I applied in-person. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Blue Arrow (Edinburgh, Scotland) in Sept 2014
Interview
Easy, they were very nice, didn't seem to be bothered. Just talk, you don't have to make sense. Confidence is everything, have a bit of banter. Tell them you have the right skills and experience, then pester them to give you shifts after you are successful, they will try to ignore you, you just have to keep being a pest