I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Illumina (San Diego, CA) in Sept 2010
Interview
They had 2 levels of phone screening. In that I could feel that there is a conflict of interest between the interviewers. On-site interview was scheduled for 4 hours with 9 people on an average of 30 mins. However, the interview lasted solid 5+ hours. Not at all difficult interview. however not sure what their expectation was. I could not get a interview feedback
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Illumina in Jul 2009
Interview
Pretty standard interview process - a couple of phone screens followed by an on-site interview lasting several hours with multiple interviewers. There were no brain teasers or 'gotcha' questions, and the technical questions were well correlated with the position I was interviewing for.
The recruiters also did a great job communicating - I didn't get an offer but they were kind enough to call and let me know.
