[quote name=\'GSFan\' post=\'188549\' date=\'Jun 20 2008, 01:38 PM\']
The audition process is the same; if you pass the test you have a short interview with one of the contestant producers. However, you must sit through a couple of show tapings prior to finding out whether you passed the test.
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It's still a decent tradeoff.
IIRC, the warmup guy announces who passed right before the second show is taped.
I enjoyed the experience four years ago--I'm going to be in New York next month and would do it again if my one full day already has things planned--and if they were taping.