I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at RD Chemical (Mountain View, CA) in Aug 2011
Interview
I answered a Craigslist ad and got a reply almost immediately-within an hour or so.
Very brief phone interview, followed by a paid half day interview/prove yourself in the lab setting by testing this sample.
The hiring manager also owns the company. It's a very small company- three people total. The person I was replacing was not made aware of the interviewing process so the total time from interview to first day was about three weeks. It was a little strange being told to try not to move things around in the lab so that employee wouldn't notice someone had been in there....
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The on site, half day interview included a written chemistry test-mostly basic Chem 101 stuff. Then I was provided a sample to test using their lab equipment...super simple acid/base titration.