California School Employees Association interview questions

Three part interview process: phone screening, zoom exam, and panel interview. I made it through the panel and then was informed by automated message (not even from the HR person I had been corresponding with the entire time) that I was not selected. Later I learned that I was never eligible for the position anyway, as a transfer from a different CSEA branch was hired instead. Not sure why I was strung along through each step if a current employee already had the job. Insulting