I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at PTC (Austin, TX) in Nov 2011
Interview
The interview process consisted of a phone interview, then an in-person interview with various people representing QA and Development. It was a bit disorganized but but the interviewers asked good questions. I was asked how I would test a specific piece of equipment given a very limited amount of time, tested on SQL and XML knowledge, and asked to QA a sample UI interface. I found a real bug during the sample QA, so that was kind of fun.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you test a specific piece of equipment given only 60 seconds?