I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at Apple (Cupertino, CA) in Nov 2008
Interview
Recruiter forwarded resume to university relations. The first interview was subsequently setup. Had a phone interview with the manager. Questions were technical in nature. He was interested in my thought process. Had to do some HW for the 2nd interview. 2nd interview was via video conferencing with the team. I rocked the interview.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
3 or 4 technical questions. Since this was for an intern HW position, questions were circuit/system related.