Good job to you, Hastin, for using your brains and being
too good for the show!
I am more cynical about TV game show casting after a different but similar audition process for the college edition of "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire." I use the word "casting" because I'm guessing that qualities like: appearance (Are you good looking?), personality (Are you outgoing and over-the-top?) and knowledge (Make sure contestants are not
too smart so the game show doesn't have to give away too much money) are bigger factors than scoring the highest during the game's audition.
With the WWTBAM audition, a room with hundreds of people were eliminated after a timed, written test--with the top scorers going on to a Part II video interview. Less than eight people that day made it to Part II--and I was included in this small group who completed the on-camera interview portion.
I ended up not being called for the show, but that's OK. However, the disappointing part was seeing the college idiots they actually picked when watching the actual TV broadcast.
Apologies if this was slightly off-topic. 