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Software Engineer Interview Experience - Folsom, California

February 1, 2018
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Process

Applied via employee referral.

A screening interview was conducted by phone with the hiring manager concerning basic information about the job.

This was followed by two technical interviews by phone with team members.

Then, an HR-based interview was conducted by phone with the hiring manager, featuring behavior and technical questions.

These interviews were completed over a three-week period.

An online application was submitted not long after the interviews.

A request for a background check was received about a month after the interviews.

An offer was received approximately one week later.

Questions

What does Python mean to you?

What does it mean that a language is interpreted rather than compiled?

What are object inheritance and object composition?

What is the difference between a primary key and a foreign key in a database?

Can you write a recursive function that takes an integer as input and computes the factorial of that number? If we used that function for a large number, such as one million, what is something that might happen?

In Python, how are lists implemented?

If you had some potentially very large files, how would you design a program to determine whether two files had exactly the same contents?

Can you make a function that accepts a string and returns every other instance of each letter?

If you wanted to learn about a concept you didn't know anything about, such as Machine Learning, how would you go about doing that?

Would you be comfortable multitasking on different projects?

Would you be comfortable interacting with clients?

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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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