The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Cisco (San Jose, CA) in Feb 2010
Interview
I had three grueling technical interviews in span of 10 days. Every part of my resume was touched by at least one interviewer with detailed questions on protocols, tools and projects I had experience on. I had a last semi technical interview with my would be manager's manager, the team's senior manager. Post that I received the offer, there was no HR interview.