I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at eBay (Seattle, WA) in Nov 2012
Interview
I was contacted by 2 separate recruiters for 2 positions. I went through a phone screen for one of the positions, but never heard back/received any feedback (positive or negative) from the recruiter afterwards. Very unprofessional.
For the other position in Redmond, WA, the on-site interview consisted of 6 straight interviews in one day, with only 30 mins. (!) for lunch, where they continued to interview me while eating. I found the quality level of interviewing to be low on average, consisting very standard coding questions and coding trivia questions. Finally at the end of the day, there was confusion as to how to get me back to my hotel from the office: it took over an hour just to figure out how to hail a taxi.
I submitted a resume online, and received a callback from the internal recruiter.
Overall the process was very professional, and the people are very personable and genuine.
The recruiter wanted to make sure I was really going to relocate to the Bay Area.
Next was a phone interview with the hiring manager. That focused on clarifying my experience and how it was relevant.
Next after a few weeks (due to scheduling) I went onsite for a day of interviews - five meeting total.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Best question was "what work accomplishment are you most proud and why"?
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at eBay (Redmond, WA) in Feb 2013
Interview
I applied directly to the eBay site. They are expanding in the Seattle area and it looked to be a good fit for my skills. The recruiting staff was very punctual and did a good job in arranging an informational interview. I did not have a good interview, but frankly I just choked. I guess it happens in interviews. The person I met with asked me some reasonable high-level design questions and emphasized that next steps would involve "technical" questions. I decided not to pursue for my own reasons, but there is nothing from the contact I had with them that would make me dissuade others.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
A big focus in the interview was on data - quantifying and identifying strategies for dealing with "big data".