I applied through university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Amgen (San Luis Obispo, CA) in Mar 2012
Interview
I had a school interview with them and they liked me so much that I got an offer a couple of weeks later. The hiring manager was in fact the sector manager as well. He came in person to the first interview. This is how close they want to know there employees.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They asked me about the basic of computer science such as branch and bound, loops, and condition statements