The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Intel Corporation (Folsom, CA) in May 2011
Interview
I got a mail from the hiring manager and fixed the date of the interview a couple of days later. The position was supposed to be for a validation engineer position I suppose but was termed as component design engineer as most of the jobs in Intel are termed that way. It was a 1 hr long interview and I was asked pretty much most of the basics from Computer Architecture like Caches, Pipelining and details, questions regarding my project etc; Logic Design like Counters, Pattern detector FSM, flipflops latches difference and specifically DFF design; VLSI design like inverter characteristics, 2 input nand design and sizing, dynamic gates, dominos, pass transistor Mux design.
Some questions which caught me off guard were: What is polling, what are bus protocols, how do you handle interrupts, components of motherboard, what are chipsets etc.
Overall experience was good, if you have your basics right then it should be a cakewalk. Goodluck!
I applied online. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Intel Corporation (Folsom, CA) in Jun 2011
Interview
Interview Process Started off with a phone interview in late April.
Interviewer asked a series questions on
1: DFT Techniques
2: PERL/TK
3: PCI Express
I was able to answer all questions satisfactorily.
I was shortlisted for FM Rush Interviews in Early June.
The Interview consisted of 3 rounds of technical questions and behavioral from Senior Technical staff.
First round basically consisted of DFT Basics and How I can perform SCAN techniques on different chips and some behavioral questions.
Second Round consisted of technical questions related to various lab bench testing devices like Oscilloscopes, Logic Analyzers and Functional waveform generators. The interviewer also asked some questions on various projects I have done in my Master's relating to the use of lab equipment and a few questions regarding Jitter an eye patterns were asked.
Third Round concerned with device physics, basic circuit design questions and in-depth analysis of some of my projects was done.
I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Intel Corporation (Phoenix, AZ) in Mar 2010
Interview
After I got contacted by one of the hiring managers, there were a few email sent to me to arrange the time for the 1st phone interview. Phone interview was relatively short, and the manager asked me about my educational background, my previous research experience, and why I am interested in applying for the position in this company. after the phone interview, I received the invitation for on-site interview in about a week. The on-site interview last for a whole morning, from 8am to 1pm, including group interview, totally four person, and two were interviewing me at a time. then we were invited to having lunch together with department manager. during the group interview, they asked detailed questions about my research experience, and I talked many projects I did in grads school. the interviewer asked very specific and scientific questions. the whole process was very intense and it last about 4 hours. then we had lunch with department manager, and she talked more about the company, their current situation and future plan. this part is relatively easy, since most of the time was the hiring managers talking. but I listened carefully and asked a few questions. I received the offer in format of email in around 2 weeks. the final offer letter was mailed to me in one and half month later.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
what is your greatest achievement so far? and what do you think you why you can success in this case?