I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Duncan Lawrie (London, England) in Jan 2019
Interview
2 rounds of face to face interviews and i first met with the hiring manager and I then met HR and another senior manager who both asked technical and competency questions regarding my previous experience
I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Duncan Lawrie (London, England) in Feb 2016
Interview
I applied through a recruitment agency and was shortlisted for an interview. I was interviewed by the hiring manager and someone from HR. It consisted of technical and competency questions as well as questions such as "where do you see yourself in two years" - you know, the usual stuff.
The interviewers made it a point to make the interview feel informal in order to make the interviewee feel comfortable so that their real personality would show.
Near the end of the interview is was given a couple of sheets of paper to read up on which had an account scenario. They left the room for around 5mins and I had to pick out points from the scenario and comment on them (such as high risk situations which are easy to see if you already have experience in that sector).
I heard from various recruitment agencies that they are very "picky" in regard to job offers.