speak to some people and take a written test, talk about what they do and what you will do there, which is basically researching and writing. this has a thir tee word min imum.

First, there was a brief phone interview explaining the process, then I went in to take a test. That was as far as I got. I apparently didn't do well on the test, though aside from the ping pong question (how many ping pong balls would it take to fill the cubicle) I didn't find it that difficult, but I expect that telling the HR chick that the Myers-Briggs assessment they had me fill out online after their test was the social science equivalent of astrology probably didn't help either.