I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Bloomberg (New York, NY) in Jun 2007
Interview
Very diligent- yet open to any questions I had at the time. They wanted to know facts more than fluff and they looked into my background and found things that I actually forgot about. Never the less, things I never covered up. They are more interested in honesty, general character, looks (for sales position) and overall class. For sales- they do not want a sales guy- they want an intelligent person that can learn material quickly and communicate needs back to R&D.