I applied in September 2017. About three weeks later, I received a phone interview request by email. Within a week, a phone interview was scheduled with an engineer. The phone interview took approximately 45 minutes. The following day, I was asked for an on-site interview, which was scheduled for mid-December. The whole process took over two months.

During the on-site interview, I spoke with 17 people at the cafeteria (the cafeteria was the designated interview location). Every half an hour, somebody came to the table where I was seated initially. I also gave a one-hour thesis presentation. I was asked the same questions repeatedly from 7:45 am to 5:00 pm.

Some engineers or group leaders were not welcoming and kept telling me how intense the working conditions were. I was told about the cons most of the time. I spoke with a couple of fresh engineers, and they told me they were there because they didn't have any other offers, or they mentioned they weren't thinking of their entire career at Intel for life. These are things an applicant does not expect to hear, and they made me feel down about my application. I became so tired and exhausted during the day.

Most of the questions were based on having a tool.