I applied online. The process took 5 months. I interviewed at Genentech (South San Francisco, CA) in Apr 2011
Interview
There was a phone interview first. After that I was invited to to give a brief presentation which was followed by about 6 individual interviews including the one with the hiring manager.
I was flown to the site and stayed for 2 days. One day was devoted to me being driven around the SF peninsula to see the area.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Was asked a very specific question about a technique which most people say is possible to do easily.