I applied through a recruiter. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at Actian (Redwood City, CA) in Aug 2012
Interview
First there was a phone call with hiring manager, followed by phone screen and in person interview. There were lot of questions on past experience and some algorithm questions. You have to write code on board to solve the problem.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
they ask you to explain how you go about build a product. What all the considerations you take in building a brand new product. There are quite a few followup questions on performance.