The position was advertised online by one of the many government job search websites available to the Canadian Public. I submitted a .PDF document of my resume, made very unique using Adobe Creative Suite, my cover letter, and a 6 page portfolio.
They must have been desperate for people because I called them after the position closed and was able to submit my resume. They called me for an interview about two weeks later to schedule the interview early the following week.
They made you go through a series of questions that were written using very ornate english - I'm not sure why because they were targeting a younger age group with minimal experience. This was frustrating to say the least. They're were two people interviewing you, and you answered about 13 questions, almost all of which were unrelated to the job. This was something else. You then had to write a written exam job-costing an unrelated job in conservation. This was not the job advertised. The application clearly said paper conservator, not estimator. It was extremely frustrating to go through this interview. I would expect the same in the future.