I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at SVN (Minneapolis, MN) in Feb 2014
Interview
Laid back, informative, fit based. No technical question, just a 'get to know you' interview to assess fit with the office. Interview only took about an hour. If you can hold a good conversation flow, and show some genuine interest in commercial real estate, it will work out fine.
Formal. There was an initial screening then interview with the owner of that location. They asked thorough questions and asked for examples. But overall a good experience.
The whole process took about 3 weeks and it did require some communication on my end about status updates and such.
