Quick rejections give you more time to pursue the job that you can get. The positive responses will also come requests for samples, email queries, and phone calls. This is where the interview process starts. The phone interview is a screening process that helps companies weed out unqualified people. They are not going to request an in-person interview until they are certain that you are a real contender.
Most interviews follow the twenty questions format.
Some add a basic writing or editing test. Apply somewhere else there are many places that don't require a test. Practice interviewing with someone both in-person and on the phone. Find out where you have problems, so you can work on them and not embarrass yourself during a real interview. L. H. Garlinghouse from TECH-WRL has some advice for after the interview .