<p>There’s no reason to worry about the length of the interview. As was previously stated each Member develops the process for their office. Short of violating House or Senate ethics rules they are free to handle the process any way in which they please. This being said, very few offices decide the nominations prior to a formal interview. Members will try to insulate themselves from the process and this is why you seldom hear of the Member being part of the interview. </p>
<p>More than likely the Senator’s staff was trying to schedule all of the interviews into one day for the particular academy and this was not a courtesy interview.</p>