There is a short course on how to transcribe the captions for a video. This is actually quite interesting because there are conventions I never knew about, even though I watch a lot of subtitled films. After this you need to transcribe a short video. I thought I did great but I did not get the position. I wonder if this is because of some of the judgement calls I made, i.e. on whether to include atmospheric music when it was very short. They give no feedback, which limits your ability to improve.

I was asked to fill out a brief questionnaire re: very basic grammar and internet speed. After a short essay about my hometown (weird choice, considering that technically companies aren't allowed to know much of the potential info for discrimination reasons, but seemed benevolent). I was then asked to caption a test video within a couple days. Upon completion and after a day or two of waiting, I was told I had "great potential" but should caption two more videos before my supposedly great skills were unleashed upon the rev.com client masses. These both had very short deadlines. I did so with great care, but was told WITHIN TWO HOURS of completing the final video that I didn't make the cut/not to contact them. How is this possible? I'm not sure any real person is looking at these test videos. I'm also not sure they're test videos; rather, I'm thinking applicants are being used for free captioning. I captioned an animated video about teaching, Jon Stewart's interview with Malala, and a promotional video about solar panels. Either that, or they just leave the entire application process open even when they're not hiring. However, I applied through (the admittedly ever-sketchy) Craigslist, so there was an ad that had been recently posted... I'm not sure. Don't waste your time either way.