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Software Engineer Interview Experience - Folsom, California

February 1, 2014
Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I applied for a full-time position at a university career fair. They were very interested in my PhD background.

After a few days, they offered me a phone interview. The interview lasted one hour.

I was asked about CS topics such as:

  • OS
  • Computer Architecture
  • Algorithms

After that, I was offered an onsite interview.

Questions

OS:

  • Preemptive scheduling
  • Critical section
  • Deadlocks, semaphores, testandSet
  • Assembly (function return)
  • Interrupts table

Computer Architecture:

  • Atomic instruction
  • Virtual memory
  • TLB
  • Numa, MSI
  • Caching

Algorithms:

  • Trees
  • Linked list

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 20 interview experiences for the Intel Software Engineer role in Folsom, California.

Success Rate

55%
Pass Rate

Intel's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in Folsom, California is on the easier side as most engineers get an offer after going through it.

Experience Rating

Positive55%
Neutral25%
Negative20%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Intel's Software Engineer interview process in Folsom, California.

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