I was first did a phone interview, then I had to interview with about 6-8 other people throughout the company. I started interviewing in the summer and was given a verbal offer that I accepted and was told I'd have the paperwork in 3 days. It never came so I finally contacted the recruiter again to see what was going on. After another week of me pressing, he finally said they had a hiring freeze and that it was indefinite when they could get approval to hire me. In the spring of the following year, I was finally given an offer again and accepted.