The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Intel Corporation (Hillsboro, OR) in Dec 2010
Interview
I posted my resume in the career fair at my university. Next day I was informed that of the 200 odd resumes that they had received, only mine had been forwarded to the company. I received a call next week from a group leader at Intel regarding setting up a phone interview, which I did for the very next day. The phone interview was a breeze.. I kept talking and talking for the whole one hour and finally they interrupted me as the time is over. They asked me to come over to Hillsboro for an onsite interview 2 weeks later.
The onsite interview was a bit long and boring. Presentation attended by around 20 people, group leader 1-1 interview and interviews with many other people. There was a technical session too- in which they asked random questions which seemed totally unrelated. At that time I thought I was a goner, but then I realized that they were just putting me under pressure and seeing how I perform.
I have to mention here this is a "no-research' job. For someone who also has very good post-doc fellowship offers, which I am pretty sure would have translated into faculty positions in 3-4 years offers, it was a dilemma whether to move to the industry where there is no research. But, considering my family position, I decided my dream of becoming a professor is not as important as keeping my family happy and well fed. I decided to be sucked in my the green bills.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
How does a Helium dewar work ? How does it keep helium at 4K ? :)
The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Intel Corporation (Hillsboro, OR) in Oct 2010
Interview
I received a phone call from an Intel D1D employee who had found my resume in the Intel resume database. We played phone tag for several days during my vacation and agreed via voicemail to talk in more detail the day I returned home. I received a call from him on that day and was told the conversation would last about 45 minutes and that the caller had a series of questions he was required to ask me. I had not been informed beforehand that this was going to be a formal interview, so I had done no preparation. I was under the impression from our exchanged phone messages that we would just be talking about the details of the job to find out if I was interested in applying, since they had sought me out. During the conversation, I was asked numerous questions about my Ph.D. research. At the end of the interview, I was told that if they were interested in bringing me up to Oregon for an onsite interview, I would receive a call from an admin within the next two weeks. If I didn't receive a call, they weren't interested. If I had known the nature of the call ahead of time, I would have reviewed my dissertation and been more prepared for the interviewer's questions.
The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Intel Corporation (Hillsboro, OR) in Sep 2010
Interview
The hiring process started with a recommendation to the hiring manager who then setup a phone interview. The phone interview basically went over questions like: why do you want to work for Intel? In this phase it is important to understand the culture at Intel PTD (Portland Tech Dev) which might be different from the general Intel culture. This is the group that churns out new chips every two years. The work is intense so if you like an intense work environment be sure to give examples of why you have enjoyed this in your PhD.
This was followed by an invitation to come to Hillsboro for an onsite. The interview consisted of a presentation on your dissertation work followed by 1:1 with managers. Be prepared to interview for 6-7 hours! If you go in ready for a long day you should be fine.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell us the most challenging technical part in your PhD. How did you overcome that?