I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at eBay (Redmond, WA) in Feb 2013
Interview
I applied directly to the eBay site. They are expanding in the Seattle area and it looked to be a good fit for my skills. The recruiting staff was very punctual and did a good job in arranging an informational interview. I did not have a good interview, but frankly I just choked. I guess it happens in interviews. The person I met with asked me some reasonable high-level design questions and emphasized that next steps would involve "technical" questions. I decided not to pursue for my own reasons, but there is nothing from the contact I had with them that would make me dissuade others.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
A big focus in the interview was on data - quantifying and identifying strategies for dealing with "big data".