You touch on a very important thing. It feels like no one cares about interviewing UNTIL they can use it like a cudgel to hit you in the head when you ask for a

You touch on a very important thing. It feels like no one cares about interviewing UNTIL they can use it like a cudgel to hit you in the head when you ask for a promotion. In the normal course of affairs, interviewing gets you nothing. But if you don't interview, they get a convenient excuse to not promote you.