I applied online. The process took 4 days. I interviewed at The Home Depot (North Tustin, CA) in May 2011
Interview
Was well excepted and excellent at all the preliminary screening and telephone interviews (both computere automated and person questions response) . Placed myself in a person to person interview and looked to be doing well, until I noticed the manager was not noting any information on the sheet.
I was told that there was only 3 candidates for 3 jobs and ALL would be contacted. I queried the resource center, left messages for HR. went to the offices again and posted notes. I did not receive the courtesy of a reply ... to this day.
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at The Home Depot (Milwaukee, WI) in Jan 2012
Interview
online application, then phone interview, then face to face interview. I would suggest doing an online application but then call the store where you applied.