I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at US Army (Midwest City, OK) in Mar 2011
Interview
Go to MEPS and take tests (medical, personal history, etc) Sit around and wait to speak one one one with military occupation specialty placement worker. After agreeing upon open position, sign contract, and go home.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at US Army (Springfield, MA) in Jul 2011
Interview
Just went to the recruiters office, spoke about my option, looked at all the jobs they had, chose infantry, worked out with the recruiter to be slightly overweight, dropped the weight, then signed a contract.