An engineer from Intel's Lithography group gave a presentation at the school and selected 10 students for an interview the next day. It was a 40-minute interview with a mix of both technical and behavioral questions. One behavioral question was, "Can you handle stress? Give an example."

Few were selected for an onsite interview at Portland. The onsite interview lasted a whole day, from 9 in the morning to 4 in the evening.

The day started with the manager of the Lithography group giving a short tour of Intel and describing the hiring process. Then, I gave a one-hour presentation based on my PhD research. Lots of questions were asked by the audience during that time.

Following that, I had 40-minute one-on-one interviews with 5 managers in the Lithography group. All managers picked up on my research fairly quickly and asked probing questions, testing the depth of my knowledge. I faced only one behavioral question: "How do you handle conflict?"

The lunch was with two new hires in the lithography group. The purpose was to get a perspective from recent joinees.

Most questions were technical in nature and were based on my PhD research.

Can you handle stress? Give an example.

How do you handle conflict?