One way video then live interview with HR and managers. All STAR about learning something new and supply chain scenarios. Intel company values questions and I only knew the obvious ones
Questions Asked
1.“What is continuous integration and what problem does it solve?”
Computer Engineering
San Jose, CA
Summer 2026Accepted
Georgia Tech · Computer Engineering
4th year · 3.7+ GPA · 2 past internships
Hard Interview
TechnicalMultiple roundsVirtualConversational
Passed recruiter screen, first technical was graph BFS and solved it no issues but second technical had a really long problem statement like two pages and by the time I understood what they wanted I only had 20 minutes to code and didn't finish
Questions Asked
1.“Tell me about an embedded or hardware project you designed and built”
Software Engineer
San Jose, CA
Winter 2025Accepted
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign · Computer Science
4th year · 3.3-3.6 GPA · 3 past internships
Hard Interview
TechnicalMultiple roundsVirtual
Ninety minutes felt like a panel. Three 30 min segmennts back to back, DSA and OOP first, then systems questions on CPU scheduling and memory hierarchy, then fit. Intel specific knowledge helps even for SWE
Questions Asked
1.“How would you profile a slow database query?”
Module Engineer
Summer 2026Pending Outcome
University of Waterloo · Software Engineer
3rd Year · 3.7+ GPA · 0 past internships
Technical
1 interview. The interview is mostly chill. No technical question are asked.
Hardware Engineer
San Jose, CA
Winter 2026No Offer
Purdue University · Electrical Engineering
4th year · 3.3-3.6 GPA · 2 past internships
Hard Interview
TechnicalVirtual
Domain stuff matters more than coding here. Phone screen, then technical on semiconductor processes and VLSI design. Got a question about propagation delay and power tradeoffs I only partially answered. Coding at the end was easier
Questions Asked
1.“What causes priority inversion and how do you solve it?”
2.“What is JTAG used for in hardware development?”