I am also very disappointed that interviews are not mandated to be recorded. Perhaps if they were, and VOs were forced to be more honest and fair we would not need such a long appeal process.
A couple of other things that I start to wonder about, how many sponsors who cannot attend the interview in person actually get called by the VO? I know I did not get called, which bothers me since the VO asked my wife to describe the work I do. I don't recall anywhere in the application I described my job. So how can the VO confirm the answer my wife gave?
I try very hard not to be depressed or angry, but I do find I am fighting some fits of rage about the interview.
Anyways, thanks for all the support. I hope I can put a good enough case together to get and ADR.