[mrfusion]

A bit of a side note, but would it be acceptable to request to be re-imbursed for travel expenses in a case like this?

Companies routinely pay for airfare and lodging, it would seem to only make sense if they also paid for long car trips, no?

[andrewem]

Absolutely, and in the United States there's a standard mileage rate that the IRS will let you use for computing a tax deduction (if it's for business), which companies often use as the amount to reimburse. For 2014 it's $0.56/mile. Obviously a company is under no obligation to reimburse you for travel expenses to an interview, but in the case of a long drive like that I would certainly ask. In fact, for a 3-hour drive each way I would probably also ask to be put up in a hotel room the night before the interview, reimbursed by the company, so that I wouldn't be tired from the drive on the day of the interview.

See http://www.irs.gov/2014-Standard-Mileage-Rates-for-Business,... for more details.