PEY - Software Engineer Interview Experience - Toronto, Canada
November 1, 2017
Neutral ExperienceNo Offer
Process
The people were nice, but I screwed up the interview a bit. They all chatted with you for 10 minutes each and then asked a technical question to solve in 20 minutes.
Questions
Given a 2D array, return the letter that has the largest chained area.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 5 interview experiences for the Intel PEY - Software Engineer role in Toronto, Ontario.
Success Rate
20%
Pass Rate
Intel's interview process for their PEY - Software Engineer roles in Toronto, Ontario is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.
Experience Rating
Positive40%
Neutral60%
Negative0%
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Intel's PEY - Software Engineer interview process in Toronto, Ontario.
Intel Work Experiences
5.0
Nice work environment
PEY - Software Engineer • Current Employee
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
March 30, 2023
Pros: Very nice work environment. Managers and colleagues are all extremely friendly.
Cons: Pay is less than US.
4.0
Challenging work, lots of smart people
Software Engineer • Former Employee
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
December 24, 2020
Pros: Challenging work that really opened my eyes to a lot about hardware and the research and development side of companies.
Lots of tech talks about what others were working on, and I can tell that everyone is really talented.
Cons: Coming from pure software companies, I didn't like cubicles.
The use of Skype also irked me quite a bit compared to something more modern (by the time I left, they started using Teams, which was great).
This made it a bit hard to ask around for help, since there wasn't a dedicated place to ask questions for specific things.
3.0
Good Pay, Identity Crisis
Senior Software Engineer • Former Employee
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
December 1, 2016
Pros: Intel is a great company, as it is amongst the elite tech companies that originated in Silicon Valley. You can count companies like Google, Microsoft, and Apple as peers, with similar salaries and benefits.
Cons: The problem with Intel is that it currently has somewhat of an identity crisis. Its core chip business is plateauing, and it missed the boat on mobile, so it is trying to expand into other verticals such as wearables, VR, IoT, etc., by making acquisitions.
Unfortunately, Intel has such a bad track record with acquisitions due to cultural baggage that there simply isn't any hope to incubate something big beyond their old "we're a chip company" mentality.
- 5.0Nice work environmentPEY - Software Engineer • Current EmployeeToronto, Ontario, CanadaMarch 30, 2023Pros: Very nice work environment. Managers and colleagues are all extremely friendly.Cons: Pay is less than US.
- 4.0Challenging work, lots of smart peopleSoftware Engineer • Former EmployeeToronto, Ontario, CanadaDecember 24, 2020Pros: Challenging work that really opened my eyes to a lot about hardware and the research and development side of companies. Lots of tech talks about what others were working on, and I can tell that everyone is really talented.Cons: Coming from pure software companies, I didn't like cubicles. The use of Skype also irked me quite a bit compared to something more modern (by the time I left, they started using Teams, which was great). This made it a bit hard to ask around for help, since there wasn't a dedicated place to ask questions for specific things.
- 3.0Good Pay, Identity CrisisSenior Software Engineer • Former EmployeeToronto, Ontario, CanadaDecember 1, 2016Pros: Intel is a great company, as it is amongst the elite tech companies that originated in Silicon Valley. You can count companies like Google, Microsoft, and Apple as peers, with similar salaries and benefits.Cons: The problem with Intel is that it currently has somewhat of an identity crisis. Its core chip business is plateauing, and it missed the boat on mobile, so it is trying to expand into other verticals such as wearables, VR, IoT, etc., by making acquisitions. Unfortunately, Intel has such a bad track record with acquisitions due to cultural baggage that there simply isn't any hope to incubate something big beyond their old "we're a chip company" mentality.
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