It was an all day process with a morning interview at PCRD with staff and key stakeholders. The afternoon was spent meeting with community people who would at times interface with the position. Some where prepared, some were not. In retrospect, this portion of the process felt a bit like a popularity contest (who's cuter, funnier, nicer, more male...Oops, I said it. This is Indiana, after all). One community person admitted to me she had "no real idea" what I would do should I be offered the role. (Then why was she on the interview committee?) The person vacating the position was involved. She had been ineffective in the role for a couple of years, but as an act of kindness, I suppose, she was offered a chance to help hire someone who would get the program running again. I was told that everyone who interviewed me that day (19 people) would have an equal vote in choosing the candidate. That's just plain wrong. That to me is the department leader abdicating his role and discounting his team's ability to choose the right person. The man who didn't have the competencies for the job was chosen. Not a surprise. I sign for me to look elsewhere.