Initial information is collected regarding work experience and skills. If you are a fit you will be contacted. Must pass exam. Given materials to study and can search through the documents to make sure you apply rules correctly.
I applied online. The process took 4 days. I interviewed at Rev (San Francisco, CA) in Nov 2015
Interview
In the application, I was asked to write about my hometown followed by test captioning an initial short video. Videos & reading materials are provided before you test caption a video. After that was reviewed I was asked to caption two more videos that were a little bit longer in length. It takes some time to do this, but the process makes sense to me.
There was no interview or anyone that reached out to talk about the position. There was a test after a training video to ensure you could do the required work to a high standard.
The interview process for the freelance captioned position is fairly standard. You have to demonstrate that you can caption a video using their system. If you are able to meet metric requirements right off the bat it is not that big of a deal.