I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Metropolitan Transportation Authority (New York, NY) in Aug 2014
Interview
There really wasn't much of a process. They called you to be at there building at a specific date and time. You brough the documents they told you to bring (id, ss, etc...). You also had to bring dispositions of past arrested. The more jobs or arrest you have makes it longer for them to send you to training.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
You had to do a basic math test with one or tricky questions.