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Intel Corporation Software Engineer Interview
Posted Aug 25, 2011 2011-08-25 11:21 PDT
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Santa Clara, CA Jun 2011 – Reviewed Aug 25, 2011
Interview Details –
Contacted by a recruiter, talked for 5 minutes about general stuff... my interests, what the position is about, the group at Intel. A week later I was notified that they would like me for an on-site interview in a week. At the on-site interview I met with 7 people during one morning... 8am-12pm.
This being a Software Engineering position I expected at least some technical questions, but I received none! The only technical question was one casual "can you code?". To which I replied yes of course. Every interviewer asked me what I did for my PhD and we generally talked about my work. It seems that the most important thing for them was to determine whether I'll be a good fit with my vision, interests and prior experience. I would say personality is definitely another thing they look for even though you may not notice it.
People in this group seemed pretty young and open minded... especially the group leader (boss). The position in itself wasn't really the "code in the trenches" kind and it has quite a bit of flexibility and requires creativity and novel approaches. Perhaps that's why they were more interested in the vision and interests than coding.
Interview Questions
- Why would you be a good fit to this group? Answer Question
- Questions about my PhD work where I had to justify my decisions. They were difficult because the questions were coming from a different perspective than I would typically meet in academia. Answer Question
Negotiation Details – Although they couldn't up-front the relocation expenses, they did offer a hiring bonus.
Other Details - I applied through a recruiter and the process took 2 weeks.
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