I applied through an employee referral. The process took 5 days. I interviewed at SAP (Palo Alto, CA) in Aug 2010
Interview
I was referred by an employee. The hiring manager contacted me immediately and setup the interview for the next day. She confirmed the in person interview during the phone interview. Interviewed the next week and never heard back from them despite multiple follow-ups.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at SAP in Sep 2009
Interview
I got the news about the job through some mailing list I subscribe to. I don't remember which one it was. I then found a a friend's friend working with that organization and had them forward my resume to the hiring manager. Then I had a couple of fon interviews with the hiring manager and the second in command followed by another with the hiring manager's boss followed by an onsite visit and face-to-face chat with the other stakeholders.