Couple of facts the OP leaves out:
Yes, it's an interview. However, no one has been turned down except those who go and basically say point blank they don't want the job.
Also, we're in the process of renegoiating the numbers, per the LOA. Don't know what those will end up being, but I imagine the peanut gallery at APC will be among the first to know.
And CLT Guy hit the nail on the head.