I think that they like people with ties to the Northwest. They want to hire people that want to be in the area and want to stay a long time. If you are an East Coast guy, you will be at the bottom of the stack, and if you do get an interview, you had better say that you want to move to SEA/PDX for the rest of your life. It seemed that the part of the interview when they asked "Why Horizon?" was the most important question to answer correctly during the whole day.