I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Avon in Jul 2013
Interview
Communicated via email, met at a restaurant for the interview, nice/pleasant manager who maintained a friendly conversational atmosphere rather than too formal, asked a lot of "what would you do" questions, requires working knowledge of Microsoft Word products, said there was another applicant after me but would call me that night (and did).
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What would you do if someone was trying to contact me but you knew they were just being "needy" and did not have to speak to me directly (and my schedule was already booked).
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 5 months. I interviewed at Avon (New York, NY) in Oct 2009
Interview
I initially found out about the program from a contact within the company. After she passed my resume along I was asked to come in for an interview. After the interview the HR representative asked me to formally apply on the Avon Career website. About 3 months later I received a phone call/ interview from my potential internship boss. A week after that call i received the formal Internship offer.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
I don't think questions were hard. The hard part was thinking of questions to ask them.