We are fully paginated using QuarkXPress on Macs. Photos are transfered from Leaf to Mac and enhanced in Photoshop. I've never heard of. You get a spelling and editing test. Copy desk gets to meet you and decide if we like you.
Interviews usually last a couple of hours.
Some training is involved, but we don't have the staff to sit with you while you learn. You mainly learn by doing. Extra pages are okay.