Job hunting and corporate America

As if finding a job in a bum economy wasn't bad enough, enter corporate America. Recently, while searching through job listings through an online source, if came across a job that is fitting. While the job requires my background, it is a different line of work than what I am used to. I have been in construction for nearly 10 years. This new job, while still "construction" oriented, is in a hardware store. A "Corporate America" hardware store.
I am a master electrician in Colorado. Not a great achievement, but for my age when I reached that rank, it was. So as I applied to a big box hardware store for a job as their electrical professional, I assumed it would be an easy gig to get. Little did I know, just how much there really is to obtaining a position in "Corporate America."
First there was the online application. That was pretty standard as far as a job application is concerned. Then came the interview. This is where things began to get weird, to me at least. I went to the location for the interview, met with the HR manager. I proceeded with a regular job interview, or so I thought.
When I was finished with the HR manager, she took me to a computer. There I was instructed to complete what seemed like a physcological evaluation. 36 pages of questions, over and over. Pretty much the same question was asked, with different wording, several times. When I was finished with that bs, I was interviewed by another woman.
The second woman, seemed to be a manager of some sort. She was very cordial, and fairly open with me. That interview was based mostly on my past jobs, and relevant experience to the position that I was being considered for. When she was finished with me, she escorted me back to the HR manager.
Once back in the HR manager's office, I was then given a pre-employment drug screen, orally. That's new to me, an oral drug test. She then made me sign my life away, in regards to the drug test, and explained the remaining process. I didn't know that there was a remaining process. I thought I was done. Hell no!
I was then informed, that upon the results of my drug test, (should I pass). I will by the way. That there would be yet another interview. This time by the store manager. Should I manage to get through the entire interview process, I might actually have a job again. A job that I might enjoy a little more than some other jobs in the past.
You see, this job is in a store. The same store, everyday. Heated, and air conditioned. Where, I am used to being outside in the cold, Colorado winters. As well as indoors, during the hot, arid, Colorado desert summers. This job is the Electrical Department Manager, in a big box type hardware/home improvement store. I won't tell you which one, but there really are only 2 of that nature nationwide. I think that I will like it, if I manage to get through all the red tape.