I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Verizon (Ashburn, VA) in Sept 2013
Interview
one hour interview F2F with hiring manager; asked about the usual things, experience how I felt about working in a start up program, etc. then several follow up calls with him, submitted online information to HR and he made the offer. I was a referral so I went straight to him before HR.