Navigant Technical Editor interview questions

I already knew one of the principals at the Boulder office. He asked if I knew of anybody who'd be a good fit for this position, and I said "Yes, Me!" I went through the co.'s standard application process, passed the HR dept.'s initial phone screen, and was then brought into the Boulder office for an editing test and 1-on-1 interviews with five different people. They even flew in the supervisor for this position from Washington, DC, just to interview me for an hour(!). I thought everything went well, and they said they needed somebody for this position "yesterday." I never heard anything back from them without me calling first. After several attempts, one of the HR people in Chicago said that they did offer the job to somebody else. I can understand not being called in for an interview after submitting a less-than-ideal resume, or not hearing anything more after a less-than-ideal phone screen ... but to not get back with anything after a half-day of interviews & testing speaks volumes about this co.'s need for <vastly> imprroved communications ... !