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.

Very easy interview process. It took 3 months to get the offer. great work experience, poor management. strict deadlines. stressful, no work life balance, low salary, poor communication between upper management and engineers. lots of office politics