Questions for the senior guys turned down early in the process. Did you buy a new suit, shirt, tie, shoes etc? If not, did all those items look new? Did you pay for interview prep? Did you have all of your school transcripts(high school through college, including days missed in high school highlighted (especially if you had very few)) in a folder in chronological order? Did you have all of your extracurricular, volunteer type things in said folder? I know a lot of this seems trivial, but interviewing is a game and they make the rules. Were your logbooks up to date and neat? It takes a lot of preparation to interview well an seperate yourself from the competition. Since HR has taken control over hiring in the last 30 years(vs pilots hiring pilots) these things are important. We as pilots may not agree, but thems the rules. It appears that the later rounds have got the message and are playing the game.