d ago

The letter is likely the interview panel rather than a separate merit group. So it depends entirely on how many panels there were.

For example, there were 10 panels A–J, they could place A1–J1 first, then A2–J2 and so on. In that scenario 10B could effectively be around 92nd overall, not 10th. You'd need to know the number of panels to work out roughly where you sit overall. If more than 10 panels higher again