I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Deloitte (San Francisco, CA) in Jan 2010
Interview
I submitted my resume through an employee which sped up the process. I then received a call from a recruiter and thing were pretty straight forward. I had an initial call with the recruiter followed by 3 calls (one per week) with other managers on the team. The questions were fair, asking about my background and what I would bring to the team. Overall the interview questions were pretty standard, no curve balls about how many cats are in NYC bs.
HR round, followed by few technical round (With manager, senior manager and partners) and lastly on speaking and listening skills (online). The interview as such is very job oriented, they are not difficult if we have good knowledge of the field and the role
The interview might have had more rounds as well, but i only got the opportunity to sit in 2 round. The first round was a guesstimate round basic and fairly easy as well and next round was a case study. which was a bit difficult for me
3 steps, 1 hr call, 2 technical interview to access the position the process was quite smooth as long as you are being considered. The hr was really nice especially when asked about composition and future possibilities