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Senior Process Engineer at Intel Corporation
Posted Aug 19, 2011
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jul 2011 in Hillsboro, OR (took 1 week)
Applied online. Got an a e mail a few days later to set up the phone interview time. This was ~1hr phone interview, very technical, nothing like a common preliminary interview. The interviewer went straight to questions about research, and technical details on methods and instrumentation.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Senior Process Engineer at Intel Corporation
Posted Jun 20, 2011 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Mar 2011 in Hillsboro, OR (took 5 months)
Applied to a process engineer position because a friend from gradate school already worked there. Was contacted by e-mail for a phone interview. Had an approximately 1 hour long phone interview with a senior process engineer in December. Was basically a behavioral interview. Example questions included; what would you do in this situation, what's accomplishment are you most proud of, what would you do if you had an employee with a grievance, etc...
The interviewer was very pleasant and basically told me after the interview that I would be contacted for a follow-up interview within a couple of weeks. It was almost 3 months later before I was called to interview with the group leader.
That was another 1 hour phone interview. Very pleasant. Consisted of explaining my graduate work and some questions based on that and then about 20 minutes of explaining what the job I am applying for consists of as well as more general Intel Corp. info. At the end of the interview, he told me I would be invited out to Hillsoboro for an onsite interview. The process went b fairly quickly and efficiently.
I received several emails from Intel HR to get details sorted. I would have to say that this was very well managed and easy on the interviewee.
Flew out to Hillsboro in late March. Three days for the process. Fly in day 1, interview day 2, leave day 3. My interview was from about 8:30 AM until 6 PM. I interviewed with 11 people. 9 of the 11 interview would be with fellow process engineers and lasted about 30 mins. Mostly were handled like conversations. Very good experience. 2 of those 9 were preplanned questions. From what I could tell those two were from newer employees. Also met with Area Manager. This is a very senior position. I was told his decision would be the deciding factor. Had a 1.5 hour tour with the group leader that interviewed me over the phone. Overall, I had a very strong impression I would be made an offer. Only a couple of the lower level interviews didn't go so great, but I find it odd to think that any person would mesh with everyone immediately.
Had lunch with 2 of the fellow group members. Then went back to hotel and left the next day.
I was told before I left that the longer it took to hear from them the better. Reason being that if they all meet and agree to make an offer, it has to go through HR and that take time. If you get a call right away, more than likely you will not get an offer.
The final comment the group leader told me was to start looking for places live. It's hard to not think I was going to get an offer with a comment like that.
I followed up 2 weeks later and no reply.
Followed up a week after that and no reply.
Finally, 4 weeks after my interview I got an email from the group leader saying thanks, but not a strong enough match.
Huh?
I wrote back and asked for feedback and never heard back. I was very disappointed. Hard to know what happened, maybe the 2 people I didn't mesh with had enough sway to knock me out of the running.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, a Presentation, a Personality Test and a Background Check.
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Senior Process Engineer at Intel Corporation
Posted Jun 14, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Jun 2010 in Phoenix, AZ (took a day)
Questions related to research and few behavioural questions were asked!
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Presentation.
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Senior Process Engineer at Intel Corporation
Posted Feb 23, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Dec 2010 in Hillsboro, OR (took 2+ weeks)
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.
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The offer was as expected. I tried negotiating, but they did not. I did not go further as this was my first job.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Presentation.
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Senior Process Engineer at Intel Corporation
Posted Feb 16, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2011 in Hillsboro, OR (took a day)
I got an email from Intel employee asking to set-up a phone interview. I was interviewed over the phone twice. The other guy on the phone gave me some hint about what kind of questions they can ask. They asked me to come over for an on-sight interview. First on site interview was a panel technical interview. They did not question those questions which they had asked me to prepare. I couldn't really do well since I was well prepared for device technology and physics. but they asked me all sort of questions related to tools. It seemed that they were looking for someone with more tool maintenance knowledge. After that a presentation of an hour. Then food and their information session. Then tour of the facility. Then another personality HR type interview. At last another 30 minute 1:1 technical interview. All of my technical interviews were based on tools and their maintenance which was not exactly what they told me before. :(
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, a Presentation and a Personality Test.
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Senior Process Engineer at Intel Corporation
Posted Nov 11, 2010 — 2 of 2 people found this helpful
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2010 in Hillsboro, OR (took a day)
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.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Senior Process Engineer at Intel Corporation
Posted Nov 4, 2010
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Sep 2010 in Hillsboro, OR (took a day)
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.
