I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Intel Corporation (Hillsboro, OR) in Apr 2013
Interview
Recently started looking for jobs and had applied online to a few positions at intel. Got an email to schedule a phone interview. Basic questions asked during the phone interview. WHy intel, conflicts with coworkers, why did you choose to go to industry v/s academia. I had to BS a lot.. got an email next day saying they wanted me onsite. Onsite was 8 back to back interviews with 1 HR interview abt the benefits and stuff. 2 guys from the 8 were really depressed. One guy even told me that the work life balance in Intel is non-existent (not that I had not heard it before but didnt expect the current employees to themself openly say so). Learnt during the interview that I have to be on call 24x5 (the 5 days that I am working) and should also be available on the weekends to do any emergency work (no extra pay for that). It didnt sound good to me. Why did I do a phd? to do something with my brain and not be a manual laborer. Finally, interview got over and after 3 weeks,the manager contacted me asking if I was willing to take the offer. I replied back saying I need 4 weeks to decide since I have other interviews - basically I wanted to explore other options and had recieved some emails expressing interest in my skills from other companies. THe intel manager said that I have 1 week to decide and if I do not communicate, I will not be considered. I was kinda annoyed by the way these guys treat new hiries.. I shot back a mail saying that I was looking for something that requires me to think and not just do manual labor... never heard back from the manager.. lol.. i could care less.. I have an offer from another company now. Guys, it takes time to geta job.. It took me 8months and 17days before I got one but this is how it is. Its not the dot com era where ppl got a job in 8 mins..lol.. so understand that and be selective. Intel really sucks.. its depressing to say the least.. ppl look overworked, harassed, tired.. I do not want my life to be miserable!!
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Question 1
Nothing difficult or unexpected. Whatever is there in your resume, they ask!
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Intel Corporation (Santa Clara, CA) in Apr 2013
Interview
My advising professor received an email from a former student saying he was looking for recent/soon-to-be graduates in Mechanical Engineering. I sent him my resume and the next day had an hour phone interview, consisting of the details of my engineering experiences and what I wanted to do in my career. The next week I had an informal interview in Santa Clara, mostly consisting of more questions about my engineering experiences, and a thorough tour of the facilities related to the position and a lot of detail about the specifics of the job (the hiring manager was very concerned both that I was a good fit for the job and that the job was a good fit for me). The next week I came in for a formal interview, consisting of a 30 minute presentation of my engineering experiences to the group and a series of one-on-one interviews with each member of the group. The questions weren’t too difficult, with the exception of a few technical questions (by the younger members) and one interviewer who had some sort of sheet of standard (mostly behavioral) interview questions for a process engineer.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Most unexpected: what are the 2 golden rules of an op amp (I’m a mechanical engineer)?
I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Intel Corporation (Santa Clara, CA) in Apr 2013
Interview
Pretty nice group leader, the manager is kinda pushing. Take only one week from 1st phone call to get the offer. Two 15min phone interview. 5-6h on site. Already got a lot of info and warning from the manager about the hard work >=9h per day and on-call forever.... we'll see.