Galveston College interview questions

The job was advertised as seeking to be filled ASAP, but it was five months before I was contacted for a phone interview. In the phone interview, I asked what was the College's level of commitment to the position. The immediate response - without hesitation - was that the position was mandated to be filled, per grant requirements. Based on that assurance, I agreed to a face-to-face interview, although the maximum reimbursement for travel expenses is $450. Of course, it costs more than that to travel by air, rent a car, etc., when you have 2 weeks' notice or less to make reservations, so I paid the balance of expenses out of pocket. Also, GC was totally inflexible about scheduling. All the bending and accommodation was done by me. They were not even open on Friday, so I had to stay 3 days to get low airfare with a Saturday night stay. I mailed a personal note to each of the eight or nine persons I spoke with during my interviews. Two weeks after the interview, the job posting had been taken down. I emailed my contact and asked for an update. Two days later, I was told that it was decided that the position would not be filled. I feel that I gave the College free consulting advice, and they decided to abandon the initiative to build their programs because it was evidently too challenging, and the mediocre status quo is more comfortable. I was excited about the prospect of working in this community, but in retrospect, the College did me a favor, and I am lucky that a valuable lesson cost only my time and a few hundred dollars. Sadly, GC is less than I expected, as in not a completely professional outift, and I must conclude that my beloved Galveston is on a downhill slide for the forseeable future. If you are interviewing here, either you live in the town, or you can do much better. Another caveat is that they would have wanted the candidate to pretty much start right away. It would have been unfair to my present employer to not receive sufficient notice.