Out of courtesy

[Xinfu]

p.18 Roland was interviewed, out of courtesy he decided, but the job went to Fergus Wolff, [...]

What do the red words mean? The structure is strange: decide does not make sense with out of courtesy.

[Rusty]

I think a slight change in punctuation would help.

Roland was interviewed out of courtesy , he decided, but ...

Roland decided it was out of courtesy that he was interviewed, but ...

It was out of courtesy that Roland was interviewed, but ...

[Xinfu]

Excellent answer. Thank you.