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Negotiation Details
no negotiation since this was my first job.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Presentation.
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Senior Process Engineer at Intel Corporation
Posted Jun 11, 2010 — 8 of 8 people found this helpful
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed May 2010 in Hillsboro, OR (took 1+ week)
I met Intel recruiters at a conference in the Portland area. As luck would have it, one was a past acquaintance of mine, and he personally took my resume and passed it along to interested managers. What followed was a frustrating series of several weeks of missed late-night phone calls and sporadic emails with a couple of hiring managers. Eventually, though, I had an hour-long phone interview with a hiring manager. We discussed my experience, PhD research, and career goals in great depth, and at the end of it, he asked me to fly out for an in-person interview 8 days later.
I was asked to prepare an hour-long presentation on my PhD research, and given a precise schedule of my interview (8:30am - 6:30 pm!!!) several days ahead of time. Intel arranged my flight, rental car, and a very comfortable hotel near their campus. They also reimbursed my food and other expenses with a generous flat fee and no hassles.
My interview consisted of my hour-long presentation and Q&A, then about 12 one-on-one meetings with members of the group I would join, everyone from young engineers who had been there for 2-3 years to a VP who had been with Intel for 20 years. The younger guys mostly went first. They asked extremely smart and detailed questions about my research and experience, and explained to me some of their group's organization and basic analysis techniques and processes. I was glad that I wrote lots of this down, as I met more senior managers later, and they were clearly looking to see that I had gained a better understanding of individual members' roles and could intelligently discuss the group's workflow and goals.
There were no random problem-solving questions, but I did have a couple of pertinent "gotcha" questions about relevant statistical analysis and basic CMOS design, which I answered fairly well. Many picked oddball elements of my resume, included hobbies and unrelated academic interests, and asked me questions about those.
During my hour-long lunch break, 4 younger group members took me out to a nice restaurant and were sociable but kind of hands-off as if they'd been instructed to give my brain a break, for which I was grateful.
I've read on hear that other candidates seem annoyed by Intel's practice of having many interviewers ask similar questions. I do not think this is accidental, and saw lots of evidence that interviewers were talking to each other behind the scenes. I think Intel's interview is meant, in part, to be a test of stamina: can you talk about yourself and your experience intelligently for a whole ten hour day while keeping a patient and cheerful disposition, and learning something about the company as well along the way?
That being said, all my interviewers were extremely courteous in terms of offering me plentiful coffee/juice and bathroom breaks throughout the day. Individual interviews started and ended precisely on time.
My final interview was with the hiring manager who had done my phone interview. After the final interview, he told me on the spot that I had got the job and that a formal offer would be forthcoming in a few days. This was conducted via a phone call with an entirely separate HR manager. My offer was very generous, and I did not need to negotiate anything.
Intel's interview process struck me as extremely smart and well-designed. In addition to them learning a lot about me, I got the feeling that they were trying to make me enthusiastic about their group, and to encourage me to want to be a part of their "club." It worked. I can see this being frustrating for less sociable candidates, but that's part of what they want, I think.
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My offer was a bit more generous than what I planned to counter-offer, so I did not negotiate anything, though I did have to get written clarifications about Intel's /extremely/ complex bonus structure.
The offer was relayed to me by an HR rep I had never met, which I think was intentional, so that I would have less information about how much negotiating room I had. My offer was right at what Glassdoor listed as the mean starting salary for my position, and there was very little spread. I am guessing that Intel does not usually negotiate salary with recent PhD graduates, but others might have more insight into this.
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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, a Presentation, a Drug Test and a Background Check.
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Senior Process Engineer at Intel Corporation
Posted May 18, 2010 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Apr 2010 in Hillsboro, OR (took 3 weeks)
1 on 1 interview with, followed up with an on site interview. On site interview consisted of a 1 hour presentation, plus several 45 minute interviews with a variety of different employees. The main reason that I disliked this particular interview, was that I felt that the hiring manager misled me about the type of position I was interviewing for.
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, a Presentation, a Drug Test and a Background Check.
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Senior Process Engineer at Intel Corporation
Posted Mar 29, 2010
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Feb 2010 in Hillsboro, OR (took 4 weeks)
Met with folks from Intel during our spring campus fair. Gave resume and talked with people. Got a phone call from a hiring manager. Was asked to comeby for an onsite interview. Had like 8 or 9 one-on-one interviews. Was a tiring and a good experience.
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Negotiation Details
No..not really.. I guess Intel pays well compared to other places.. Have an open and broad mindset and you will be fine..
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Presentation and a Drug Test.
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