I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Penguin Random House (Westminster, MD) in Jan 2015
Interview
Applied online through their careers website, called by HR roughly 1.5 weeks later to set up interview, In-person interview with hiring manager and an assistant, had to arrange books in the interview room while waiting for the interviewees to show up (personality/behavior test?), they will ask the questions pretty fast so be prepared to think fast and give a quick answer, I got the assumption they were hiring a lot of people at one time (Dec-Jan time frame) so were trying to squeeze a bunch of interviews in the same day. Do not attempt to chit chat or elaborate on your answers.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Pretty standard questions - Tell Us About Yourself/Why Do You Want to Work Here, Strengths/Weaknesses, where do you see yourself in 5 years, rate your computer skills on a variety of computer programs (i.e. MS Word, Excel, Access, etc.), how do you solve a difficult situation, have you ever worked in a 'call center', exactly how many calls did you take per day, etc.