So I will date myself here a bit, when I got out of school in 1999 it was not uncommon at all to be flown out for interviews. At the time many large consulting companies were hiring and there were usually several rounds of interviews with the last being at one of their offices.<p>They were very formulaic. They would fly you out so you got to the hotel by early afternoon. They would have a get together with the other candidates, take you to a nice dinner and just chat with you. Then the next day was 3-4 interviews, a rush to the airport and a trip home.<p>I knew a few people who went on several just so they could hangout with friends they had in the city. The would do the interviews but had no intention of taking the job.<p>It made negotiations very interesting as you usually had 2-3 offers. Learned very quickly that you could get an extra $10k in base and equal in sign on bonus just by having a competing offer in hand. Good times....