I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at VMware (Frimley, England) in Nov 2014
Interview
Relaxed, Open, two-way process. Fast process end to end. The best interaction I ever had in my last 11 years of IT career. Just perfect. From screening to technical phone test everything was structured. They all spoke the same language and open to questions.
I applied online. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at VMware (Ciudad de Mexico) in Feb 2013
Interview
Hiring process took about 5 weeks. First applied on line, two screening phone interviews, three in-person interviews. Interview was very diverse, I was interviewed by Country Manager, Business Partner Alliances and AM. After, a little review with Engineering Manager and finally I got the final proposal and I got hired.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at VMware (Palo Alto, CA) in Oct 2010
Interview
The hiring process is similar to other large companies. You can start with a job posting, or more likely and helpful, is that you will be led to an opening by someone you know. The HR department also works considerably with recruiters. From there the process will vary by who is hiring you. Our interviews involved phone screening to see if it's worth continued conversations, and from there go to a long (all day) interview with many people. For our positions, this involved a significant amount of time doing technical presentations.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
I was asked a very detailed and low level question on the subtle differences in behavior between proxy and byte code weaving mechanisms for implementing annotated behavior in Java classes.