I applied in-person. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Northwestern University (Evanston, IL) in Oct 2012
Interview
Very simple. Just contacted them, and they got back to me the next day. Seems to be on a rolling basis and offers the job first come first serve. They told me to swing by one of the residential areas the next day, and after I got there, I was pretty much just given a run down of what will happen. There were a couple other prospects present as well.