I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Allstate (Charlotte, NC) in Jul 2012
Interview
Applied on a Monday, received call from hiring manager Wednesday, over the phone interview and online assessment on Friday, was asked to drive hundreds of mile for face to face interview, interviewees were lower level employees, said would let me know if have the job in 1 week, took 2 weeks, said that i did not get the job because i didn't qualify (i have tons of experience in this field and I was dressed better than their current employees and managers)..I've never gotten turned down before by any company after having a face-to-face interview, until Allstate..
They asked questions from different categories - such as leadership style - and then they would ask a question from each category such as how to allocate resources or handle a timing crunch. They would (at times) ask for a specific situation in your career that would explain your style.
So you need to listen to the broad category read out and then relate your job experience to a specific question concerning the category. Don't get flustered....take notes if you have to (probably unneeded) and ask for more details if need be.
For example, in the part about allocating resources I did ask for an example to make an abstraction more concrete, so I could answers in terms of the example.