I applied through university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Intel Corporation (Folsom, CA) in Jan 2010
Interview
I was an intern there and so I got the interview through my university contact at Intel.
Phone screen by the hiring manager asking about my intention to work there.
On site group interview consisted of 6 interviews ranging from a presentation by the group director and 4 technical interviews followed by a wrap up by the hiring manager.
Technical interview consisted of Programming (C, C++), Logic, Circuits( CMOS, Demorgans theorem etc), VLSI design concepts.
Had lunch with the team I would be working with midway through the interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Nothing unexpected. Typical questions for an electrical engineer. Should be prepared to answer how CMOS logic works, programming basic routines in C++, logic gates and simplifying the signals etc
I interviewed at Intel Corporation (Santa Clara, CA)
Interview
Questions on physical design concepts , syn and apr
Sta questions about constraints
Concepts of transistor physics
Phone screen, multiple round, followed by conversation with the hiring manager
Overall good experience
Five engineers, a manager and director asked medium level engineering and architecture questions including proof of structured coding and design skills. Each interviewer had varying questions. They rated at 0 (won’t work with candidate), 1 (adequate) or 2 (exceptional hire) for a team survey of votes to compare multiple candidates.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Design a state machine to control a four way intersection of varying time traffic lights.
long but effective. 4 rounds of interviews ( quiz questions, computer architecture, past projects, leadership experience, basic algorithm questions, coding, etc.) each last 40 min. results came back after 10 days
