I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Covidien (Norwalk, CT) in Apr 2008
Interview
HR fairly unorganized. Didn't appear to be too interested in understanding the scope of the position. Just wanted to get a warm, breathing body up to the hiring mgr. Once with the hiring manager, that all changed. Very professional and thorough. Again, didn't care for the HR interface