I initially applied online and it took about two months to actually get called back. Once I got called back, however, the process went very quickly!

First, I was contacted for a phone screening that was pretty straightforward, with a few behavioral questions and technical questions that felt like they were read off of a paper. After passing the phone screening, I was contacted two days later with a second, more technical phone screening.

This screening also had a few behavioral questions and a few questions that actually asked me how I would design a program.

A couple days after that, I was contacted for a flight out to the Intel campus for an in-person interview. The flight scheduling was really nice; Intel covered everything (flight, hotel, car rental, food).

The on-campus interview was rather intense, not because it was hard, but because it was draining. It started at 8:00 AM and I had interviews with 9 people (mostly 1 hour, but two were half hour), ending at 5:00 PM.

The on-campus interviews tended to always start with a behavioral question or two, then they would lead into technical questions. I was asked to:

• Write code on a whiteboard
• Locate bugs in some printed code
• Write code on paper
• Explain how I would design certain solutions (sometimes with code, sometimes with just a high-level overview)

The Intel campus was great! It was HUGE compared to what I'm used to. The campus had:

• Three food courts (which had some good food from the lunch that was provided for me)
• A spa and salon
• A massage therapist
• A gym (with karate and yoga classes at the moment, but I was told more are offered)
• A play area (ping pong tables, pool tables, air hockey tables, and people were actually playing!)
• A US Bank branch (not just an ATM, but actually a desk with a teller)
• A health center with a doctor and nurses (for all the injuries programmers get from typing, or for all your regular checkups).

Write a recursive Java function to reverse a String object.

Why should we hire you?

Why do you want to work at Intel?

How would you design a web service to limit a user to 1000 transactions per hour?

If you have 8 coins and one weighs more than the others, give three algorithms with their best and worst-case comparisons. Which of the three algorithms would you use? Alright, code the algorithm.

Give an example of how you dealt with a stressful situation.

Give an example of how you dealt with an angry coworker.