I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Tripadvisor (Newton, MA) in Feb 2015
Interview
A bit tricky, but not in the traditional sense. They don't grill you, at least in my experience. The hiring manager just sold me on the opportunity and company while saying I was a shoe-in. That got my confidence inflated and then I approached everything too casually -- I probably didn't sell myself hard enough as a result.
Then I met the executive, who's really nice, but just asked really broad questions. Still, both seemed smart yet down to Earth. I really want to work at TripAdvisor someday.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
You'll also be asked if you know so and so, as well as so and so, at one of your previous companies -- if it's a bigger company and you didn't really work with so and so, good luck.